When all the watering holes shut down, D.C. can feel like it needs life support, a place to house the hordes of hungry children-of-the-night searching for something to eat. The Coupe, Columbia Heights’ bar/diner/coffee lounge, is one such sleepless stead. I staked it out on a recent Saturday night/Sunday morning to find out what goes [...]
The Dish: Guacamole Sur Where to Get It: El Centro DF, 1819 14th St. NW, (202) 328-3131; richardsandoval.com/elcentrodf Price: $12.95 What It Is: Guacamole with grasshoppers mixed in What It Tastes Like: While these hair-raising insects threw me into a Fear Factor–like fit of panic at first, the guac is delicious. Whole, buttery avocados are [...]
Even though I know it’s coming, it’s hard not to feel sticker shock when I get the bill at The Rye Bar in Georgetown’s new Capella hotel. On my tab: a $22 Manhattan and an $18 Old Fashioned. With tax and tip, the whole thing rounds out to $50. For two drinks. Don’t get me [...]
Where: Zentan, 1155 14 St. NW Bartender: Josh Berner Mystery Ingredient: Orange Citrus-flavored Kickstart, Mountain Dew’s new fizzy breakfast drink Bartender Response: “It tastes like a bunch of chemicals,” Berner said. What We Got: Clarified orange juice, Jacob’s Ghost white whiskey, strawberry preserves, and a bit of house-made absinthe, topped off with Kickstart. Call it [...]
New restaurants are opening on the 14th Street NW corridor faster than we can dine at them—including seven in just the past two weeks. Will the restaurant derecho ever abate? Will the strip be overrun by pizza joints? Is there such a thing as peak taco? Take in this list of what’s new and what’s [...]
ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen tried to sneak quietly into D.C. When it opened in Dupont Circle in September 2011, there were no press releases or grand opening parties. The top priority for the Chipotle spin-off was to have a place to learn and experiment, not necessarily to make a big splash. And Washington’s demographics made [...]
The Dish: Beef Heart Anticucho and Tartare Where to Get It: Del Campo, 777 I St. NW; (202) 289-7377; delcampodc.com Price: $14 What It Is: Skewered and grilled beef heart accompanied by beef heart tartare from Piedmont Ridge Farm in White Hall, Md., dressed in a puree of aji panca, cumin, and garlic.
Victory White Monkey Where in Town: Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits, 5544 Connecticut Ave. NW Price: $10.99/750 ml Winos’ Delight? The craft beer industry shows a unique enthusiasm for Frankenstein-like experimentation. In addition to the ever-growing list of style mash-ups (have you tried the latest dry-hopped black wheat saison?), creations like Allagash’s Interlude, Russian River’s [...]
In the coming weeks, Cicada Brood II will invade the D.C. area. Instead of whipping out the bug spray, reach for a frying pan. Cicadas are edible, and possibly even delicious. (Plus, the sizzle of hot oil is far more appealing than the deafening rattle of cicadas’ mating calls.) Nymph cicadas have a chewy texture, [...]
“Here is the chicken you’ll be enjoying tonight. His name was Colin. Here are his papers,” a server tells Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in the Portlandia skit. Their characters want to know exactly where their meal is coming from: Is it local? Is it organic? USDA organic, Oregon organic, or Portland organic? (Never mind [...]
