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The Korean-owned K-Young’s Deli serves Korean,
American and Latin American dishes. Fill up on kimchi,
hamburgers and yucca-corn soup.
Dress up those Levi’s with Batman or Superman
belt buckles or groovy rhinestone disco belts
($24 for a dozen) from Lu Holiday Wholesale.
Kick your bad habits at Y.S. Health Food, whichcarries numerous kinds of honey, gunpowdergreen tea, Siberian deer horns (for making soup)and a frog-shaped humidifier.
Find rock-bottom prices on fresh produce — sevenorganic bananas for $1, six cartons of strawberriesfor $5 — at Mexican Fruit Co.
Restock your pots, pans and other kitchennecessities at Best Equipment & Supplies.
For Islamic-sanctioned halalmeats not commonly available insupermarkets, such as the Al Safabrand, stop at Caribbean Crescent.
A. Litteri Italian SpecialtyDelicatessen, around since1926, sells nearly 100 kindsof olive oil.
Add another Bruce Leeaction figure to yourcollection at SunlightWholesale.
Grill up some burgers Jamaican-style: Pick up 50 patties for $37along with jerk seasonings atJamaica Distributors.
Wear your heroes on your shirtsleeves: The Che Guevara andJesus T-shirts hang side by sideat D.C. One Wholesaler.
For items that defy category —and sometimes taste — pop intoJumbo Trading Co., where waresinclude yak hair for extensions andDudley Do-Right baseball caps.
For mango madness, grab acase of the tropical fruit fromLa Villa Food Distributors,a family-operated biz thatspecializes in Mexican andLatin American products.
D.C. Farmers Marketis more than just applesand oranges; butchersand seafood vendors selltheir goods alongsideproduce growers.
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WHAT: Capital City Market.
WHY: Jamaican hamburgers, Korea Row and superhero style.
HOW BIG: 1 million square feet.
Y ou just can’t find good oxtail these days. Or can you?Capital City Market, a historic shopping area in the shadow of Gallaudet Univer-
sity in Northeast Washington, contains an eclectic mix of goods that are hard to findon standard supermarket shelves. Built in 1871, Center Market evolved into UnionMarket and then the current Capital City Market, whose earliest buildings date to
1929. The market covers an astounding 1 million square feet of commercial space. Known forits low prices and wide selection, the retail complex attracts shoppers of all distinctions, in-cluding restaurant chefs, store suppliers and foodies with global tastes.
Initially, the market’s size and state (slightly dilapidated warehouse units) might seem a lit-tle intimidating, but focus on the retail — while keeping an eye on the zigzagging forklifts —and you’ll be shopping like a pro. The area is anchored by the D.C. Farmers Market structurebetween Fifth and Sixth streets NE, where butchers sell exotic cuts of meats (beef tongue andoxtail, for example), vendors stock underground go-go CDs and Washingtonians make a mealout of fresh vegetables and fish, pork rinds and pig’s feet. In addition, on weekends through-out the year, an outdoor flea market doubles the shopping opportunities with new and usedclothing, jewelry, music, books, DVDs and more.
But don’t shut that wallet yet. Additional warehouses to the south and west contain special-ty stores. There is an entire row of Korean businesses along Morse Street, and nearby, Mex-ican, Jamaican, Chinese, Italian and Ghanaian merchants import their cultures with food-stuffs, cleaning products and cosmetics. Although some businesses are exclusively wholesale,many welcome individual shoppers as well. Ergo, you won’t have to buy a whole case of oxtail.
— Jon and Monika Youngs
Road Trip maps are available at www.washingtonpost.com/roadtrip, as areaddresses and hours of operation (be sure to check before you go). Have an idea for
a trip? E-mail [email protected].
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SHARON JONES BY DULCE PINZON — DAPTONE RECORDS
“Things had changed, people, too;
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thing. Five years was a long time, and
I knew nothing about nothing.”
— Long-lost son Adam Chase considers the family he left behind
The atmosphere is palpably
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rumination on the emotional
force of family dynamics.
This complex love story tracks
the relationship of two college
sweethearts as they navigate an
early marriage beset with challenges
from illness to infi delity.
After a summer touring behind Amy
Winehouse, the Dap-Kings are in excellent
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over which to vamp.
“Let them knock upon my door
until their hands are black and
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until my man and I are through.”
— “Let Them Knock”
On a few songs, notably “Gypsy Biker”
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to sound, well, Springsteeny.— Joe Heim
There are only six episodes, so you might want
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the line.— Greg Zinman
Take away the (admittedly awesome)
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Hard-core gamers may fi nd that the default
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Halo 3’s improved environmental designs,
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Feel free to go off script:
The game may ask you to draw
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Burns expertly weaves archival
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features and commentaries.
Self-absorbed and
foul-mouthed comedian
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loopy sitcom.
After a foray into folk on last year’s
“We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions,”
Springsteen reconvenes the E Street Band
and returns to straight-ahead
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A magical land is under attack by sinister forces,
and you are called upon to literally create a hero.
Out with the new, in with the old:
What sounds like a long-forgotten soul
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100 Days,100 Nights Sharon Jones
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A good-at-heart drifter is plunged into a tangle
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Silverman may be amoral and juvenile, but she’s
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singalong versions of the show’s
catchy and offensive songs.
“We don’t measure the blood
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door / Who’ll be the last to die
for a mistake / The last to die
for a mistake”
— “Last to Die”
There’s a wonderfully odd quality
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“Terry’s Song,” the hidden track
closer, is among the Boss’s best.
“I was raised in a real Christian
family. As a result, killing was
not part of my training. And that
was a big hurdle for me to get over.”
— Infantryman Glenn Frazier of Mobile, Ala., shares his war story
Be imaginative! With stylus in hand,
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protagonists, as well as weapons, vehicles
and other props.
Like a highbrow version of a voyeuristic
reality show, the novel elicits a
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characters — truly an up-all-night read.
Ken Burns’s epic seven-part documentary about
World War II traces its impact on the men and
women of four American towns.
This sequel introduces all kinds
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Some viewers might be put off by a 15-hour
historical exercise that considers only America’s
side of a global confl ict.— G.Z.
While tangentially addressing
issues of class, this is a story of
privileged people grappling with
privileged problems — not
recommended for readers for
whom “yuppie” is a four-letter
word. — Adriana Leshko
A few too many slow burners keep the album
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Second-time author Hart takes a bit too long to
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“The fi rst week together, Julian and
Mia stopped sleeping. They were
coasting on adrenaline, Mia said.
‘On libido,’ said Julian.”
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Finding a funny line from this show that can
be printed in a family newspaper is well
nigh impossible.
In the sci-fi franchise’s latest
installment, protagonist Master
Chief must rally Earth’s troops
during a multi-front war to put an
end to an invasion by a marauding
alien alliance.
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The Sarah Silverman Program: Season One Not rated
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The WarNot rated
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MagicBruce Springsteen
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