The Food Network show Heat Seekers tackles DC-3's Q's Seoul Bulgogi & Kimchi Dog (pictured) and Three-Alarm Cruncher. [HuffPo] A peak inside Irish Whiskey [Washingtonian] St. Arnold's Mussel Bar opens tonight in Cleveland Park [Uptown Girl] From General Tso's to Buffalo-style: some new sweetbreads at Cafe Saint-Ex. [Twitter] The gang behind Petworth's forthcoming Chez Billy [...]
Prolific restaurateurs Eric and Ian Hilton's long-delayed latest effort, the French-style bistro Chez Billy, is on track for a January 2012 opening in Petworth. HuffPo DC has the scoop. Brendan L'Etoile, currently the sous chef at the Hilton's 14th Street hotspot Marvin, will be running the kitchen. A menu is still in the works. Illustration [...]
The Spot: Domku Bar & Cafe, 821 Upshur Street NW, (202) 722-7475 The Cuisine: Scandinavian, Polish, Slovak The Go-To Dishes: Gypsy kielbasa sandwich, Swedish meatballs with mashed potatoes and lingonberry preserves, split pea soup with ham and applewood-smoked bacon The Scoop: Domku is the type of place that you can't just stumble across without having [...]
The Spot: Sweet Mango Cafe, 3701 New Hampshire Ave. NW (202-726-2646) The Cuisine: Jamaican, Caribbean The Go-To Dishes: fried plantains, oxtail, jerk chicken The Scoop: There are only a few things in this world that get me as excited as Jamaican food. I had been hearing about Reginald James' Sweet Mango Cafe for some time [...]
No time to waste. Let's get right to the news; Hook's Heather Chittum brandishes her pastry knife to do battle this Wednesday as Top Chef: Just Desserts makes its debut on Bravo. (DCist) Fuggedaboutit! The old pizza joint up Georgia Avenue NW is set to become a new West Indian takeout spot. (Prince of Petworth) [...]
I'm not sure that you can call it a renaissance yet, but Georgia Avenue keeps showing signs of life — at least in terms of more eating options. I drive this strip regularly and have noticed a few new storefronts popping up, including Washington Deli Pizza, the latest property from owners Jim and Debbie Doherty. [...]
Safari DC, the District's only restaurant specializing in Kenyan cuisine, has apparently closed. The windows are papered. The awning has been stripped of the eatery''s name. And the telephone line has been disconnected. This is sad news for the the loyal Kenyans who frequented the Petworth establishment and who were never happier than on Jan. [...]
As soon as the Æbleskiver hit our table at Domku, Carrie had a flash of déjà vu. For my wife, these Danish balls of pancake dough brought back pleasant memories of her State Department childhood in the Netherlands, where the bite-sized breakfast snacks are known as poffertjes. Your own Y&H, however, had a flash of [...]
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. With their selection [...]
The wife and I stopped by Taqueria Distrito Federal II late last night, just in time to grab some tacos, a chicken milanese torta, and some face time with owner Luis Marroquin, who opened his second restaurant this summer in the Petworth neighborhood where he lives. He was sitting on one of the shiny new [...]
