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Share Mayor Muriel Boswer, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and Hook Hall founder Anna Valero check out bags of food and supplies for hospitality industry workers. Photograph courtesy Hook Hall. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff stopped by Park View beer garden Hook Hall yesterday afternoon. No, he wasn’t enjoying a lager and turkey leg in one of the bar’s themed “Viking huts” (next time). Rather, he was checking out Hook Hall’s efforts to provide free meals and supply kits to struggling re...

February 8, 2021 at 3:45pm Planned coffee shop and restaurant The Freshman, at 2011 Crystal Drive in Crystal City, could open in a few months after being in the works for a little over two years. Owner Nick Freshman told ARLnow that he’s looking at opening The Freshman sometime in April or May, though no date is set in stone yet. A limited version of the restaurant had opened as a pop-up in Crystal City Shops in 2019 and all the signs of an impending opening were in place last year, but a pla...

First started in March 2020 in response to the pandemic, the program provides meal kits to those in the local hospitality industry impacted by layoffs, hours reductions, mandatory shutdowns, and capacity restrictions. In addition to its original D.C. location, the program will also now distribute kits from The Freshman, the yet-to-open cafe at 2011 Crystal Drive. “Northwest D.C. is not the easiest place to get to for everyone,” Hook Hall Helps founder Anna Valero, who also owns the bar and ...

A family at Hook Hall Helps. Photograph courtesy of Hook Hall As DC bars and restaurants brace for a ban on indoor dining—and a possible wave of furloughs and closures—grassroots industry relief effort Hook Hall Helps will resume its services. Hook Hall owner Anna Valero will dispense free meals and supply kits from her Park View bar and beer garden to anyone in need on Mondays from 3 to 5 PM (as well as on Christmas Eve). Valero launched Hook Hall Helps in March after having to furlough 7...

D.C. is preparing to join Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties in banning all indoor dining. Author: Kolbie Satterfield (WUSA 9) Published: 7:12 PM EST December 20, 2020 Updated: 11:32 PM EST December 20, 2020 WASHINGTON — D.C.will soon join Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties in banning all indoor dining. That decision by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was made as the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. With inc...