Someone Threw a Keg Through the Window at Georgetown Cupcake
May 18, 2026
Near midnight last night, a man in a green shirt and khaki pants carried a keg to Georgetown Cupcake. He stopped right in front of the closed sweets shop—famous for always having a line—then threw the keg at the window, shattering glass everywhere. A baker in the shop at the time rushed to the b
ack for her safety.
“It’s terrifying to hear that amount of glass shatter,” says co-owner Sophie LaMontagne, relaying the experience of her employee. “It’s a pretty robust window. It’s not like throwing a bottle at a window—not that that’s good either. But this is above and beyond. In 18 years of business, we’ve never seen anything at this scale in terms of vandalism to our store.”
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LaMontagne estimates the window costs around $10,000. “I’ll be honest, it’s extremely disruptive, but at the same time, I think the most important thing is no one was hurt, and as a business owner, that is 100-percent our main focus,” LaMontagne says. Although the business was closed at the time of the incident, Georgetown Cupcake typically has someone on site 24 hours a day for cleaning and prep.
MPD say no arrest has yet been made, but LaMontagne says they have collected security footage from various neighbors in the hopes of identifying the man. The keg incident happened on the same day as graduations for Georgetown and George Washington Universities.
“Drunken college antics and fun and graduation celebrations are one thing, but this is beyond that. It’s dangerous behavior, and someone could have been seriously, seriously hurt,” LaMontagne says.
Meanwhile, the window has been boarded up, and Georgetown Cupcake has already resumed business today.The post Someone Threw a Keg Through the Window at Georgetown Cupcake first appeared on Washingtonian.
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