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Washington City Paper Food Fighters: How Four Business Owners Persevered Through the Pandemic I always tell people if you survived this pandemic and you didn’t learn something, you did something wrong. Success! You re on the list. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn t process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. Processing… “It was supposed to be 14 days to flatten the curve,” Stable co-owner Silvan Kraemer says, reflecting on March 2020. “We were hopeful that after two weeks, we could go back to normal.” Two weeks became two months, then two months became 12. It’s been nearly a year since Mayor ....
FEATURE STORY It was last November, Mark Mavilia says, when he and three friends in Washington, D.C. rendezvoused for dinner at Ghibellina’s, an Italian gastropub in Logan Circle “specializing in Neapolitan-inspired pizzas and craft cocktails,” says the online restaurant guide “Popville.” Hold the pizza! Mavilia, who is art director at the Association of American Medical Colleges, couldn’t wait to tuck into the pasta-bolognese, his favorite dish. “In my opinion,” he says, “it’s the best in the city.” Or rather was the best. When the foursome assembled outside the restaurant, they were disappointed to find Ghibellina’s had closed. “They had shut down for good,” Mavilia says, adding: “It was not boarded up. Just a note on the door thanking patrons for their support. I will surely miss the bolognese.” ....
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In Memoriam: 15 People, Places, and Things Washington Said Goodbye to in 2020 A trailblazing justice, a basketball coach, an elephant, a dive bar, an NFL name and what they meant to our city. December 22, 2020 Share In a grim year, it’s hard to keep track of the people and places we lost much less remember the quirky reasons we loved so many of them. Here’s a sampling of farewells worth remembering. Ambika the Elephant born c 1948 She’d lived at the National Zoo since 1961 a pachyderm pal for generations of elephant-loving Washingtonians. Ambika was fascinating to watch, whether swinging her trunk around the yard, giving herself a mud bath, or hanging with Mr. Rogers. She was estimated to be 72 quite old for an Asian elephant in captivity and finally had to be euthanized in March.- ....