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AM Wine Shoppe Plans for Dec. 1 Opening
The future home of AM Wine Shoppe
Justin Abad, the co-owner and general manager of Cashion’s Eat Place, calls the AM Wine Shoppe his solo project. Is that to say, then, that the gourmet wine/antipasti shop in the former Skynear space is your John Lennon, break-away moment?
“Yes, but the Beatles will always be my first love,” Abad responses with a laugh.
In other words, Abad may be the owner of AM Wine Shoppe, but he will have Andrew Akre, a former Cashion’s employee, run the neighborhood-y place for him. Abad will continue to focus his energies on the Adams Morgan restaurant, he says.
Still, Abad is investing plenty of time putting the new store together. He’s hired former Jackie’s chef (and former Cashion’s line cook) Sam Adkins to consult with Cashion’s chef/co-owner John Manolatos on the shop’s small menu. Adkins will also execute the menu of housemade salami, marinated vegetables, stuffed peppers, and other antipasti.
Some July 4th Eats Good Enough to Keep Your Grill in Storage
Let’s assume for a moment that you don’t want to grill and that you don’t have any friends kind enough to invite you to their barbecue drunk-a-thon on the Fourth. Where do you turn? Well, Y&H has some options, including a couple with smoked meats for those who just can’t celebrated America’s birthday without an animal sacrifice.
Mmmm, animal sacrifice.
- Jamie Stachowski will be grilling his artisan sausages at Red, White & Bleu in Falls Church from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. The charcuterie master will be tending the charcoal grill at the wine and gourmet food shop, cooking up veal bratwurst, kielbasa, merguez, and linguiça for customers to sample. Stachowski will also have some rabbit terrine, country pate, and other “meat surprises” to try. All samples will be free, but the shop is hoping, of course, that you’ll be enticed into buying some of Stachowski’s meats to take home — and maybe a bottle or two of wine to go with it.
- Mr. P, one of the top 50 performers on Y&H’s 2009 Dining Guide, will be working the Fourth at his usual spot: the Safeway parking lot at Rhode Island Ave. NE. Aside from his amazing spare ribs, which are smoked to a charred, crispy, and succulent state, Mr. P will also trot out a new item: barbecued short ribs. He tells me they will be a permanent part of his menu.
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