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Washington, D.C.'s Emerging MidCity

Whitney Lawson The oldest restaurant on U Street, open since 1958, has catered to the likes of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bill Cosby.

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As D.C.’s inner city blossoms, roughly six contiguous areas north of downtown are being grouped as MidCity. At its heart, Logan Circle and the U Street Corridor have been among the city’s most embattled neighborhoods. Now there’s an influx of artists, students, and professionals, and businesses are opening in a collaborative spirit—with one eye toward the global village and the other very much on the local scene—showing what can happen when fashion, art, and food mix with politics.

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6 Restaurants 11 Activities

Destinations: Washington, D.C. · Dupont Circle · U Street · NW Washingon

Themes: Arts + Culture · Food + Drink · Shopping

Inspired by: Up-And-Coming Washington, D.C. — by Meeghan Truelove, Published Oct. 2006

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    Etete

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    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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    Viridian

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    Crème

    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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    Busboys and Poets

    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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    Ben's Chili Bowl

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    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    This humble joint is a mecca for chili-dog lovers as well as a time capsule, since it was one of the few neighborhood businesses that survived the

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    Café Saint-Ex

    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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    Muléh

    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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

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    HR-57

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    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    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

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    Gate 54/Saint-Ex

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    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    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

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    Candida's World of Books

    Washington, D.C. | U.S. and Canada | U.S.

    Candida’s World of Books leaves bookstore travel sections far behind, and stocks cookbooks, coffee-table tomes, and fiction in 15 languages from 40

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    Lettie Gooch

    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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

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    Carbon

    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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

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    Wild Women Wear Red

    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    Wild Women Wear Red sells sexy but practical shoes, such as puzzle-patterned suede boots by Camper and Lisa Nading loafers with kittenish heels.

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    Project 4

    U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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

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    Irvine Contemporary

    Dupont Circle | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    Founded by a Georgetown University professor, Irvine Contemporary exhibits work by well-known early- and mid-career artists—such as mixed-media dre

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    Nevin Kelly Gallery

    NW Washingon | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

    Half of the artists represented by Nevin Kelly Gallery live in Poland, the rest are in D.C.: a delightful hybrid of old-world skillfulness and new-

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