Posts Tagged ‘Metrocurean’
We Are All Just Pawns in Birch & Barley’s World
Believe it or not, there has been other news in the world this week, aside from the opening of Birch & Barley/ChurchKey, the long-awaited Neighborhood Restaurant Group project on 14th Street NW. You wouldn’t know it, though, from all the local food coverage, which has devoted a ton of server space to detailing every nook and cranny and keg at the joint.
Let’s go to the highlights:
- WaPo’s Fritz Hahn has what’s on tap.
- Metrocurean has the glamour shots.
- The Beerspotter breaks down the cask list.
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Food News You Can Use: Fabio Finds Work!
Looks like there will be a lot of empty bags this Halloween.
It’s time, once again, for our semi-regular news round-up, handy for those folks who actually have to work during the week and can’t obsess over their favorite food blogs.
- After nearly 10 months of speculation following the abrupt closing of Fiamma, former Maestro chef Fabio Trabocchi has finally landed a gig: He’s the new chef at the Four Seasons in New York.
- Tom Sietsema reports that Scott Conant has cancelled his plans to open a Scarpetta in the former Olives space.
- Vandals broke into several restaurants and bars in Cleveland Park on Thursday. GOGer Julia Beizer has the news.
- Palena is also in the news for much better reasons: a potential expansion into the adjacent Magruder’s space.
More news after the jump.
Beerspotter’s Five Bites on Metrocurean
“I love lists” is sort of becoming my mantra, so I was pretty pleased when Metrocurean said they’d let me contribute a set to their Five Bites on Friday.
You’ll have to check out Metrocurean for the list, but what’s a DVD without commentary? Picking five favorites from a category as broad as “food” is a curatorial dilemma. Do you strive for a balanced menu, with something for everyone? Or do you pick your favorite type of food and run with it? I considered the second option, but only until I realized it would leave me with nothing but pickled veggies and stinky cheese.
Shoomaker’s Was the Home of the Rickey. Was It Also D.C.’s First Dive Bar?
Last week, Y&H spent a pleasant, bleary-eyed evening on the patio at the Gibson with Derek Brown, the mixologist of a thousand quips, as he explained the D.C. Craft Bartenders Guild’s long-term campaign to get the Rickey declared as the District’s official cocktail. Sort of like how the Louisiana House of Representatives recently proclaimed the Sazerac as New Orleans’ official tipple.
Or maybe he said that he’d just like to slip me a mickey? I don’t know. I can barely read my notes after that third cocktail. There seems to be something scribbled here about the Rickey, a waitress who looks hotter than liquid magma, and the oversized douchetard in a pink Polo shirt who needs to have that smirk wiped right off his goddamn face…
No wait, sorry. Here it is on the more legible pages in my notepad. The Rickey. Official drink. Long-term campaign. “Our first goal,” Brown told me, “is to get people to know what [the drink] is.”
Well, here’s an easy way to learn: Go to Bourbon tonight for the culmination of the Guild’s second annual Rickey Month. The winner of the people’s choice award will be revealed tonight at the Adams Morgan watering hole. Several judges, including chef Katsuya Fukushima of ThinkFoodGroup and Fritz Hahn of the Post, will also pick their favorite Rickey from a group of 15 competing mixologists. The event runs from 6:30 to 11 p.m. Amanda McClements, another judge for the evening, has the details.
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Food News You Can Use: Coming Soon Edition
While Y&H was peeking into civil court records and poking around a chef contest, others were actually hunting down news about restaurants that are opening and closing. Here’s a quick run-down of what we’ve missed — or what I’ve missed:
- Tom Sietsema reports that the guys behind the mini-Matchbox chain are planning a small, personal comfort food restaurant on Capitol Hill.
- Sietsema also has the scoop on the Neighborhood Restaurant Group’s latest offering, a chop house in Old Town.
- Metrocurean breaks the news about Cork Wine Bar opening a new market on 14th Street NW, not far from the popular restaurant.
- A poster on DonRockwell.com notes that the Gaithersburg branch of El Tapatio has closed down.
