I'm not sure that you can call it a renaissance yet, but Georgia Avenue keeps showing signs of life — at least in terms of more eating options. I drive this strip regularly and have noticed a few new storefronts popping up, including Washington Deli Pizza, the latest property from owners Jim and Debbie Doherty. [...]
This weekend, the wife and I were having a friendly debate about the wording of the "Thickness Chart" at Wegmans' deli in Fairfax and whether it contained a sly reference to the "wafer-thin mint" scene from Monty Pyhton's The Meaning of Life. Carrie argued that novelists regularly use the phrase "wafer thin" to describe thickness; that's undoubtedly true, [...]
Regardless of the veracity of overboard's account — and I should inject here that I didn't verify the story — I think this mini-review of Sfizi Deli Cafe in Fairfax points out a very real fear for restaurateurs in the digital age: A burned diner is their worst enemy. Get this: Overboard not only posted [...]
The beauty of this "deli," spotted on a main drag in Playa del Carmen in Mexico, is that you can pick up a pre-made sub sandwich — and immediately follow it with an Imodium chaser. (By the way, be sure to check out the helpful and hilarious bathroom finder on the Imodium Web site; it [...]
Last time Eastern Market was all over the news, it looked like this: (Of course, let’s not forget this either.) However, today was about moving forward. Construction workers and officials gathered at the building and discussed its upcoming re-introduction into D.C. life. Crews expect to complete the project on June 9. Eastern Market will officially [...]
Y&H stopped at Parkway Deli & Restaurant in Silver Spring this weekend to refamiliarized himself with the paper's pick for Best Deli. That's when I spotted this poor specimen of a bear claw pastry. It looks like the world's first bear claw based on a stick figure. Now here's what a real bear claw should [...]
Delis tend to do the same thing to Y&H.
As if the Huffington Post hasn't already proved it, the evidence is clear on Y&H: Linking to other people's blogs serves my own insatiable need for adoring readers, or readers of any kind really. I don't know what my journalism profs would say about all this, but two out of the five top posts this [...]
Pumpernickels Bagelry and Delicatessen on Connecticut Avenue NW has a dizzying array of overhead chalkboards from which you're supposed to place your order. This "Wrap 'N Roll" menu, tucked way back in the bowels of the shop, caught my eye because of its musical bent. All the wraps were named after safe, mostly respected artists—Zeppelin, [...]
Purists love to throw around the names Katz's and Carnegie, as if these are the only authentic delis the world has ever known and every other place sucks on domestic prosciutto. I have to admit, I've absorbed these biases as truths myself. But when I look around D.C., I don't see many delis that resemble [...]
