Last night, Washington City Paper hosted a poolside margarita competition on the rooftop of Archstone First + M in NoMa, pitting 10 Mexican restaurants and other margarita-slinging joints against each other. Among the contenders: El Centro D.F., Fuego Cocina y Tequileria, Masa 14, Cuba Libre, Casa Oaxaca, Cuba Libre, El Chucho, Tortilla Coast, Fujimar, and El Tamarindo. The nearly 500 guests were tasked with voting for [...]
Seems like there are a million new Mexican-ish restaurants, and each one calls its version of the cuisine something different. To keep them all straight (and to introduce you to some new terms), we've put together this handy guide. Tex-Mex Texas-style Mexican means Texas-sized portions, typically slathered in cheese with refried beans and flour tortillas. [...]
The Dish: Sope de Moronga Where to Get It: El Chucho, 3313 11th St. NW; (202) 290-3313 Price: $9 What It Is: A fried corn flour crust filled with loose pork blood sausage, topped with fresh tomatoes and a shiso leaf. What It Tastes Like: What might happen if Aztecs were allowed to make sloppy joes. [...]
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Mexican food and various gourmet interpretations of it have exploded in the past year. And in the process, so have the average tabs at the joints serving it. Here's how prices at some of the city's most popular and newest "Hip-Mex" joints stack up:
Columbia Heights' new Mexican joint, El Chucho, opens tonight with margaritas on tap and fried tripe tacos with foie gras sauce. It's the latest venture from Jackie Greenbaum, owner of Jackie's, Sidebar, and Quarry House Tavern in Silver Spring. Half the menu will consist of bocadillos or appetizers, and the other half of tacos and [...]
Restaurateur Jackie Greenbaum plans to open her Columbia Heights Mexican eatery El Chucho the week of June 18. One specialty to look out for: margaritas on tap. Sound familiar? That's because Mike Isabella's just-opened mod-Mex spot Bandolero has been bragging that it's the first and only D.C. restaurant to serve the tequila drink on draft. Copy cat [...]
