Posts Tagged ‘New Restaurant Openings’

RJ Cooper’s Rogue 24 Opens July 27

‘The Proper Way to Use a Knife’
courtesy of ‘Sprezzatura Images’
The long-talked-about and much anticipated Rogue 24 by RJ Cooper is slated to open on July 27. The 52-seat restaurant near the convention center will feature a theatrical open kitchen in the middle of the dining room, and will offer either a 16-course or 24-course menu. And [...]

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Sneak Preview of PAUL

‘PAUL Bakery’
courtesy of ‘bonappetitfoodie’
Ask a Washingtonian if there’s a good place to get bread in the city and you’ll get an earful. I’m not about to debate our city’s carbohydrate merits. Rather, I want to talk about the opening of PAUL, a new bread shop and bakery that might be the one to raise the [...]

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Get Your Greek/Turkish On

‘Greek Salad’
courtesy of ‘christaki’
Starting April 30th, Dupont Circle will be getting a new Greek and Turkish restaurant. Agora will feature small plates prepared on the wood-fired oven and charcoal fired BBQ grill, and overseen by Turkish born Chef Rasit Gulsen, formerly of Nizam’s Restaurant in Vienna, VA.
The restaurants menu will feature Turkish and Greek fare reflecting owner, Latif [...]

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Incoming: Le Pain Quotidien

‘At Le Pain Quotidien’
courtesy of ‘TreyDanger’
Tuesday night Matt and I were on a run down the Clarendon strip in Arlington, and we passed painters and workers busy preparing the new store front of Le Pain Quotidien, the Belgian cafe & organic bakery poised to open under the Clarendon Gold’s Gym.
I’d never heard of Le Pain [...]

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