St. Elmo's is the heartbeat of this neighborhood northwest of Old Town. St. Elmo's serves up community life with its cappuccinos and croissants.
Local artists display and sell oil paintings, pottery, and handcrafted jewelry.
There's a jazz quartet on Thursday nights and hip-hop for teens on Sundays. Going through paperwork in the cafe one day, physicist Jennifer Heimberg explained what drew her and her husband, Peter, to the neighborhood, where they just moved into a renovated farmhouse. We lived in Europe for three years where we didn't have a car. Her husband, also a physicist, rides a bike to his teaching job at George Washington University. From their new home on Mount Vernon Avenue, they can walk to shops, restaurants, and a playground for their preschoolers.