An interview with Meri Lugo, Co-Owner and Director of Operations at Domestique, ranked one of the country’s best natural wine shops by Wine Enthusiast. We sat down with Meri to hear more about how she fell in love with wine, her early career in hospitality, and what it means to run a a small business in DC. We also had the chance to get some of her favorite wine bars, restaurants, and things to do in The District!

We sat down with Teresa Velasquez, founder of the legendary Georgetown bakery and coffee shop, Baked & Wired. Teresa shared more about her own journey to Baked & Wired, how she thinks about running a family business, and her own favorite flavor of cupcake.

Why I started 202

Robb and his wife Violeta founded Dolcezza, a gelataria and coffee shop in Washington DC after a 1,000 mile river trek down the Amazon river. We caught up with Robb about starting Dolcezza, the future of the business, and what keeps him going.

Jenna Huntsberger is just plain cool. She’s worked in a food truck, launched a super successful food blog, and now runs a cookie business that spans multiple cities and sells into Whole Foods. We talked to Jenna about running a DSD business, getting a manufacturing plant set up, and what inspired her to start Whisked!