Posts Tagged ‘equinox’
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 hosted by [...]
Capital Chefs: Fall 2011 Comings and Goings of DC Chefs
‘Grafiatto’
courtesy of ‘Plantains & Kimchi’
A lot has been happening in the DC chef community in the last month or so. Here’s a recap on the comings and goings of local chefs across the city.
First up, after 12 years Equinox’s chef and owner Todd Gray is passing the torch on to a new chef. Karen Nicolas, [...]
First Look: Watershed
You have to admire people who take a risk. Opening up a brand new restaurant in a brand new hotel in a growing neighborhood is exactly that. However, if successful, you’ll not only reap the rewards, you also might be part of the force that helped reinvent a neighborhood. In this case, it looks like [...]
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‘Bacon Doublecheeseburger’
courtesy of ‘Kevin H.’
Just Because I Love Burgers
LOVE this post. EaterDC gathered three chefs and had them duke it out to see who could “create a burger that would make the presidential mouth water.” The brave participants were Chefs Todd Gray (Equinox), Victor Albisu (BLT Steak) and Brian McBride (Blue Duck Tavern). Albisu won the challenge, but all the burgers [...]
This Week in Food
‘me + scallops = omg bff!’
courtesy of ’skampy’
A Big Deal
The week’s biggest food news? Obviously the 2011 RAMMY noms. We Love DC eater Ashley writes that a few restaurants like Bourbon Steak, Citronelle, and Equinox show up a number of times, “but there are a few dark horses out there like Ted’s Bulletin, The Majestic and Liberty Tavern [...]
Restaurants Love to Cook, Serve & Tweet!
“These days at a restaurant you have plates, tables, food and Twitter.”
-Barcode owner Antonis Karagounis
“People regularly ask for restaurant suggestions from other Tweeps on Twitter. When we are able to find those requests and immediately welcome them to our restaurant, they are floored by the quick response and personalized welcome. We’ve been lucky enough [...]
We Love Drinks: Equinox, Redux
It was a case of double trouble when I met Katie for a We Love Drinks special at Equinox’s Chocolate Happy Hour. As two of the food and drink fanatics here at We Love DC, we thought it would be fun to head out together to one of Katie’s favorite spots, a place I’d actually [...]
More »We Love Drinks: Equinox’s Cider Happy Hour
The Oct. 22nd edition of the Dining Out email from Washingtonian had a tip about a happy hour that sounded like a November dream – Fall Cider Happy Hour at Equinox. Yum! I do love me some cider. And my partner in crime for happy hour, Rebecca, loves herself some fall. Fall is well known as her [...]
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