"Odd Provisions proudly stays stocked with local cheese, jams, pickles, and ready-to-eat items like ice cream sandwiches. If you’re lucky, you might even come by when local vendors are offering tastings of delicious foodstuffs. This corner market also has gift baskets filled with tinned fish, sopressata, and sea salt caramels for an extra-fancy picnic session, or you can grab prepared salads and sandwiches that change seasonally. There are plenty of small parks in Columbia Heights to camp out with a fancy charcuterie haul, plus some lovely larger green spaces in nearby Petworth, like Sherman Circle." - Emily Venezky