Garfinckel's was a prominent department store chain based in Washington, D.C. that catered to a clientele of wealthy consumers.

[5] That same year, Allied Stores acquired Garfinckel, Brooks Brothers, Miller & Rhoads, Inc. for $228 million.

On June 21, 1990, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by its chairman and CEO George P. Kelly and went out of business.

An eight-story department store building was erected at the northwest corner of 14th and F Streets, across from the Willard Hotel, and opened in 1929.

From 1997 to 1999, the property was redeveloped into a modern office building and shopping center named Hamilton Square.

[11][12] Unlike its local retail competitors, the Hecht Company, Woodward & Lothrop, and Lord & Taylor, Garfinckel's did not open numerous suburban locations during the heyday of the 1950s and 1960s.