After the kitchen closes at 10 pm, Mad Hatter in Dupont Circle offers a $2 hot dog.
At Lobby Bar, there's a $44 Wagyu Glizzy. It's made of ultra-fancy beef, placed in a buttered and toasted bun, topped with Dijon mustard and Imperial Osetra caviar, and served with a side of housemade potato chips.
At St. Alban’s Episcopal Church Opportunity Shop in Cathedral Heights, we found a large storage bin in the back corner full of sneakers and other footwear. The best deal was a pair of Altra running shoes for less than a coffee at the Starbucks down the street.
And on the third floor of Fashion Centre at Pentagon City is a shoe consignment shop, Sneaker Vault, where we found a pair of blue Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1’s from 2022 designed by the late Virgil Abloh.
Dollar-bin discs are common, but Som Records on 14th Street takes cheapo vinyl to the next level with a box full of albums that cost nothing.
The costliest we found was at CD Cellar in Falls Church, where a copy of Lightnin’ Hopkins’s Lightnin’ and the Blues was $1,000.
Prices have been in the news lately, with gas skyrocketing, utility bills out of control, and groceries getting more and more expensive.
We set out across the area with the goal of rooting out great deals and tracking down wild extravagances. See what we found, 🧵:
Good morning, on Friday’s Washingtonian Today:
- Trump basks in another fake honor
- Pentagon plans to neuter stars and stripes
- Commanders owner buys Halcyon house
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