If you walk in the foyer of Decades or Mayflower Club (they are between Lucky Bar), and I forget which place as it's been a while, going up the stairs they have photos and flyers from all the old clubs in the area. My friends and I get stuck on the stairs reminiscing every time we go there.

I spent a good part of the mid-90s at the Big Hunt!

For some reason, I have a very clear memory of seeing Pulp Fiction at the theater across from Buffalo Billiards. That movie was amazing at the time and that time, just out of college, was memorable.

The Big Hunt and Mr. Eagan's. They were on the same block and I spent most of my 20s migrated between the two of them.

https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/07/archives/a-place-in-the-sun-sidewalk-snacking-around-washington-if-you-go-.html

From 1978 NYT: see bit about DuPont.

Anonymous wrote:The nightlife: Red, Ozio, 1223, Dragonfly, ESL, Sesto Senso, Sign of the Whale.

I loved Sign of the Whale.

Anonymous wrote:What was the name of that great record shop?

Kemp Mil

Anonymous wrote:The nightlife: Red, Ozio, 1223, Dragonfly, ESL, Sesto Senso, Sign of the Whale.

Big Hunt

Anonymous wrote:What was the name of that great record shop?

Was it Record and Tape Ltd. or was that just in Georgetown?

The nightlife: Red, Ozio, 1223, Dragonfly, ESL, Sesto Senso, Sign of the Whale.

Front Page bar. Met so many cute women on Thursday night happy hours there.

Anonymous wrote:What was the name of that great record shop?

12" Dance Records?

The proprietor (Sam the Man Burns) passed away recently:
https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/176046/sam-the-man-burns-19572020/

What was the name of that great record shop?

I love The Burro, a burrito shop across the street from Burrito Brothers more or less. And I still miss a particular vegetarian sandwich from Marvelous Market in the mid/late 90s.

Sunday brunch and browsing at Kramerbooks was one of my very favorite things ever.

Anonymous wrote:Aw! Childe Harold and Zorbas! I lived in DuPont Circle for a few years after grad school. I’d never lived right in a city before, and it was SO cool to me that I got to do so. Spent my weekends at Second Story Books, Kramer Books and Afterwards (those are still there, fortunately) and Books A Million.

The streets are overrun with homeless camps now.

Your "never lived in a city before" is showing. There are about 3 tents north of the circle and 3 to 5 homeless people sleeping on the Mass and CT side. I wouldn't call it "overrun" with camps compared to what we are seeing in other parts of the city, though we are working on finding them housing.

/Dupont resident of 20 years