Not too long ago, things were looking pretty bleak for popular Cleveland Park eatery Dino. "As of this past summer, it didn’t look like it made a lot of sense for me to continue here," says proprietor Dean Gold, citing sluggish business, mounting debt and a lease that's set to expire this coming October. Y&H [...]
The Food Network show Heat Seekers tackles DC-3's Q's Seoul Bulgogi & Kimchi Dog (pictured) and Three-Alarm Cruncher. [HuffPo] A peak inside Irish Whiskey [Washingtonian] St. Arnold's Mussel Bar opens tonight in Cleveland Park [Uptown Girl] From General Tso's to Buffalo-style: some new sweetbreads at Cafe Saint-Ex. [Twitter] The gang behind Petworth's forthcoming Chez Billy [...]
Really, it's OK to slurp your noodles at Toki Underground [NBC Washington] The new management at beleaguered Shaw's Tavern is feeling optimistic about its chances. Maybe someday soon, the place will actually be allowed to serve drinks. [Eater DC] The couple behind Le Caprice DC in Columbia Heights aims to “make people stop saying you [...]
The family behind Cleveland Park's homey Italian eatery Sorriso is expanding its tasty offerings to nearby Woodley Park with a new project: Cafe Sorriso on Calvert Street NW. Isabella Polles, daughter of Sorriso patriarch Pietro Polles, will manage the new restaurant alongside her brother, Stefano Polles. After years of taking their cues from Papa Polles—occasional [...]
Rockville Pike Roadhouse Roadtrip: While the area's robust food truck scene "has been slow to hit Montgomery County," there are three new options and "more on the way." The most exciting may be Branded '72's outpost in "the parking lot of the ancient Hank Dietle’s Tavern; I ate on the porch with a sleeping old [...]
Openings, closings, events, charities, compiled from press releases, compressed into haiku Frozen hot chocolate/Abraham Lincoln statue/Starfucker hotspot; Serendipity 3, opening "before Memorial Day," 3150 M St. NW Lobster rolls, grilled trout/bamboo floors, dangling buoys/cocktails, reggae tunes; Tackle Box Cleveland Park, opening June 2, 3407 Connecticut Ave NW, (202) 450-6875 Industrial chic/"sip and sup" sampling menu/craft [...]
Cleveland Park certainly saw a weekend chock full of food-related public safety activity! First, Medium Rare, which recently opened on the Connecticut Avenue strip, reported a robbery early Saturday morning, when the assailant, according to neighborhood blog Cleveland Park 2.0, "pointed a gun at the two employees and demanded money. The employees gave the man [...]
Lancaster County Connection: Do you like Amish- and Mennonite-prepared food? Then get ready to live less simply. "The farmers and manufacturers of food in Lancaster have really been stepping it up in quality recently to move beyond 'Dutchy' fare, and are providing high-end products that meet the standards of more discerning customers in urban environments." [...]
Who could argue with the concept of free refills? Especially when it comes to steak. So Young & Hungry was understandably psyched to hear the news of just such a concept at Medium Rare, restaurateur Mark Bucher's beefy new eatery in Cleveland Park. According to Washington Post critic Tom Sietsema, "[s]econd helpings are part of [...]
Put Some South in Your Mouth: If you know anyone from the Carolinas, see their reaction when you tell them that Bojangles is opening at Union Station today at 2 p.m. [WBJ] A Nice Idea: Now that the weather is warming up (allegedly), it's time to think about enjoying a meal outside. How about at [...]
