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Claudia Rauch

Claudia, a Hill native, is a marketing and social media professional whose passion for food and love for D.C. got her started on her first blog, brunchandthecity.com. Claudia is the Marketing Director for Fulcrum Properties Group, and serves on the board of CHAMPS, Capitol Hill's Chamber of Commerce. You can contact Claudia at Claudia[at]thehillishome.com

Hill Buzz

Welcome to another muggy Tuesday morning in the District! We have just a few more days until a long weekend of grilling, relaxing and watching area fireworks displays. Unless you’re Kyra, of course. No matter how you feel about fireworks, there’s sure to be plenty of exciting things to look forward to this weekend. So […]

Starfish Closes, Lavagna Coming Soon

If you’ve taken a stroll up 8th Street recently, you may have noticed that Starfish Café is officially closed. Some new owners recently came in and will be turning the space into Trattoria Lavagna, an Italian restaurant based in New York City. The folks behind the new restaurant shared with me, “With a clean slate […]

Tune Inn Update – The Trophies Survived!

We have some more updates on the Tune Inn this morning from All We Can Eat — some is good, some not as good, but we are mostly reassured that our historic dive bar will live again. The wall of hunting and fishing trophies are “intact and undamaged,” and the other historic memorabilia on the […]

Tune Inn Update: It will be back

According to TBD, a bartender reported that a grease fire broke out at 6:30 am and the kitchen suffered the majority of the damage. Staff reportedly shut the door to the kitchen, helping to contain the fire until DCFD could respond. While there are currently mixed reports on how long it will take them to […]

Reader Poll: Blockbuster

In August the Blockbuster on the 400 block of 8th Street will close its doors, which has led to a number of suggestions for what should fill the empty space. Barracks Row Main Street asked its Twitter and Facebook followers for suggestions, which ranged from Trader Joe’s (is that space really larger enough for that?!) […]