One of our favorite Capitol Hill hangouts is Eastern Market. My all-time favorite breakfast place is the little joint in the main hall–amazing pancakes and french toast. We’ve also rented part of the market for a few Catacombs events.

Just found out there was a three-alarm fire last night. Sounds like 2/3rds of the place is virtually destroyed. How sad. And totally surreal. We drove through the market last night on our way to the Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins at 8th and Pennsylvania.

Here’s a news report.