The Aldi discount grocery in Hyattsville, at 3025 Hamilton St., recently completed its new renovation and expansion project adding 3,100 square feet for space. The updated store, which held its official grand reopening and ribbon-cutting on Friday, is now 25,000 … Continue reading →

A planned mixed-use development next to the West Hyattsville Metro will likely get an additional five acres, adding as many as 200 more apartments. The developers of Riverfront at West Hyattsville Metro plan to buy the additional land from the … Continue reading →

Just as the Washingtonian recently published its December “Made in D.C.” issue, we’ve pulled together a list of items made right here on the Route 1 corridor just in time for Small Business Saturday, Nov. 30, and the beginning of … Continue reading →

Red Onion Records opened this week, just in time for holiday shopping and Small Business Saturday. The popular record store officially opened on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at 4208 Gallatin St., after a number of minor setbacks, owner Joshua Harkavy told the … Continue reading →

Ten years ago, there were very few coffee shops along the Route 1 corridor. You could get a cup of coffee at the Professional Coffee Shop, a much-loved diner across from what is now the Shoppes at Arts District Hyattsville, … Continue reading →

When the last Route 82 streetcar headed up Rhode Island Avenue in 1958, city leaders thought that buses would be a big improvement. They were wrong. Buses were soon stuck in the same traffic as the cars around them. Since routes … Continue reading →

Pizzeria Paradiso owner Ruth Gresser says the Hyattsville location of the popular D.C. pizza chain makes her sentimental. “The Hyattsville location has a very similar feel to our original Dupont Circle location that we opened in November 1991 in a … Continue reading →