Starting on Tuesday, former Inox sommelier and New Heights chef John Wabeck will join the Eat Good Food Group, the ever-expanding company that already runs four of the finest establishments in Old Town, including Restaurant Eve, Eamonn's, and The Majestic. "We're very excited," says co-owner Meshelle Armstrong about the company's new hire. "Hopefully he can [...]
Everyone, it seems, is obsessed with the amount of money local jurisdictions are spending on snow removal, but consider how much money local restaurateurs are losing due to the storm(s). And then consider that they can't exactly apply for federal disaster relief. Cathal Armstrong, the chef/owner of Restaurant Eve, Eamonn's and The Majestic, figures he's lost [...]
Two hundred and fifty years ago, Arthur Guinness started brewing beer at the St. James's Gate plant in Dublin, giving life to what is undoubtedly the world's most famous stout. No other beer on earth is as rich with history and blarney as this dark Irish beauty. To celebrate the beer that Cathal Armstrong says tastes [...]
Unless something so grosses me out or captivates me that I feel the need to single it out, like perhaps a bathroom that smells like an outhouse on a summer day in Georgia, my focus is on the plate. Good food is the reason I choose a place. Well, no, that’s a lie. I’m a [...]
As you might have guessed, traffic to Y&H spiked tremendously this week on the news that celebrity chef Michel Richard had plans to move his base to the Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. No other post this week had nearly as much traffic, despite the fact that Thursday was Food Day here at the paper. Michel Richard [...]
Another week, another long list of blog items to review to learn which were your faves. No surprise: Anthony Bourdain still rocks your world. Watch the Deleted Eamonn's Segment from Bourdain's 'No Reservations' Show on D.C. Gastrosexuals Are the New Metrosexuals The Oyster Experience from Hell Here's One Thing You Can Do with Leftover Cadbury [...]
Funny thing, but Y&H was supposed to serve as Anthony Bourdain's tour guide for this trip to Eamonn's A Dublin Chipper in Old Town, a segment that ultimately didn't make the cut for the recent D.C. episode of No Reservations. [Watch the deleted segment here.] But by the time I was done showing Bourdain around [...]
