Four years ago this week, an eight-page neighborhood guide on Hyattsville, Riverdale Park and College Park was published in Washingtonian’s February 2020 issue, which hit newsstands around the D.C. area.

The Hyattsville Wire was honored to be asked to author the magazine’s first-ever guide to the Route 1 corridor and the spread included our one-on-one interview with College Park tennis star Frances Tiafoe.

Unfortunately, the Covid pandemic hit just weeks after the guide was published, and it didn’t bring the Route 1 corridor the attention it deserved.

But four years later, the guide still holds up. Only Banana Blossom Bistro, Cafe Azul and the pinball room at Mom’s Organic Market have closed, and the previously threatened Marathon Deli managed to survive and return.

The guide is, thankfully, not a time capsule of a bygone era, but more a look at a moment that was interrupted and has since mostly returned. And you can still read the guide online on Washingtonian here.

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