Bite the Fruit — About BTF

  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...

  Since 2012, Bite the Fruit® serves as custodian of the Leather Rack™ legacy of customer goodwill built on decades of excellent service and providing quality merchandise.   The Leather Rack opened as a retail stand on the second floor of the DC Eagle on 9th Street NW in 1971. It incorporated in 1975. It expanded and moved to the Dupont Circle neighborhood in 1988 where it became a destination unto its own. It was the premier source of leather clothing and BDSM gear in the area. Its own brand of handcrafted leather furnishings was internationally recognized.   Bite the...