Well, that was fast. Earlier this morning, Graffiato's Mike Isabella brushed aside the rumor that he would be opening a new eatery inside the fire-ravaged former Hook restaurant in Georgetown. Now, mere hours later, he confirms that, yes, the whole thing is true: Bandolero will be the name of the place. Why deny the truth [...]

In town for the Metropolitan Cooking and Entertainment Show over the weekend, comely kitchen vixen Giada De Laurentiis dished up some tantalizing D.C. restaurant gossip, telling Endless Simmer's Russell Warnick: “Georgetown needs some better food gosh darn it, and I hear that [Graffiato's] Mike [Isabella]’s gonna open up a place there, a Spanish/Mexican food place. [...]

The fire-ravaged Tune Inn may have fully recovered from its burns, but another scorched D.C. eatery still has some healing to do. Georgetown's Tackle Box, the victim of a June fire, had been aiming to reopen on Nov. 15, according to a sign recently spotted in the window by Prince of Petworth. But a rep [...]

Snake is one of those exotic meats that anecdotally tends to fall into the "tastes like chicken" category. But the slices of serpent floating amid carrots, onions and tomatoes in a zesty Thai soup at Thunder Burger last night reminded me more of fish—halibut, in particular—in terms of taste and texture. Chef Ryan Fichter rattled [...]

"Wild Wednesdays" continues at Thunder Burger in Georgetown tonight with gamey chef Ryan Fichter cooking up yet another exotic meat. This time, it's antelope. Ficther is preparing the herbivorous mammal in the form of a burger with a pink peppercorn sauce and your choice of sides for $14. As always, the weekly special begins at [...]

Gamey chef Ryan Fichter is taking another stab at ostrich for his latest "Wild Wednesday" special tonight at Thunder Burger in Georgetown. Earlier this summer, the guy behind such eclectic dishes as beer-braised alligator ribs and kangaroo sliders debuted a burger patty made from the large flightless bird. This time, it's ostrich sausage—"a la bratwurst," [...]

After serving up beer-braised alligator ribs, ostrich burgers, kangaroo sliders, turtle poppers, and, last week, yak,  Thunder Burger's exotic meat specialist Ryan Fichter is revisiting an old friend for this week's "Wild Wednesdays" special: black bear. In Young & Hungry's recent profile of the experimental young chef, Fichter noted having previously cooked black bear stew [...]

Trendy frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry is opening its second D.C. shop at 3288 M St. NW in Georgetown. With a knack for attracting long lines and being located across the street from fellow lemming magnet Georgetown Cupcake, Pinkberry's arrival promises to make M Street sidewalks even less manageable. The fustercluck worsens tonight. To celebrate the [...]

A few years ago, Ryan Fichter was flipping through a copy of Maxim when he saw an article about eating wild game. He was particularly interested in the part about lion meat. It turned out that any schlub living outside of sub-Saharan Africa could order the stuff online: The king of the jungle, dethroned, deboned, [...]

The Georgetown Current reports that M Street bakery Furin's is closing on July 31. Of all the factors that owner Bernie Furin cites as reasons for the shuttering—rising food prices and property taxes and a general decline in catering business—the influx of competing cupcakeries isn't one of them. To the contrary, the owner's son, Chris [...]