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 [...]
Tom Sietsema weighed in on the new Ardeo + Bardeo in Cleveland Park in this weekend's Post Magazine and says it has "polish and promise." Owner Ashok Bajaj combined the formerly separate dining and bar spaces into one restaurant and moved Nate Garyantes, the former executive sous chef at Minibar, into the kitchen. And Sietsema [...]
Late last year when the Cereal Bowl closed in Cleveland Park, there was a sliver of hope that the cereal-focused franchise was going to reopen on the neighborhood's Connecticut Avenue strip, just with a different owner. But that's not going to happen. Reports Cleveland Park 2.0: “The Cereal Bowl is out,” said George Pedas, a [...]
Young & Hungry is all grins today. Now, it's generally sad to see a business fail. But it's hard not to laugh at the news of the closure of Cleveland Park's Cereal Bowl, a cereal-focused franchise. Seriously, this place actually existed! And it registered barely a blip on D.C.'s gastronomic map. Maybe the new iteration [...]
A friend of mine has been in the mood for pho. And the winter blast we're having makes for a perfect excuse to go seek out the traditional Vietnamese soup. I've been thinking of pho places accessible by public transit and within a 20-minute Metrorail ride of downtown D.C. I'm catching a movie tonight, and [...]
While milling around Cleveland Park on a weekend walking tour, I ducked into the recently expanded Palena Cafe and Restaurant and spoke to general manager Sarah McCarty. She was nice enough to let me snap a few photos and tell me more about the changes at the newly opened space. While the cafe has expanded [...]
Scary: Iron Gate will close on Halloween The latest in restaurant openings, closings, and highly unstable target dates. Coming Soon: After more than a year of speculation and rumor-mongering, Michel Richard is set to open his French-American bistro, Michel, in the former Maestro space at the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons. Accomplished chef Levi Mezick will lead [...]
Hey, the Redskins squeaked one out yesterday so there's no need to play Monday morning (or afternoon) quarterback. In lieu of this week's Dan Snyder sucks-a-thon, let's get straight to the food news. A bold new deli, Annie and Teddy's, is set to open on the corner of Potomac and Pennsylvania SE. (Prince of Petworth) [...]
