Foie gras brats are so hot right now. Find them in D.C. at Urbana and the Red Apron Butchery’s mobile cart. [Nation's Restaurant News] Take a peek inside the new Boundary Road. [Washingtonian] Toki Underground: where the sake flows like beer. [HuffPo DC] The Diner hosts CNN's Soledad O'Brien. [Twitter] Who's D.C.'s hottest chef? [Eater [...]
New York transplant Carmine's hasn't lost that Big Apple boastfulness since opening in D.C.'s Penn Quarter last summer. After coming away from this year's Rammys with honors as "Power Spot of the Year" and "Favorite Restaurant," as voted by the public, the sprawling, 700-seat family-style restaurant is making sure that every passerby is aware of [...]
Todd Gray is out $100. The acclaimed chef at Equinox took top honors as D.C.'s "Chef of the Year" last night at the 2011 Rammy awards gala at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Northwest D.C., an honor which apparently comes at a price. During his acceptance speech, Gray confessed to betting against himself and [...]
In the lead-up to the Rammys, the so-called Oscars of the D.C. food scene, City Paper held a contest in which Young & Hungry readers could submit their own reviews, detailing their best dining experiences of 2011, with the two best submissions nabbing two tickets to Sunday's big soiree at the Marriott Wardman Park. Herewith, [...]
Have you cast your vote for the 2011 RAMMYS yet? Pick your favorite neighborhood hangout, power spot, and hottest bar scene, then write-in the name of the local eatery closest to your heart. Online voting ends tonight, just one second before midnight. The annual D.C. restaurant awards gala is slated for June 26 at the [...]
Damn, the things you miss when you're out videotaping large, chain-let restaurants that aren't quite as large as they think. On Friday, Bravo announced the 12 contestants for the debut season of Top Chef: Just Desserts, and among them are D.C.'s Heather Chittum, pastry chef for Pure Hospitality's two Georgetown properties, Hook and Tackle Box. [...]
Birch & Barley and 2941 each took home a pair of RAMMYs at the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington's annual awards ceremony and gala on Sunday evening. Scott Drewno of The Source by Wolfgang Puck won in the "Chef of the Year" category. Birch & Barley was named the association's best new restaurant and, along with [...]
The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington just wrapped its RAMMYs nomination party this evening at the Ritz-Carlton in downtown D.C. Y&H extends his congratulations to the following nominees for the annual award, which will be presented in a revamped format on Sunday, June 6, at the Marriott Wardman Park:
As many of you know already, the James Beard Foundation Tweeted its way through the nominees this morning for its annual Beard Awards. The D.C. market fared well once again, both in the restaurant/chef and journalism categories. Don't worry, I'm not here to toot my own horn. I'm here instead to point out a potentially [...]
Well, actually, Birchenall takes exception to part of my RAMMY Awards rant, in which I bitched and moaned about the crowded, tuxedoed sweat-shop ambiance of this year's event. Specifically, the editor and publisher of Foodservice Monthly wonders if I understand that this ceremony is not catering to me, the media, or the public. Writes Birchenall [...]
