U Street

At this terrific food-and-drink spot, bar manager Adam Bernbach hosts a “cocktail session” every Tuesday, featuring five of his original seasonal d

At the cavelike Carbon, limited-edition mod Chelsea boots from Italy and deconstructed, rubber-soled wing tips by Blackstone attract professionals

A boisterous thirtysomething crowd fills both floors of this popular watering hole: the ground-floor bistro has seats for dinner or an alt-sceney d

The lodestar of this block’s constellation of eclectic housewares shops, Go Mama Go! is packed with a funky mix of Japanese ceramics, Murano glassw

The city’s coolest jazz plays day and night at this groovy, dim-lit classic. The name, Washington geek-speak for House Resolution 57, refers to the

Lettie Gooch has polished, slightly offbeat clothes and accessories, including herringbone pencil skirts with flirty back pleats from Black Halo, a

The cramped basement quarters are stocked with mint-condition, Midcentury furniture by Heywood-Wakefield and Hans Wegner.

Contemporary Filipino furniture shares space with hard-to-find domestic and European clothing labels.

On the airy second floor of a row house, Nana delivers stylish, affordable fashion from up-and-coming designers.

At bi-level Project 4, guest curators organize shows of works from D.C. (photography, sculpture, site-specific installations).