Districtly Local - Directory

Chocolates, caramels, so pretty you can't image eating them, so delicious, you can't help yourself. We love the quintessentially DC Dr. Fauci and RBG chocolates.

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CHRiS CARDi

The culmination of the founder's experiences lead to a line that takes various streetwear aesthetics & infuses it into classic staples of American sportswear Make sure to check out their H St collection!

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Cindy Liebel

Earrings, rings and necklaces for everyday wear. Inspired by architectural and mid-century design.

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Cinnamon Tree Organics

Variety of herbs & spices (cinnamon, turmeric, cayenne, cardamom and more) for your kitchen!

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Circuit Breaker Lab [Art]

Art handmade in DC from electronic waste - intelligent gifts for geeks!

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Circuit Breaker Lab [Jewelry]

Jewelry handmade in DC from electronic waste - intelligent gifts for geeks!

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City Bonfires

Created by 2 dads whose jobs were impacted by COVID, these portable bonfires are eco-friendly and recyclable. They are perfect for ambiance or roasting marshmallows!

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Clark's Cubes

Single-serve coffee and flavored teas with no waste! Place one cube in your cup and just drop, stir, and enjoy.

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Clay and Honey

Ceramic pieces made in the district with lots of love. Also, 20% of profits go towards The Bee Conservancy! DL Insider: We love our dotted espresso cups made by Mila!

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Cocktail Curations

Bottled cocktail bases - including a classic old fashioned, a unique chili paloma and even a strawberry rhubarb tonic

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Collagebynicole

Original handmade collage prints made by Nicole Ziesing.

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Comet Cloth

Unique kitchen towels that blend cotton and food photography.

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Common Raven [Clothing]

Maker of quality sewn goods & DC zippered pouches. Everything is designed, cut and sewn in Washington DC (bags, face masks & scarves)

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Common Raven [Home Goods]

Maker of quality sewn home goods like organic cotton/hemp napkins, tea towel and pillows

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Compass Coffee

Coffee, espresso, sanitizer, tea, syrups and swag.

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Cosmic Medium

Graphic art and illustration business from artist Laura Coleman - specializing in illustrations of Black Heroes and Black women. Check out the collection of clothing, accessories, art prints, stationary, label pins and more!

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Cotton & Reed

DC's first rum distillery! White rum and low-sugar naturally flavored rums, house-made mixers. Hand-sanitizer being sold during the pandemic.

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Creative Grounds

Choose from their anniversary blend or other medium and full-bodied roasts, plus merch from this lovely art & coffeeshop in Bloomingdale.

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Cris Logan Art

Original prints and DC-themed illustrations featuring our beloved Caps and Nationals, iconic restaurants and landmarks.

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Crunchy Hydration

Great tasting water that hydrates while easing the mind and body of everyday stressors. We love the calm watermelon and om grapefruit with CBD. Every can purchased helps hydrate a community in need by providing water filters to communities that do not have access to clean water!

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Cultivate the City

Garden Center at W.S. Jenks & Son in NE DC serves your gardening needs, all year long. Come by and pick up your favorite indoor plants, outdoor plants, vertical gardening equipment, growing tools, nutrients, seeds and much, much more. They also offer an option for a CSA box!

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Cultured Kombucha

Kombucha subscriptions: cases of fresh kombucha delivered to your door. Amazing flavors (and punny names): lotus flower bomb, tropic like it's hot, bug a boo, golden.

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Cured & Crisp

"Even vegetarians eat it". Current (exotic and amazing) bacon flavors: chinese five spice, hibiscus flower and fennel, breakfast bacon, pastrami.

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Cutting Board

DC based meal kit delivery service. They tailor meals to each individual's preferences, using locally sourced ingredients. That means you and everyone in your household gets to eat exactly what they desire!

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D. Prince designs

Beautiful regional, cocktail/drink, plant, recipe, and custom prints!

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Dafero

Vegan, paleo, gluten free and low glycemic index dessert brand with a social mission to help refugees and vulnerable women. We can't stop eating their OG sugar-free date spread!

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DC Bee Honey

Raw honey from small scale beekeepers around the District - each jar has a unique story from the beekeeper. List of shops that carry their product and an online request form is available. DL Insider Tip: We get ours at Glen's Garden Market!

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DC Brau

DC's. first packaging brewery since 1956! Craft beers and a hard seltzer that makes you wonder why you ever consumed White Claw.

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DC Brushes & Strokes

Small art business based out of Washington, D.C. specializing in abstract acrylic painting and other bespoke items. We love the DC map paintings and the texture of the art!

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DC IS MY CITY

A collection of more than 175 prints and postcards that explore D.C.'s famed landmarks and lesser-known treasures.

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Deborah Grayson

Drawings, paintings, sculpture and prints that draw on magic, myth, and memory to create a contemporary picture of the real and imagined worlds of women's lives.

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Defy

Organic hand sanitizer that does not leave you with dry hands, a gross sticky feeling, and awful smells. Their formula contains organic ethyl alcohol and glycerin to moisturize your skin for a pleasant experience. Our favorite is the lavande!

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della Terra Organics

Small batch organic personal care products. Their line has a wide variety of products - acne treatments, deodorant, acne treatment, mosquito repellent, dry shampoo, healing balm, shampoo and more! And even products for your pets!

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Denisa Piatti

Founded with a mission to illuminate the beauty of non-precious materials with precious, traditional craftsmanship. All pieces are designed and handcrafted in DC.

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Denizens Brewing Co.

Independent and family-owned brewery featuring craft beers, barrel-aged and mix-fermentation sour beers available as limited edition releases, and hard seltzers (+really cool artwork on the bottles and cans).

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Diament Jewelry

Handmade and vintage jewelry from mostly sterling silver, 14K gold, and 14K gold filled materials. Also offers covid care packages!

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District Batch

All natural luxury skin care for women and men. Soaps, aftershave, beard care prep, skin care, deodorant and more!

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District coop

DC based art and apparel company celebrating life in the district. All apparel is designed in downtown DC by local artists.

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District DabbleLab

Personalized paint your own canvases and art boxes for artsy craftsy kids, delivered monthly with four projects and step-by-step instructions via video!

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District Hemp Botanicals

CBD wellness products: tinctures, topicals, edibles, teas, vape pens, capsules & more. They even have products for your pets!

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District Loom

Husband-and-wife team offer a beautiful collection of vintage and antique/handmade heirloom-quality Turkish & Persian rugs.

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District of Clothing

Clothing with a purpose/statement - District of Clothing believes that "clothes won't change the world, but the people who wear them are".

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District Winery

DC's only operational commercial winery! They produce premium small batch wines, combining the quality of tradition with the freedom of innovation.

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Dog Tag Bakery

Nonprofit bakery: making it deliciously simple for you to empower the lives of veterans & military families.

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Dolly shines bright

Unique polymer clay jewelry made by Montenegrin clay artists - mama/daughter duo!

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Don Ciccio & Figli

Italian Herbal Liqueurs - Limoncello, negronis, walnut old fashioned and more! They also have starter kits, gift sets and recipes if you are not sure where to start!

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Dress It Up Dressings

Elegant dressings for every dietary need or preference: gluten-free, sugar-free-, vegan, kosher, paleo, keto.

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Dulce Designs

Assortment of face masks - the founder has also donated over 5K Face Masks to essential workers and our ASL (Hard of Hearing) community!

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Dwell Tea Co.

Organic hand blended loose leaf teas and gift sets.

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East City Book Shop

Independent, neighborhood shop offering books in all genres & gifts, plus regular community events.

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Eat Pizza

DC-based frozen pizza company that believes it should be easy to eat great pizza. They make all of their pizzas from scratch and add the perfect balance of toppings to be cooked in your oven. List of retailers carrying their product is available on the website.

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Elana Designs

Purchase one of their best sellers directly from the shop or commission a custom string art piece - all wall art is handmade and unique.

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Element Shrub

Sparkling, non-alcoholic, apple cider vinegar drinks. Great for using as mixers or drinking straight. Shrub & Club is their shrub + club soda line made with fresh fruit & herbs and spices.

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Elodie's Naturals

Clean beauty serums, custom lotions, and balms. Elodie also offers educational skincare chemistry classes for kids/teens and adults!

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EmKay Designs

Gorgeous custom ornaments and 20+ types of hot cocoa bombs - use code DISTRICTLYLOCAL for free local delivery!

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Emon Art DC

Emon is a Thai-born artist living in DC. A self-taught artist, her drawings and paintings explore themes of minimalism, abstraction, and natural beauty. She uses a variety of media, including paint and ink, to create abstract works.

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Epic Everyday

A kids lifestyle brand that adds mocha-hued visibility via apparel, accessories, and home goods (e.g. duvets, pillow cases, blankets).

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Erin Friedman Art

Using Acrylic Paint, Gouache, Charcoal and Wax Pastel, Erin paints very much in the moment and based on emotion. While painting, she builds her compositions through methods of abstraction to create a final image that is free from formal structure and is open to interpretation.

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Everybody's Juice

Cold-pressed juices, juice cleanse programs & shot bundles

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Farrah Skeiky

Farrah Skeiky is an Arab American photographer, creative director, and writer who creates beautiful coloring pages, postards, prints and books paying hommage to live music and the DC punk scene.

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Favor

Raw apple cider vinegar shots with ginger lemon cayenne & cinnamon honey.

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Federalisms

Delightful and witty cards... Funny. Real. Federal. And always non-partisan.

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Female Power Project

Prints to celebrate powerful, courageous, and defiant females

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FleursDC

Since its inception in 2018, fleursDC has been based in the wonderful community of Capitol Hill. With fleursDC, an artistically designed floral arrangement is just the start. From ordering online to handwritten note cards included with your floral gift, attention to details sets fleursDC’s concierge-like service apart.

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Florescent Natural Perfume

Natural perfumes made exclusively with botanical ingredients - a true luxury in a world of synthetic fragrance. You'll smell the difference.

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flowers x flores

Inspired by the desire to spread joy without compromising our collective responsibility to the earth, Flowers x Flores offers an assortment of beautiful blooms for events, DIY Buckets and even a flower CSA!

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Folk & Palate

DC-based bakery with a focus on the connection between the human story and the power of food. Their bemees (layers of airy cake and buttercream sandwiched between 2 classic cookies) look divine!

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Frères Branchiaux

Using soy and coconut wax, the Gill brothers design scent experiences that are unique and one of a kind. They have also added accessories such as room sprays, diffusers, bath salts, candle snuffers, and wick cutters. 10% of their profits are donated to homeless shelters nationwide. And yes - you have have seen them on Good Morning America!

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Fresh Pear Jewelry

Bold earrings for bold humans. Handmade in DC.

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Fuck the System Hot Sauce

Making hot sauce locally in DC & donating all profits to Stop Police Terror Project DC.

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Fully Bloomed Shop

Product line providing everything you need to bloom to your fullest potential! Beautiful journals, affirmation card decks, floral smudge sticks, eco-accessories like gold straws and more!

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Georgetown Soaps

Founded in 2009, handcrafted bath and bod products, including soaps, liquod hand soap, scrubs, serums, wooden wick soy candles and more.

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Giulia Letzi + META Jewelry

Handmade jewelry that upcycles plastic from coffee shops in our community.

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Glen's Garden Market

A local grocery store that carries their own line of products like house-made guacamole, chais, juices, paprika aioli, chipotle mayo, kale salad dressing & more! They also have subscriptions for weekly provisions & a meat CSA.

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Godet Woodworking

Small functional items, such as cutting boards, coasters, other sundries, and custom hardwood furniture built by Adam Godet.

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Good Day Scents

Premium soy wax candles (with carefully selected scents & unique names) , free from harsh chemicals and a variety of essential and fragrance oils. Mixed and poured by hand in Washington DC!

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Good Daze

Hair accessories company started by two sisters. A portion of proceeds is donated to local schools!

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Good Letters [Art]

DC based design studio that sells stationary, prints & stickers.

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Good Letters [Paper Goods]

DC based design studio that sells stationary, prints & stickers.

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Gordy's Pickle Jar

So much more than pickles - Brine, Bloody Mary Mix, pepper spreads and pickled veggies (i.e. jalapeños and okra)! Gordy's is committed to using seasonal, organic and local ingredients whenever possible.

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Gouter

Raw organic tonics and cleanses, snacks and shots. We will one day muster up the courage to do the "All tonic hardcore cleanse".

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Grace Street Coffee

Whole bean coffee, grinders, cold brew concentrates, subscriptions! We hope they add their cold-pressed matcha lemonades to their home delivery inventory!

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Green Grocer

Meal kits delivered to your door - a lot of great options (e.g. butter masala chicken) and a searchable directory by diet (vegan/vegetarian), region or family friendly options!

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Green Hat

The first distiller to open in the District since Prohibition. Super smooth gins that are perfect for summer G&Ts. Fun fact: New Columbia's Green Hat Gin is a nod to George Cassiday, a D.C. bootlegger who was known for his green fedora and who operated an illicit Prohibition-era distribution center to Capitol Hill lawmakers and their staffs.

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Green Hydrangea

Full-service floral design studio located in Cleveland Park DC. They offer flower buckets, subscriptions and different sized bouquets.

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Grishm's Gala Land

Mom and son duo creating a variety of fun products for kids and families (e.g., greeting cards, bags, etc)

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Grounded

Virtual shop that ships houseplants to aspiring plant parents, plant subscriptions and one-time purchases.

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GrowWild Studio [Adults]

Empowering totes and t-shirts #feminist.

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GrowWild Studio [Kids]

Specialize in #feminist kids wear - from onesies to t-shirts.

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Grub Rockstar

Hot sauces, seasoning blends & other sauces (e.g. mambo, bbq, chipotle) made in the district

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Habeebah's Herbals [Beauty]

Large assortment of natural and organic skin care products like body butters, eye/face creams, masks, toners, facial washes, hair oils & deodorant

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Habeebah's Herbals [Candles]

Eco soy candles

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Handmade Habitat [Beauty]

Beauty goods for slow, mindful living (e.g. soaps and bath salts that make beautiful gifts!)

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Handmade Habitat [Home Goods]

All natural soy wax candles. They have mantra candles and custom note candles!

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Hannah Good Art

Art prints & stickers. We love the self-love and empowering prints! You may recognize her work from Rosa Cartagena's avatar in the Washingtonian newsletter!

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Hannah Rose Creative Co.

Primarily focused on the creation of original linoleum block prints inspired by nature.

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Happied

Kits that have all you need to create killer cocktails (tools and glassware included). Fun fact - they also host virtual social experiences to enjoy your cocktail at home!

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Harper Macaw

Chocolate bars & chocolate products (e.g., drinking chocolate, cocoa nibs, gifts).

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Harpeth Swill

Fairtrade Japanese Style Cold Brew (this method allows it to be a less acidic, yet more caffeinated coffee).

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Have Some Charisma

A wide assortment of meals curated by a local chef and delivered to your door. They even have keto, vegetarian & vegan options.

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