With Meat Week and Meat-Free Week back-to-back, there's a little bit of a rivalry going on between those who love burgers and bacon and those who don't. But can meat lovers and vegans/vegetarians sit down to a meal enjoyed by both parties? At some restaurants, yes. We pulled together the best vegetarian fare from meat-centric [...]
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Quinoa is about the last thing you'd expect to find on a menu otherwise filled with pastrami, burgers, and "smokey joe" sandwiches. But at Kangaroo Boxing Club in Columbia Heights, the "Veg 'n' Egg" entree with quinoa, roasted beets, carrots, mushrooms, garlic, spinach, sliced almonds, and a fried duck egg is the most popular menu item [...]
The lowdown on lobster rolls, including Rogue 24's reinvented version with dehydrated lobster roe powder in edible Japanese obulato paper [WSJ] Former Elisir and Quench mixologist Steve Oshana joins BLT Steak. [Washingtonian] Why you shouldn't jump from one rooftop bar to another [HuffPost] Hee Been Asian Bistro in Arlington has closed. [ARLnow] Get the Johnny cakes at Kangaroo [...]
Mother Earth Brewing Dark Cloud Where In Town: Kangaroo Boxing Club, 3412 11th St. NW Price: $6/12 ounces Hoppy Beginnings Brisket comes before brews at the newly opened Kangaroo Boxing Club—the pastrami is the real deal. With its dozen unassuming but solid beers served at a cozy wooden bar, though, KBC will endear itself to [...]
Long-awaited Columbia Heights barbecue joint Kangaroo Boxing Club opens its doors (and patio) today at 4 p.m. On the menu: pulled pork, smoked sloppy joes, a pastrami platter, gorgonzola mac and cheese, and lots of other home cookin' classics. The most expensive thing you'll find? Crab cakes for $14. There's even a little something for [...]
The operators of the popular food truck Purveyors of Rolling Cuisine (PORC, for short) have announced the name of their forthcoming restaurant in Columbia Heights. Kangaroo Boxing Club, it will be called. OK then. The explanation is "too long to explain" via Twitter, according to proprietors Josh Saltzman and Trent Allen. Thankfully, the antiquated technology of [...]
