Corner Bakery Cafe, Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer office's preferred coffee and pastry outlet, is expanding its presence in the nation's capital. The Dallas-based chain opened its newest location in Chinatown on Monday at the corner of 6th and H streets NW. Full details in press release form below:
Here's a strange new YouTube video that comes up when searching D.C. restaurants. Am I wrong? Or is this bawdy brouhaha happening inside the New Big Wong on H Street NW? Other guesses? Video courtesy of YouTube
London-based chain Ping Pong Dim Sum officially opens its newest D.C. location in Dupont Circle on Wednesday. According to the eatery's Twitter feed, doors open at 5 p.m. For some perspective, read my Young & Hungry predecessor Tim Carman's take on how Ping Pong's fare stacks up against the hand-made dim sum at Wheaton's Hollywood [...]
Mark Kuller, owner of Estadio and Proof (City Paper's pick for D.C.'s "Best Restaurant" this year), set-off a shitstorm of debate with his comments in a recent Examiner story about Friday's city-sponsored youth event in Chinatown. The quote, as it appeared in the article: "[I]t’s a mistake to have a youth engagement event in this [...]
Staff of the forthcoming Ping Pong Dim Sum location in Dupont Circle will be promoting the place with a free pop-up tea shop this week, dishing out complimentary samples of various bubble teas, including the house specialty raspberry and black pepper flavors, to passersby. Ping Pong is a veritable tea emporium, as our illustrious Y&H [...]
Sushiko co-owner Daisuke Utagawa has hired a head chef for his forthcoming ramen joint in Chinatown. WaPo's Tom Sietsema reports that Okinawa native and Think Food Group alum Katsuya Fukushima will helm the kitchen at Daikaya, which is scheduled to open behind the Verizon Center in February. Following a research trip to ramen shops throughout [...]
Growing up in New Jersey, chef Mike Isabella says Friday nights meant two things: pizza and fried calamari. Now, he's married the two. Behold, the "Jersey Shore" pizza at Graffiato, Isabella's hugely ballyhooed new restaurant in Chinatown, which opened Thursday. Adorned with lightly crispy rings of squid and splashed with spicy, bright traffic-cone-orange pepper aioli, [...]
In this week's Cheap Seats column, the excellent Dave McKenna explores the positive economic impact of the Washington Capitals' playoff run on the D.C. bar and restaurant scene. The Capital Q barbecue joint on H Street NW, for instance, which takes in “up to $1,000” a game in added receipts during the Stanley Cup playoffs: [...]
Misfortune Cookie: "DC is no Beijing or Hong Kong, nor is it New York or San Francisco or Los Angeles. But there's no obvious reason that the city, accommodating a steady stream of cosmopolitan and international population, should be content dwelling in a cesspool of Chinese/ethnic food mediocrity." [The Atlantic] Head of the Class-Action: A [...]
Coming Soon: People's Bao, a bao food truck will be hitting the streets sometime around February, serving up Asian specialty steamed buns with a variety of fillings. (Metrocurean) Three-level neighborhood bistro Smith Commons, which will feature a globally inspired menu, is scheduled to open on Tuesday at 1245 H St. NE. (Y&H) Tim Carman got [...]
