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Jun. 4—Amp The Alley is back in full swing after a COVID-19 hiatus. The free concert series, held every Thursday from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in The Alley, along with the return of Thursday Market in The Alley brought hundreds downtown for it's big return. Locals grabbed a beer, chatted with friends and listened to live music for the first time since the pandemic. "For me, it's just a sense of ...

Share Lyles, a New American restaurant with chef Nick Sharpe, opens in Dupont Circle (pictured: soy-ginger king salmon). Photograph by Scott Suchman Lore Group, the international hospitality company behind Penn Quarter’s luxe new Riggs Hotel, is ready for its second US opening: Lyle Washington DC, a boutique hotel and restaurant, Lyle’s, that opens April 15. The property takes over a 1940s Art Deco building on New Hampshire Avenue previously operated as the Kimpton Carlyle Hotel, which als...

Share Poca Madre, chef Victor Albisus modern Mexican restaurant. Photography by Greg Powers, courtesy of Poca Madre. Restaurants are commercial entities, but they’re also intensely personal. Some, you become so close to that it feels like family. Thus, during this year of so many sad closures, everyone’s list of the places they miss the most will be different. Here’s mine. Breadline The Washingtonian offices were about a ten minute walk to this bakery/sandwich/salad spot, which was fou...