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Food Tweet of the Week: Boxcar Tavern
Capitol Hill’s Boxcar Tavern should really have more followers. Since the neighborhood establishment opened at the end of December, it’s tweeted 90 times and garnered 83 followers. Maybe if the restaurant tweeted a little more, it could raise that number a bit (note: this is not an invitation to over-tweet!) @BoxcarDC only follows 7 other [...]
More »First Look: Sixth Engine
Like most people, I was excited to try out Sixth Engine, with a lot of the appeal coming from its setting: a historic firehouse house built in 1855 and the oldest in Washington, DC. Located north of Chinatown in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood, Sixth Engine serves modern American cuisine and comes to us from [...]
More »Food Tweet of the Week
So I’m venturing out of DC for this Tweet of the Week and north to Bethesda. At Chef Tony’s the rotating menu is seafood focused. The only thing Chef Tony Marciante might care about almost as much as food is social media. On his website banner you can see a caricature, plus all the ways to get [...]
More »Sugar and Champagne Affair
chocolate custard, cocoa crumble with roasted banana ice cream @ Watershed- Washington, DC courtesy of Plantains & Kimchi It’s almost time for the Sugar and Champagne Affair — back next month for the eleventh year. As the name implies, Sugar and Champagne is a dessert and bubbly reception that benefits the Washington Humane Society. Once again [...]
More »First Look: District Kitchen
After driving right by it and then almost walking past it, I finally made it into District Kitchen. It’s not really as bright in the dark as the picture makes it appear to be. Open just almost two weeks, the Woodley Park restaurant has almost mastered its customer service skills, and it’s a great addition [...]
More »Tweet of the Week: Ris
ris 10.21.10 – 6 courtesy of laura padgett My favorite food dish at Ris is without question, Chef Ris Lacoste’s Scallop Margarita: lime marinated scallops with chilies, orange, avocado and tequila ice. My second favorite thing about the restaurant is actually not food related, at least technically. That would be Ris’ Twitter account. Behind the tweets is Natalie [...]
More »This Week in Food
Coming Soon From Charlotte, NC comes Fuel Pizza & Wings, a locale set to start serving at 16th and K on January 18th. The opening will even feature free food for one year for the 1st fifty customers and complimentary menu tastings throughout the day. So head over there for New York-style pizza in interesting [...]
More »Cupcake Wars All-Stars
Vegan Easter cupcakes courtesy of theqspeaks If you like seeing DC on the national screen — Real Housewives not included — then you might want to head to Adam’s Morgan on Sunday. As you might know, vegan bakery Sticky Fingers Sweets & Eats won Food Network’s Cupcake Wars in March of last year, and now it’s [...]
More »Food Tweet of the Week: Taylor Gourmet
Here at We Love DC, your food team is (re) introducing the Food Tweet of the Week feature. Basically, every Friday we’ll highlight a restaurant, chef, mixologist, food truck, or pretty much anyone associated with the industry who made us laugh, click on a link, salivate at a picture, or mix a drink at home. The [...]
More »First Look: Boxcar Tavern
Photo courtesy of Tricia Barba I went to Boxcar Tavern the first day (night) it opened – just two days before the New Year. When staring in from the outside it was impossible to see just how crowded it was, but upon opening the door, the excitement surrounding the new establishment was tangible. There were [...]
More »One Year Later: Smith Commons
smith commons courtesy of philliefan99 If you remember the H Street corridor from years ago, the place where Smith Commons now stands was the home of a large carpet warehouse. The restaurant is just as massive: three stories with a main dining room and main bar on the first floor, a public house on levels two and three, plus a [...]
More »FREE FOOD ALERT: Pinkberry
Pinkberry courtesy of cherrylet We love lining up for things: burgers (hello Shake Shack), cupcakes, food trucks, and of course, fro-yo. When the Los Angeles-based Pinkberry opened up its first store in DC back in May, fans lined Connecticut Avenue in Dupont Circle to get a taste of the icy, tart yogurt. The hard decision [...]
More »Restaurants Here and On The Way
Courtesy of Tricia Barba It seems like there’s never a shortage of restaurants opening up in DC. To finish out 2011, Xavier Cervera plans to open his fifth Capitol Hill restaurant, Boxcar Tavern, located in the old Petite Gourmetspace on 7th St. SE right next to Tunnicliffs. The staff is currently in training mode, and it [...]
More »Christmas Day Dining Picks
Capitol Christmas Tree courtesy of kimberlyfaye It seems like we’re all still working off those pounds from Thanksgiving. If you want a more hassle-free holiday this Christmas Day, how about you keep the pots and pans in the kitchen and head out to one of your favorite DC restaurants open on the holiday. After the [...]
More »We Love Food: A Look at Medium Rare
service @ Medium Rare, Cleveland Park courtesy of Plantains & Kimchi I’ve wanted to try Medium Rare ever since it opened earlier this year but, for some reason I rarely make it north of Dupont Circle. However, I managed to make it to the steak-frites restaurant twice before I decided to write it up. Simple [...]
More »First Look: Elisir Restaurant
I headed to Elisir for its first dinner post soft-opening, and was pleasantly surprised there were no signs that the restaurant in Penn Quarter had literally just opened its doors that same week. The staff was beyond attentive without being intrusive and knew the menu cold. The lighting was bright and refreshing, and the open kitchen area was amazing. Basically, Elisir lived up to Italian [...]
More »Give Back While Eating
‘panettone inside’ courtesy of ‘willsfca’ The holiday season has arrived, and it’s the perfect time to start thinking about how to give back. It gets easier and easier every year – bring cans to work, send a text contribution, add an extra dollar to an online bill payment – you really have no excuse. Food lovers have [...]
More »Where I’ll Eat: Elisir & More
After spending an amazing 8 days in Ecuador and eating ceviche, patacones and arroz con menestra like I would never eat again, I want to make sure my week of food this week is just as good. Here are the places I plan to visit this week in no special order: 4 people like this post. Like Unlike
More »One Year Later: Cuba Libre
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar most definitely sticks out to you as you walk down 9th Street in Chinatown. You just can’t miss the red and yellow. It doesn’t look classy by any means (which it isn’t meant to), but more like fun and perhaps a bit overzealous. More than a year after opening, Cuba [...]
More »Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar
‘Yelp Elite Event at Sonoma, Washington, D.C.’ courtesy of ‘Yelp.com’ So I have this thing for Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar. It is the perfect place to go to on a date, out with friends, or even for alone time at the bar with a glass of wine -though the latter is easier to do [...]
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