Early last month, Y&H chatted with chef Raynold Mendizabal about his forthcoming Black & Orange burger joint on 14th Street NW—the second location to sell Mendizabal's whimsically titled beef patties in the District. On Thursday evening, the restaurant sent out invites for a VIP opening party on Jan. 31. A rep tells me the resto will [...]
Forget the turducken, that notorious chicken stuffed inside duck stuffed inside turkey stuffed inside sportscaster John Madden, among other meat aficionados. The latest triple threat to hit the carnivore scene veers beyond mere nesting birds. I'm referring, of course, to the signature Burporken sandwich at the Red Palace. Just one of eight protein-packed options on [...]
The chivito at Fast Gourmet and 39 other things you must eat or else lose all your D.C. cred [WaPo] Drew Trautmann's District Kitchen opens next week. Here's a sneak peek inside. [Washingtonian] The latest H Street grub hubbub: The Big Board will soon start serving lunch; Red Palace will soon start serving burgers. [Eater [...]
Burgeoning Virginia-based Five Guys is rarely Y&H's first choice for a burger. Consider the Dupont Circle location. There are so many other more tantalizing options nearby—Black & Orange, BGR: The Burger Joint, Shake Shack, to name a few—why even bother? But, there are a few insidious places on the planet that are so devoid of [...]
Burger Days alerts us to the "quiet" opening of Korean chain Kraze Burgers' first U.S. location in the former National Jean Co. space at 7301 Woodmont Avenue in Bethesda. The local Patch has additional details. The Fairfax-based franchiser behind the new burger joint reportedly plans to open as many as six Kraze locations in the [...]
Washingtonian previously showcased chef Victor Albisu's various politically themed burgers at BLT Steak, notably including the hoity-toity "1%" variety, topped with foie gras, gold leaf and Grey Poupon. But Y&H hadn't noticed the startling price-tag of the thing until now. Metrocurean has a shot of the menu: $58! How much would you fork over for [...]
With all the various foodstuffs available from mobile vendors these days, you'd think by now someone would have cornered the market for curbside burgers. Not so, say the beef-obsessed bloggers at Burger Days, but that could soon change. Set to roll out for the first time on D.C.-area streets this month: Dorothy Moon's Gourmet Burgers. [...]
Prior to opening his new gourmet burger joint, the Fat Cow, Doug Hosford of Baton Rouge, La., did what any respectable restaurateur would do. He took his team on a research trip to the biggest mecca of the genre. In Hosford's case, that meant East Coast beef patty haven Washington, D.C. Louisiana State University student [...]
NBC Washington draws our attention to the industry trade publication Store's Magazine, which has named the ubiquitous D.C.-area burger joint Five Guys as the fastest growing restaurant chain in the country. The business, which started out as a single location in Arlington in 1986, now boasts more than 750 locations across 40 states and parts [...]
A few years ago, Ryan Fichter was flipping through a copy of Maxim when he saw an article about eating wild game. He was particularly interested in the part about lion meat. It turned out that any schlub living outside of sub-Saharan Africa could order the stuff online: The king of the jungle, dethroned, deboned, [...]
