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Greek Easter Lambwiches at Zaytinya

Eat Like Me: March’s Best Dishes

‘galbi’ courtesy of ‘aliciagriffin’ Spring is a lovely time in Washington – this isn’t a revelation. But it’s a perfectly pleasing time to be eating out in our city. Chefs are getting excited about spring farm produce, and menus are waking up from their brussel-sprout-and-short-rib trance. Fish makes it’s way to a more prominent place [...]

Fancy Fare Up In The Air

First Look: Kushi Izakaya & Sushi

There’s something wrong with me (maybe). I can’t get enough sushi! I just crave it – spicy tuna, firecracker, flying fish roe, fatty tuna, I WANT IT ALL. So when I was invited to check out the new Japanese gastropub in Mount Vernon Square, I jumped at the chance. Sleek, modern and minimalist, the best [...]

Capital Chefs: Dan Giusti of 1789 (Part I)

I was having one of THOSE days last Saturday. I woke up to get ready for 1789, hopped in the shower, and the shower head flew off the spout and hit me in the head. Hard. Then I was running late, after the appropriate amount of panicking and curse words and feeling my head for [...]

Eat Like Me: February’s Best Dishes

Unleashed Restaurant Deals March 1-7

FREE FOOD ALERT: Free Fresco Tacos @ Taco Bell

First Look: Capital City Diner

I met Matt and Patrick, the owners of Capital City Diner, last September. I stopped by the former used car parking lot on Bladensburg Road to tour the then mid-construction diner. They had a chain-link fence up around the restaurant, and there was a gaping hole in the ground where grass now grows. The guys [...]

FREE FOOD ALERT: Auntie Anne’s Pretzels

‘Auntie Anne’s pretzels’courtesy of ‘roboppy’ JUST IN, FREE FOOD ALERT via the lovely and adorable Missy Frederick from the Washington Business Journal, Auntie Anne’s everywhere will be giving away free pretzels tomorrow. “Between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. you can get a free regular or cinnamon sugar pretzel at any Auntie Anne’s [...]

DC Holds Our Own in James Beard Award Nominees

Minibar by Maxwell MacKenzie DC cleaned UP in the James Beard Award nominations this year with some great restaurants being recognized. I don’t agree with every single nomination, but when does that happen with awards? Winners will be announced at the highly-anticipated James Beard Foundation Awards Ceremony and Gala Reception, taking place on Monday, May [...]

Warm Up Week

‘Cotton Candy Mojito’ courtesy of ‘needlessspaces’ Cabin Fever not out of your system yet? I haven’t been able to shake it, even though my entire weekend was insane. Lucky for me, and for you, Jose Andres’ restaurants are stepping up to the task of entertaining us for cheap, as Cafe Atlantico, Jaleo, Zaytinya and Oyamel [...]

Where DOES the snow go?!

Are They? How To Figure Out If Your Favorite Restaurant Is Open Tonight

Eat Like Me: January’s Best Dishes

I Enjoy A Nice Time Lapse

Oh, what you’re not sick of time lapses? ME NEITHER. Good. Here’s another, this one by Andrew Cutaro. I like this one for it’s longevity, and daily life action (clearing the car, walking the dog, sidewalk shoveling, etc.). Be the first to like. Like Unlike

She Loves DC: Ashley Messick of From Komi to Marvin

There are only a handful of people that understand what it is like to eat at 84 places in 6 months. Ashley Messick is one of them. Funny, adorable, and one of my favorite food writers in the city, Ashley embarked upon a year-long project of eating at every single one of the 2009 Washingtonian [...]

Luckies Who Lunch: Great Lunch Deals in DC

Oh Snow Bored Yet? Cook Yourself Through The Aftermath

Not Over Yet: The Snow In Pictures