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Category Archives: Restaurant Review
!9 Kitchens 9!: New Kitchens on the Block at Mess Hall
This last version of New Kitchens on the Block was the ninth opportunity to try the wares of a slew of emerging eateries all at once. Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting, Restaurant Review
Tagged Alfreda, chefs, Cielo Rojo, D.C., Elena James, event, Kevin Tien, Mahal, Mallard, Matt Baker, Mess Hall, New Kitchens on the Block, Non Se, reporting, San Pancho, Two Nine Omakase, Urai
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Coffee Love from the Land Down Under
Is there a trend happening here? Casual food from the rest of the English-speaking world invading DC (see my review of LEON)? If so, more, please! I finally visited the latest iteration of Bluestone Lane Café, the coffee-obsessed Aussie chain … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Restaurant Review
Tagged avocado toast, Bluestone Lane Cafe, coffee, D.C., review
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At Long Last, LEON: The British Chain Arrives in Washington
We have been honored with the first U.S. location of LEON, which is serving up dishes much more interesting than the phrase “British food” might conjure in American imaginations. Think not about fish and chips, stodgy roasts, or mushy peas … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Events, Reporting, Restaurant Review
Tagged D.C., John Vincent, LEON, review
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A Fine Food Day in DC
Yesterday, we took advantage of an invitation to a tech-related pitch lunch to eat at Fiola. In our parallel lives as IT consultants, we are sometimes invited to these events, where a software company extols the virtues of their product … Continue reading
Quick! Before It Bursts!
New York has popup stuff happening all the time: restaurants and stores that are designed to be here today, gone tomorrow. Washington, not so much – until now. Hurry down to Georgetown, because this Sunday is the last day that … Continue reading
Posted in Eating, Restaurant Review
Tagged Arcadia Farm, D.C., Mary Beth Albright, review, Sabra Hummus House
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Review: Chef Roberto Donna’s Alba Osteria
Those lucky patrons of the Olney Farmers and Artists Market who attended the Farm to Table Dinner in 2012 will remember the pasta course cooked by Chef Roberto Donna. He has been busy around the city since then, opening, first, … Continue reading
Corned Beef King Comes In From The Cold
We had heard that the Corned Beef King truck that has made its home parked outside the Olney Exxon station on Georgia Avenue had moved inside, so we stopped by recently to check it out. Sure enough, there is now … Continue reading
Putting the Urban in Silver Spring
Silver Spring continues to be a magnet for aspirational enterprises. The latest one, opening this week, is Urban Butcher. Envisioned as a restaurant with a retail component, all meat served is processed in-house, broken down from whole animals, and converted … Continue reading
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Tagged chefs, review, Silver Spring, Urban Butcher
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Change Lobsters, and Dance
I went back to Wegman’s in Columbia (see preview) looking for dinner, and stumbled across a treat: Thursday is Lobster Night. At the Food Bar, they will steam to order a 1-pound lobster and serve it to you with corn, … Continue reading