Bite the Fruit — About BTF
Black Friday + Cyber Monday
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Up to 75% off in-store discount 25% off all online orders November 28, 2025 - October 1, 2025
Dupont Circle Holiday Sip+Shop
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Complimentary drinks & snacks while you shop. Annual Dupont Circle Holiday Sip+Shop Thursday, November 13, 20255pm-7pm At these participating businesses:Bite the Fruit, Bloom, Copenhaver, Spa Logic and more! Kick off the holiday season with shopping, wine and snacks. Dupont Circle Business Improvement District (DC BID) welcomes you to enjoy complimentary wine, tea, and snacks while you shop at participating Dupont Circle businesses. All participating businesses are a short walk from each other on the Connecticut Avenue corridor, so you can move from shop to shop. For map and directions:DC BID's Welcome Table1601 Connecticut Avenue NW This year’s Sip+Shop is sponsored...
Sexy Time: Bite the Fruit is here for your lockdown self-love needs
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As we all get used to more "me" time, Bite the Fruit has toys galore in its online store.
Out of the Box: Bite the Fruit's Russwin Francisco
Bite the Fruit About BTF
Eight years ago, Russwin Francisco was faced with reinventing a legendary D.C. leather store. In the process, he created a new, lasting icon: Bite the Fruit.
Shop Small, Shop Local
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Studies have shown that when you buy from an independent, locally owned business, like Bite the Fruit, rather than a chain store, more of your money is used to make purchases from other local businesses and service providers. This strengthens and enhances the economic base of the community. We appreciate that chain stores are too convenient to pass up. However, it is stores like Bite the Fruit that make our neighborhoods vibrant and interesting, economically strong and environmentally responsible. If not competitive, our prices are almost always the same as the chains' prices. Further, nothing replaces the friendly...