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COURTESTY CHERIAN THOMAS
Spotluck co-founders Cherian Thomas (GRD ’14) and Brad Sayler hope to promote business at  local restaurants by offering discounts to customers based on a special algorithm that changes based on demand.

Startup Offers New Way to Dine Locally

By Owen Eagan October 23, 2015

When Jack Segelstein (COL ’18) goes out to eat with friends in Georgetown, his group sometimes encounters a dilemma. “A lot of the time we just can’t agree on what we want to eat,” Segelstein...

Senior Dis-O Tradition Returns With Fewer Events

By Susannah Price September 29, 2015

The Senior Class Committee hosted fewer activities for this year’s graduating class than previous years’ at its annual weeklong "Dis-Orientation" celebration, which took place last week. While the...

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Jonathan Quigley is a bartender who works at The Tombs. His quirky talents and jam-packed life have become well known among students.

Local Tombs Employee Raises the Bar

By Hannah Kaufman February 27, 2015

Jonathan Quigley is a man of many talents. A lawyer by day, a bartender by night and a father to three children 24 hours a day, Quigley has somehow managed to balance the different aspects of his life...

Tombs Brings the Music

Tombs Brings the Music

By Emily Min and Emily Min December 13, 2014

While wine night at The Tombs may have been cancelled, management there is making alternative Sunday night plans: live music! That's right, beginning next semester, there are plans to have live musical...

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The Tombs will no longer be holding Sunday wine nights after the Clyde’s Restaurant Group instructed its restaurants to cancel this weekly event in a directive released last Friday.

Tombs Cancels Wine Night

By Kshithij Shrinath November 14, 2014

The Tombs has indefinitely cancelled its Sunday wine nights upon a directive from the Clyde’s Restaurant Group. "I don’t know why exactly it was cancelled, but the reasoning behind it — I know...

Tombs Trivia Criticized for Offensive Content

By Kshithij Shrinath November 11, 2014

The Tombs issued an apology for offensive statements made during its Trivia Night on Nov. 4 and promised changes in the future to prevent the incident from recurring. The weekly trivia night, which occurs...

Tombs Cancels Wine Night

Tombs Cancels Wine Night

By Ian Tice and Ian Tice November 9, 2014

Wine night, The Tombs' weekly Sunday-night celebration of wine, has been cancelled indefinitely, 4E has learned. Hopefully you've made alternate plans for your Sunday nights since you definitely won't...

COURTESY CLYDE'S RESTUARANT GROUP
Tombs, 1789 and F. Scott's founder Richard McCooey with his wife Karen. McCooey lived most of his life in Georgetown.

McCooey, Tombs Founder, Dies at 83

By Mallika Sen August 26, 2014

In 1962, Richard H. McCooey (C ’52) established two properties on 36th Street, with the aim of giving back to his beloved university. His brainchildren — The Tombs, 1789, and later, F. Scott’s...

What I Miss Most...

What I Miss Most…

By KP and KP May 25, 2013

Hey, Hoyas, how long's it been? Oh yeah, that's right, two weeks. It's only been two weeks since we've left campus for summer vacation, but if you're feeling anything like I am, there's already a soft,...

More Than a Tradition: Seniors Reflect On 99 Days Club

More Than a Tradition: Seniors Reflect On 99 Days Club

By Guest Writer and Guest Writer May 17, 2013

By Allie Hahn and Colm Cross We had always talked about how we wanted to do 99 Days our senior year, the annual contest where seniors are challenged to go to The Tombs and get a drink or bite to eat...

21 Ways You Know You're About to Graduate from Georgetown

21 Ways You Know You’re About to Graduate from Georgetown

By Hoya Staff Writer and Hoya Staff Writer April 25, 2013

There are only three days of classes left (if we're really counting Georgetown Day as a day of class), and for the Class of 2013, this is a bittersweet fact. Some of the seniors on The Hoya pushed through...

WINNER – MARCH MADNESS: The Best of Georgetown

WINNER – MARCH MADNESS: The Best of Georgetown

By Lindsay Lee and Lindsay Lee April 15, 2013

After weeks of voting, many heated matchups and some exciting upsets, we at The Fourth Edition are proud to announce that we do, indeed have a winner! In the Final Four battle between Hot Chick, The...

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