Posts Tagged ‘Hank’s Oyster Bar’

Food News You Can Use: Big Cheese Truck Hits the Streets

After hitting Arlington's streets unannounced last week, a new gourmet grilled cheese truck, The Big Cheese, will officially begin tweeting its location today. (TBD) Tim Carman has the scoop on Gillian Clark's grand plans for a new Colorado Kitchen near Union Station. (WaPo) News from PoPville: Although nothing is certain, rumor has it that a [...]

Food News You Can Use: ‘Top Chef’ in D.C. Gossip

Y&H is no Reliable Source, but even this food scribe is occasionally thrown a scrap of gossip about all the Top Chef shenanigans going on in the District. Like yesterday, a source told me that some white-jacket types were seen cooking in the building across the street from NPR's headquarters at 635 Massachusetts Ave. NW. [...]

This Week: Gubna at Room 11, Ladies Night at Heavy Seas & Oyster Fest at Hank’s

Once again, The Lagerheads bring you D.C.'s beer events for the week. Monday night Room 11 is tapping a keg of Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA, a hoppy, 10%-ABV monster of a beer. Friday evening the fair lasses of Heavy Seas (formerly Clipper City) are hosting a ladies-only beer vs. wine tasting at the brewery in [...]

Who’ll Keep You Warm, Fed and Happy During ‘Cluster Flake’? The Working List.

The storm ain't got nothing on the Philly boys at Taylor Gourmet I figured I better start compiling this list now before Carrie and I lose our Internet connection (again), our power, and our ability to open the front door and scream for help. So without further ado, here are the restaurants and bars that [...]

This Week: Drink for Haiti, Brick’s Big Ones, Troegs & Oysters, and Tweeting Dogs

This week offers a decent selection of beer-focused events. Tonight you can drink some special kegs at either Pizzeria Paradiso location in the name of Haitian relief or down as many oysters as you can pints of Troegs at Hank's Oyster Bar in Alexandria. Tuesday marks the first of two nights of tasting regionally-brewed strong [...]

Jamie Leeds to Serve as Next President of National Culinary Organization

Jamie Leeds, the chef/owner of CommonWealth and Hank's Oyster Bar, has been selected to serve as president of Women Chefs & Restaurateurs, a national non-profit whose mission is to promote "the education and advancement of women in the restaurant industry and the betterment of the industry as a whole." The post is a two-year commitment [...]

Young & Hungry Dining Guide by the Day: CommonWealth

One by one, we’re running through the 50 restaurants that made the cut on this year’s Young & Hungry Dining Guide. If you have visited the day’s featured restaurant, let us know what you think. If you’re planning to visit for the first time, tell us about your meal when you return. Jamie Leeds, the chef [...]