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Friday Happy Hour: The Cheap Date
Normally, I am not one for frills or added flavors when it comes to my coffee. I like the taste of coffee too much just as it is, thank you – maybe with a swirly kiss of microfoam if a pro is making it for me. Beyond that, I typically avoid white chocolate mochas, [...]
More »What Will Happen with Food Trucks While They Wait for New Regulations?
Red Hook Lobster Truck Harassed by MPD
courtesy of Mr. T in DC
So you might have noticed that the interwebs were all atwitter yesterday about the alleged crackdown on food trucks. It started off with a post from Kyle Johnson of Food Truck Fiesta about how food trucks were going to be fined if there [...]
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 combinations [...]
Taylor Gourmet Brings You Breakfast
Aramingo Avenue Breakfast Hoagie at Taylor Gourmet
Courtesy Marissa Bialecki
Who hasn’t woken up on a Saturday morning (hungover or not) and started jonesing for a breakfast sandwich, only to realize that practically nothing is open before noon and you don’t really have the desire for a three hour boozefest brunch extravaganza? That’s where the new Taylor [...]
We Love Food: Poste Moderne Brasserie
Pork Rillettes at Poste Moderne Brasserie
courtesy of bonappetitfoodie
Back in September, there was a changing of posts at Poste when Dennis Marron became the new executive chef. It’s always interesting to see how a chef changes up a menu and makes it their own, so when I received a recent dinner invitation to check out [...]
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 defending its title [...]
We Love Food: Toki Underground
Toki Underground, Washington DC courtesy of Plantains & Kimchi
Culinary Ninja. That is the only way to describe Erik Bruner-Yang, the man behind Toki Underground, a tiny ramen sanctuary on H Street. Recognized only by the small blue emblem on the door, this Taiwanese restaurant is serving the best ramen I’ve ever tasted, and in the [...]
13th Annual Washington DC International Wine & Food Festival
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courtesy of bhrome
If the thought of winding your way through stands of artisanal food purveyors and more than 100 wineries doesn’t get your heart pumping and your stomach grumbling, then I don’t know what will. The Washington DC International Food & Wine Festival is returning for the 13th year.
Everything from olive oil producers to [...]
Friday Happy Hour: Barrel-Aged Negroni
Barrel-aging was so big in 2011 that it popped up on some contrarians’ year-end lists of most-overdone trends in the dining and drinking world. Personally, I disagree. When done well, that round, woody quality imparted by leaving something to age a bit can really add depth and deliciousness to whatever you put in there and [...]
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 first [...]
Winter Restaurant Week 2012
Cena courtesy of Daquella manera
So you are one week into your New Years resolutions of getting fit, eating healthy and exercising more… Good for you! Now get over it, because starting January 9th restaurants across the District will be offering killer deals for Winter Restaurant Week. From January 9-15, select restaurants across the city will [...]
Predictions for Food Trends in 2012
opening wide
courtesy of philliefan99
With 2011 and the year of the burger now behind us, the food team’s mouths are already watering and we’re looking ahead at what 2012 will bring to our plates. Our team, comprised of myself, Tricia and Natalia (our newest addition to the team!) all brainstormed about what we think will be [...]
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 a [...]
Rogue Sessions: Celebrity Chefs Rally to Support RJ Cooper
Courtesy Angie Salame
It is an unfortunate circumstance that will bring together some of the most talented chefs from the nation for a culinary showdown of epic proportions. Chef RJ Cooper, the mastermind behind Rogue 24, will undergo open heart surgery this month to correct a genetic heart defect which could [...]
Best Of: Drinks 2011
Architectural Ice
courtesy of Jenn Larsen
Another year, another round for the bar. Before launching into the drinks team’s reminisces of 2011, forgive me for doing something I rarely do as a writer – get a little personal. Just imagine you’re a bartender, and I’m pouring out my sob story at last call.
I almost gave up [...]
Best of: Food 2011
courtesy of Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie
If you ask me, 2011 pretty much knocked it out of the park on the food scene. A plethora of new restaurants and bars opened, old restaurants expanded, chefs stirred up controversy and did good deeds, and in the end our fair city took home two James [...]
Food Truck Tracker
Pickle and B&W Cookiecourtesy of Mr. T in DC
You already gained a few pounds over the holidays. What’s a few more? You’ll work it off by running to the food trucks. Check out where they all are.
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We Love Food: Ripple
Pumpkin Soup at Ripple, Courtesy of Elizabeth Parker
I checked out Ripple when they first opened back in 2010, before there had been much buzz about it, before the restaurant expanded and back when it was one of those restaurants that I just had a good feeling about. The restaurant has changed chefs and menus through [...]
Food Truck Tracker
Truckeroo Food Truckcourtesy of GuidedbyTim
If I could actually stick to this resolution, I’d resolve to eat at more food trucks in 2012. Alas, I don’t work in the city-bounds anymore. But you should put that resolution on your list! See where all the trucks are rolling.
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New Chef Takes the Helm at Blue Duck Tavern
Entrance – Blue Duck Tavern
courtesy of prettylovelythings
It caused a bit of a stir when Brian McBride, the long-time chef at Blue Duck Tavern left in November to team up with Robert Wiedmaier on a concept that has yet to be unveiled. But now the restaurant in the Park Hyatt in Georgetown has a new [...]
