The supposedly temporary America Eats Tavern isn't shutting its doors any time soon. While the National Archives exhibit that inspired the pop-up eatery will finish up in January, restaurateur José Andrés tells WaPo critic Tom Sietsema that he intends to keep the makeshift house of watery "catsups" and $8 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches open [...]

Somewhere between Y&H's early review of chef José Andrés hugely hyped and decidedly dissatisfying pop-up eatery America Eats Tavern and Y&H alum Todd Kliman's more recent critique of the place for Washingtonian, the price of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich there dropped from $10 to $8. Even with the 20 percent discount, it still [...]

There may be no better embodiment of our collective condiment fetish than the National Harbor restaurant simply titled Ketchup. Its U-shaped bar glows in saucy neon red. Its walls feature artworks honoring the squeeze bottle. Its signature dish, the “threesome,” involves three styles of French fries accompanied by six kinds of ketchup—a kinky comfort food [...]

Minibar, ranked No. 1 on City Paper's list of "D.C.'s 44 Most Powerful Restaurants" (because "booking a reservation is harder than rescheduling a flight during a hurricane"), resumes service beginning Thursday, Sept. 1. Chef José Andrés' six-seat avant-garde "restaurant within a restaurant" has been on hiatus since July as the eatery that once housed it, [...]

The District's "culinary stature" may be on the rise, as the Washington Times gushes in a breezy overview of the city's new gustatory zeitgeist. But its newest beacons still beam a bit less brightly, it seems, compared to places in more established foodie capitals. The September issue of Bon Appetit offers up its list of [...]

The New York Times checks in with esteemed D.C. chef José Andrés this week for a story about ketchup. Andrés is on a mission to bring back the wide variety that once characterized America's best known condiment. His barely one-month-old pop-up restaurant, America Eats Tavern, offers as many as eight different types of the dipping [...]

The Feast reports that Paul Yeck, head chef at Jaleo in Bethesda, will replace the recently departed Richard Brandenburg as head chef at José Andrés' hugely hyped pop-up restaurant America Eats Tavern. (Read Young & Hungry's review of the temporary restaurant here.) According to the report, Yeck,  a three-year veteran of Andrés' Think Food Group, [...]

Less than three weeks after opening, America Eats Tavern is losing its chef. No, not José Andrés. We're talking about Richard Brandenburg, the former head chef at Cafe Atlantico who stayed on to help Andrés conceive the historically themed America Eats pop-up concept, which Y&H reviewed last week. WaPo critic Tom Sietsema reports that Brandenburg [...]

Peanut butter and jelly sandwich (pictured) at America Eats Tavern, $10—add a faint hint of foie gras for just $4 more; 405 8th St. NW, (202) 393-0812 Pho bo at Instant Noodles, $8.95; 2408 18th St. NW, (202) 299-1113 Vietnamese coffee milkshake at Ba Bay, $7; 633 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, (202) 547-1787 Photo by Chris [...]

Some readers have no patience for a nuanced critique, such as this week's Young & Hungry review of esteemed chef José Andrés' latest effort, the hugely ballyhooed America Eats Tavern. For their benefit, I've compiled a list of what to order and what not to order based on my experience at the restaurant. From the [...]