Recent Entries in Food and Drink
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The Saturday Morning Post
Photo by Satirenoir. Good morning, Washington. The Brookland-CUA Metrorail station was closed for about ninety minutes last night after another person intentionally placed themselves on the tracks in front of an oncoming train. Last night's incident pushes the number of suicides in Metrorail stations this year into double digits. WMATA says that at about 9:18 p.m., a man who had gone on to the tracks was struck by a Red Line train heading in...
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The Weekly Feed: Experimentation Edition
Photo by NatalieMaynor Dish of the Week: Sweet potato casserole Thanksgiving... foodie holiday... blah blah blah. But of course, it is my favorite holiday, not just because of the food, but because of the focus on family. My mother is a fantastic cook. She makes the best scallion pancakes. Her technique is so flawless that family members can tell the difference between the pancakes she rolls out and the ones my aunts roll. But...
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José Andrés is GQ's Chef of the Year
With the opening of The Bazaar in Los Angeles and his Made in Spain cooking show on PBS, José Andrés has been busy building a name for himself on the national scene. All of this culminated today in him being named GQ's Chef of the Year. This article highlights tapas selections that you can find at his D.C. restaurants, including Jaleo, Zaytinya, and Minibar. With Blue Ridge chef Barton Seaver's Chef of the Year...
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First Look: The Passenger
A bar patron's ability to develop a relationship with his bartender will invariably dictate a better imbibing experience, whether it's at a fancy cocktail place or the local dive bar. That is perhaps what makes the name of the much anticipated new bar from brothers Tom and Derek Brown, The Passenger, particularly apt. Going back to a time when travel wasn't about being corralled through metal detectors like cattle, The Passenger, which opens tonight at...
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Chewing the Fat: Bourbon Steak's Michael Mina
Chef Michael Mina in the kitchen at Bourbon Steak. Photo courtesy Amber Pfau. Now that we know the outcome of the 2009 Capital Food Fight to benefit D.C. Central Kitchen, we have to wonder whether Chef Michael Mina was laying it on a little thick last week when he said he was scrambling to try out some recipes that he could whip up in 10 minutes. Mina wound up the big winner at the...
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Fun and Fare for a Cause at Capital Food Fight
D.C. restaurateurs and food fanatics alike turned out in droves for this year's sold out Capital Food Fight to benefit D.C. Central Kitchen–although it's unclear whether they were there for the food, the fierce competition or to see how long it would take José Andrés to lose his voice. (For the record: it started to give out sometime after Round 2.) Chef Michael Mina, creator of Bourbon Steak and the only out-of-town chef participating in...
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The Weekly Feed: Breakfast for Dinner Edition
Photo by Flickr user arnold inuyaki, used under a Creative Commons agreement. Dish of the Week: Fried Chicken and Waffles Fried chicken and waffles is a uniquely American food innovation. Like many comfort foods, the exact origin of this fantastic pairing is murky. One account suggests that the dish emerged when Thomas Jefferson brought a waffle iron back from France in the 1790s, where it became popular as a Sunday morning meal in the...
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Burger-pocalypse at BGR
What does BGR stand for? Though it could easily be booger, in this case it's burger, which is what you'll get for free if you go to a local BGR The Burger Joint today with the letters "inked" on any body part. And yes, they can just be written on your hand with a ballpoint pen. Today from 11 a.m. to noon, walk in with your BGR "tattoo" and you will receive a free...
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More on Dr. Dremo's Potential Return
On Saturday we posted about Dr. Dremo's, the much-beloved and missed Arlington bar that closed in January 2008 -- they were looking for investors for a potential new location in Clarendon. Since then, a few others folks picked up on the story: you can read interviews with owner Andrew Stewart by blogger Tom Cizauskas and our own Missy Frederick in the Washington Biz Journal. Stewart, whose father Bill opened Dremo's predecessor Bardo's, says he's...
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The Weekly Feed: Running from Pigs Edition
Image courtesy of woolennium Dish of the Week: Kimchee jigae Where: Adam Express, Mandu The swine flu appears to be aggressively making its way around town, and it sounds like it's going to hit a lot more people before they are able to get the vaccine. I, too, am riding the snot rocket to hell. But in addition to chicken soup, I recommend kimchee jigae. Kimchee jigae is a stew made with pork stock,...
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Chewing the Fat: Top Chef and Zaytinya's Mike Isabella
WARNING: This post contains Top Chef spoilers, albeit from last week's episode. Read no further if you are behind on this season. Zaytinya's Mike Isabella heard those fateful words, “please pack your knives and go” on last week’s episode of Top Chef. The chefs were brought to host Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak kitchen to ogle and plan a dish using the choicest cuts of meat in Las Vegas, only to be told by guest judge...
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Coppi's Organic Co-Owner Found Dead
NoraNori Amaya Sad news for the local restaurant community today. NoraNori Amaya, co-owner of popular U Street restaurant Coppi's Organic, was found dead Monday night in her apartment in the 3600 block of 16th Street NW, NBCWashington.com is reporting. A call to Coppi's this afternoon confirmed the news, though a restaurant spokesperson declined to comment any further at this time. D.C. police said they are waiting on a determination on cause of death from...
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In Which We Trade Aluminum Foil For Burritos
For those who anxiously refresh DCist in anticipation of the next [food item]pocolypse, your patience has paid off! Empty stomachs in search of sustenance before an evening of waddling around in costume, take note: Chipotle is definitely doing their annual "dress like a burrito -- or you know, just throw a whole bunch of random bits of foil on your person and we'll be so busy that we won't even care -- and you'll get...
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The Weekly Feed: Smooth as Silk Edition
Image courtesy of avlxyz Dish of the Week: Avgolemono soup Where: Greek Deli The line outside of Greek Deli is always ridiculously long. And with good reason. The food is delicious. The gyros are excellent with a lovely dilled tzatziki sauce. The daily specials like meatballs, meatloaf, and roasted pork melt in your mouth, and are large enough for two meals. All these tasty standbys make it hard to work your way to other...
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Office of Tax and Revenue Targets More Restaurants for Closures
Joe Englert's got company. Following on the news that the D.C. Office of Tax and Revenue briefly closed the Argonaut today for back sales and use taxes, OTR released a list of seven other restaurants that met the same fate. Collectively, these restaurants owe more than $860,000 in sales taxes: INTI (1825 18th Street NW), Prince of Georgetown (3205 Prospect Street NW), Besta Pizza (5029 Connecticut Avenue NW), Porter's (1207 19th Street NW), Prince Café...
