With a heavy heart we must announce that Kinkead's will be closing it's doors on 12/22/2012. Call 202.296.7700 to reserve your table now! — Kinkead's (@KinkeadsDC) November 20, 2012 Kinkead's, the Foggy Bottom seafood restaurant run by Bob Kinkead that was one of the hottest joints in town during the Clinton administration, will close next [...]
Brunch may have its haters, but there's clearly a contingent out there looking for more than the standard weekend blitz of Belgian waffles and three-cheese omelets. Readers tore into Scott Reitz's post on two off-beat brunch options as if they had been wandering the desert waiting for a message from on high. Come to think [...]
UPDATED: 5:22 p.m. 11/10/2010 Y&H has little information at this point, but according to a private e-mail I just received via Facebook, Mark Eisendrath's (brother of Ben) planned exhibit at Social| Creative, the artistic outlet at Social in Columbia Heights, has been canceled. The reason? The restaurant "will be closed for an indefinite period of [...]
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. [...]
While one Silver Spring restaurant gets ready to celebrate its launch, another takes a fall. After four years in business, Taste of Jerusalem recently closed.
Y&H has been hearing reports today that Sysco, one of the major food distribution companies in the country, is either a day and a half behind on deliveries or not delivering at all. Then there's the driver of this Sysco truck who, according to Casey Patten, co-owner of Taylor Gourmet, tried to ram through a [...]
Tacos took off in D.C. in 2009 Good God, I can even begin to wrap my mind around all the things that happened on the D.C. dining scene during the past 12 months. Fortunately, not all of them were as apocalyptic as the closing of your favorite restaurant or the passing of Ben Ali. For [...]
Yaku will be history by January. The poor economy keeps putting the squeeze on local restaurants. The latest to shut their doors (or scheduled to shut their doors) include Vegetate in Shaw, the CPK on Connecticut Avenue, Yaku in Arlington, D'Acqua on Pennsylvania Avenue, Savory Cafe in Takoma Park, and Enjera Eritrean Restaurant and Bar [...]
