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Covid 2020 - Washingtonian https://dev.w-cm.com The website that Washington lives by. Mon, 27 Dec 2021 21:12:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 https://dev.w-cm.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Covid 2020 - Washingtonian https://dev.w-cm.com 32 32 A Bunch of DC Bars and Restaurants Are Closing Amidst a Covid-19 Surge https://dev.w-cm.com/2021/12/18/a-bunch-of-dc-bars-and-restaurants-are-closing-amidst-a-covid-19-surge/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-bunch-of-dc-bars-and-restaurants-are-closing-amidst-a-covid-19-surge Sat, 18 Dec 2021 18:29:04 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1561715 A number of schools, theaters, and businesses are cancelling or postponing indoor activities as Covid-19 surges around DC. Restaurants and bars are following suit. On Friday, as DC reported 844 new cases—shattering the previous record of 508 new cases on Thursday—businesses began to send out messages of closures via social media. The trend isn’t limited […]

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Why Are Some Big Outdoor Events Happening While Others Are Canceled Due to Covid? https://dev.w-cm.com/2021/10/15/why-are-some-big-outdoor-events-happening-while-others-are-cancelled-due-to-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-are-some-big-outdoor-events-happening-while-others-are-cancelled-due-to-covid Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:17:15 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1552593 Fall is prime outdoor-event season, but this year, it’s also a confusing time to plan or attend the season’s festivals, concerts, and races. Organizers of some major annual events—like the Marine Corps Marathon and Broccoli City Music Festival— have cancelled, citing Covid concerns. Meanwhile, the Rock ’n’ Roll half marathon and All Things Go music […]

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https://dev.w-cm.com/2021/09/20/best-restaurant-bar-winners-for-dc-rammy-awards-2021/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-restaurant-bar-winners-for-dc-rammy-awards-2021 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:12:29 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1549161 The 39th annual RAMMY Awards, the biggest local accolades for Washington’s hospitality industry, were bestowed on Sunday night. Despite new pandemic-era honors and rules—including a requirement that all participants show proof of vaccination for the glitzy gala—the show went on in-person at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center (versus 2019’s virtual awards). A panel of […]

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Photos: Hundreds of Thousands of Flags on the National Mall Commemorate Covid Victims https://dev.w-cm.com/2021/09/17/photos-hundreds-of-thousands-of-flags-on-the-national-mall-commemorate-covid-victims/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-hundreds-of-thousands-of-flags-on-the-national-mall-commemorate-covid-victims Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:57:49 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1548969 More than 660,000 white flags are being planted across 20 acres of the National Mall over the course of two weeks to represent the number of US lives lost to Covid. The project, by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg, is called In America: Remember.  An opening ceremony is planned for Friday at 11 AM at the corner […]

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These DC-Area Bars and Restaurants Are Reopening After Pandemic Closures (Updated) https://dev.w-cm.com/2021/06/09/dc-area-bars-and-restaurants-reopening-after-pandemic-closures/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-area-bars-and-restaurants-reopening-after-pandemic-closures Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:30:45 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1472570 A number of bars and restaurants around DC decided to temporarily close their doors—or go into “hibernation”—during the pandemic. But now, with warm weather, vaccinations, and the loosening of Covid capacity restrictions and regulations, many are reopening (though some are still limiting seating and/or keeping mask policies). Here’s a running list of newly opened spots, […]

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https://dev.w-cm.com/2021/05/21/dc-area-bars-restaurants-reopen-but-pandemic-policies-persist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-area-bars-restaurants-reopen-but-pandemic-policies-persist Fri, 21 May 2021 18:53:02 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1530354 Restaurateurs are calling it a “grand reopening”—DC lifts capacity limits and the strictest Covid regulations on bars and restaurants today, May 21. Most notably, indoor dining rooms can be filled to capacity without social distancing, masks are no longer required for vaccinated individuals, bartenders can serve seated patrons at the bar, and a myriad of […]

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A Timeline of DC’s Absolutely Insane, Often Scary, Sometimes Fun Year in Pandemic Dining https://dev.w-cm.com/2021/03/16/a-timeline-of-dc-year-of-pandemic-dining/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-timeline-of-dc-year-of-pandemic-dining Tue, 16 Mar 2021 19:18:54 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1461944 December 31, 2019: Reports of pneumonia—eventually diagnosed as a novel coronavirus—begin to surface in China. January 24, 2020: Shoppers report bare shelves at area Whole Foods. February 4: Washington Post food editor Joe Yonan releases a prescient­ly timed bean cookbook. February 25: Restaurateur Lydia Chang reports that 90 percent of Lunar New Year reservations have been canceled at Bethesda’s […]

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Here Are Some of the Local Fitness and Wellness Spots We Said Goodbye to in 2020 https://dev.w-cm.com/2020/12/28/here-are-some-of-the-local-fitness-and-wellness-spots-we-said-goodbye-to-in-2020/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=here-are-some-of-the-local-fitness-and-wellness-spots-we-said-goodbye-to-in-2020 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 13:00:52 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1372246 2020 has been an incredibly tough year for a swath of industries, one of them being the world of fitness studios. With Covid numbers on the rise, many longtime studio devotees no longer feel safe going to class. Or perhaps they can’t even go to class: Last month, DC restricted indoor group fitness. Several local […]

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Photos: A Look Back at 2020, a Very Long, Very Strange Year in Washington DC https://dev.w-cm.com/2020/12/24/photos-a-look-back-at-2020-a-very-long-very-strange-year-in-washington-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=photos-a-look-back-at-2020-a-very-long-very-strange-year-in-washington-dc Thu, 24 Dec 2020 17:07:53 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1373254 On the streets of Washington, 2020 began with protests over impeachment, the attempt to remove an elected president along the legal lines dictated by the United States Constitution. And the year ends with protests demanding the blocking of a new elected president in ways unimagined by the Constitution. Along the way, the capital reeled through […]

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DC Restaurant Industry Relief Program Hook Hall Helps Is Back With Free Meals https://dev.w-cm.com/2020/12/21/dc-restaurant-industry-relief-program-hook-hall-helps-resumes-free-meals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dc-restaurant-industry-relief-program-hook-hall-helps-resumes-free-meals Mon, 21 Dec 2020 16:33:10 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1371770 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 […]

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