Bad news for fans of Salvadoran street food. Friday is the last day for the Adams Morgan Unity Market. Prince of Petworth has the scoop and Y&H colleague Lydia DePillis confirms the impending closure. Not unlike D.C.'s ever-expanding fleet of food trucks, the makeshift market had drawn the ire of neighboring brick and mortar eateries [...]
Short ribs and baby octopus may dominate many menus in the city, but that doesn't mean local chefs can't find love in an acorn squash. In our ongoing series, Chefs Veg Out, we'll prove D.C.’s chefs can play with more than just meat. Name: Annie Leconte Title: Co-Founder (with husband, Didier Leconte, and son, Eric Leconte) and Nutritional [...]
D.C.’s Sâuçá food truck is partnering with manufacturer Glutino to offer free gluten-free sandwiches today from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Farragut Square, located at the corner of K and 17th Streets NW. One original sandwich recipe available during the promotion comes courtesy of celebrated chef Todd Gray of Equinox and Watershed restaurants. Logo [...]
Goodbye, Jockey Club. Hello, 2100 Prime. Owners of the longstanding restaurant on Embassy Row announced their decision to switch out the old staid name of the place for a more modern moniker this week. One telling reaction to the re-branding of the "grande dame" of the D.C. restaurant scene comes courtesy of Y&H alum and [...]
This is not a formal review, but rather an off-the-cuff first-impressions-style riff on a brand-spankin' new D.C. restaurant. Chef Jeff Tunks' new fast casual Foggy Bottom eatery Burger Tap & Shake doesn't officially open its doors until next week. But Y&H was able to sneak inside during a brief soft opening Thursday afternoon for a [...]
Quick hits on the meatless beat Yes, We Said Free: Oct. 1 is World Vegetarian Day and to honor the holiday, The Counter, a burger place in Reston, is offering a free mini veggie burger with the purchase of any burger. The Fruits of Our Labor: Tomato season is over, but that doesn't mean the [...]
Organizers of the annual Capital Food Fight have announced the contestants in this year's charity cook-off competition. And the gustatory gladiators are: Jeff Black of BlackSalt, Addie’s and Pearl Dive Oyster Palace; Todd Gray of Equinox, WaterShed, and Muse at the Corcoran; Haidar Karoum from Estadio and Proof and Brian McBride from Blue Duck Tavern. An impressive lineup [...]
Thirteen people are dead and another 72 have become ill from eating listeria-laden cantaloupe, including one casualty from central Maryland. Where did this unlucky soul pick up the toxic melon? It's a mystery. WaPo reports that state officials are still investigating. The paper's own "quick survey" of major supermarket chains found no cantaloupes from the [...]
Thursday is "National Coffee Day," and local 7-Eleven locations are offering customers one free medium hot coffee—"or cappuccino or latte," according to a rep—until 11 a.m. Photo by Chris Shott
Graduates of L’Academie de Cuisine, the prestigious Maryland cooking school, generally don’t aspire to flip burgers in the back of a dive bar. And yet there’s Amber Bursik, class of 2007, putting her expensive culinary education to work in the noble pursuit of elevating the salty bar snack. Spiced pecans, anyone? “I was joking around [...]
