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In Bocca al Lupo Coming to Glover Park
Another Italian restaurant named In Bocca al Lupo will be opening in Glover Park this spring where Arcuri vacated last year at 2400...
Chris Jones
Feb 14, 2022
Glover Park Whole Foods is Open! (asterisk)
The five-year saga of the closed Whole Foods in Glover Park has ended. Mostly*. The grocery store has re-opened, but if you want to shop...
Chris Jones
Feb 9, 2022
Mario's Trattoria is Open!
Mario's Trattoria, which has replaced Surfside at 2444 Wisconsin Avenue in Glover Park, is open for business! Currently, they are in...
Chris Jones
Jan 28, 2022
Glover Park Home Prices Rise Another Hundred Large
Glover Park row house prices rose 9.5% in 2021, an increase of over $100,000, to $1,183,000 on average compared to 2020 (see chart...
Chris Jones
Jan 18, 2022
Glover Park Crime Rebounds
Crime in Glover Park bounced back to 2019 levels after a Covid lockdown-driven drop in crime in 2020. Reported crimes totaled 153, way up...
Chris Jones
Jan 3, 2022
Whiskey Ventures Scraps Restaurant Plan
The former Bourbon restaurant in Glover Park at 2348 Wisconsin Avenue has sat vacant and increasingly dilapidated since closing in...
Chris Jones
Dec 20, 2021
Coming and Going in Glover Park
Change is inevitable. Businesses come and go, as does the population. Here are some current events in Glover Park: Coming MARIO’S...
Chris Jones
Dec 7, 2021
Free Pre-K in Glover Park!
If you have a small child, this headline probably got your attention. CommuniKids, a language immersion pre-school, will open next...
Chris Jones
Nov 22, 2021
Whole Foods Causes Traffic Chaos
Yesterday evening, Thursday October 21st, an unpublished event at the Glover Park Whole Foods caused traffic chaos on Wisconsin Avenue...
Chris Jones
Oct 22, 2021
Glover Park Business Update
The Glover Park commercial scene remain active and fluid – businesses open, they close, they change. Here is a quick update on current...
Chris Jones
Oct 1, 2021
Glover Park Camera Fines Approach $1 Million
Most Glover Park drivers are aware of the stop sign camera at 37th Street and Whitehaven Parkway for cars going south on 37th Street. The...
Chris Jones
Sep 20, 2021
Best of Glover Park
The Washington City Paper is having an off-season "Best of DC" vote due to Covid interruptions last year. A number of Glover Park...
Chris Jones
Sep 17, 2021
Once Upon a Time in Glover Park
Glover Park’s history spans about a hundred years now. Browsing current events from decades past evokes the phrase, “the more things...
Chris Jones
Aug 31, 2021
Pizza Pie Paucity in Glover Park
Alas, Arcuri heard the fat lady sing and has acquiesced. Owners Bryce and Adam announced to the neighborhood that they will close their...
Chris Jones
Aug 25, 2021
The Great Quercus Alba of Glover Park Cracks
Glover Park’s largest tree - the great white oak towering next to Stoddert Elementary School - cracked last week, dropping a major limb...
Chris Jones
Aug 2, 2021
Mario’s Restaurant Takes Former Surfside Space
A restaurant to be named Mario’s will open in Glover Park at 2444 Wisconsin Avenue, formerly occupied by Surfside, which moved up to...
Chris Jones
Jul 27, 2021
Glover Park Whole Foods Excitement
Whole Foods has exciting things coming for shoppers when they open at 2323 Wisconsin Avenue NW in Glover Park in the near future....
Chris Jones
Jul 26, 2021
Glover Park Liquor License Moratorium Set to Expire
Five years ago, officials extended a liquor license moratorium originally put in place in the Glover Park neighborhood in 1996. Though...
Chris Jones
Jul 5, 2021
Fourth of July in Glover Park
Did you decide it's not worth the ten mile backup at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, or getting on a plane to a crowded vacation spot? Are you...
Chris Jones
Jul 2, 2021
Alley of Russian Poets in Glover Park
You might have walked by it at the Guy Mason Recreation Center playground and not even noticed. Glover Park is home to a memorial for...
Chris Jones
May 10, 2021
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