Posts Tagged ‘Sandwiches’

Rick Bayless Drops by G Street Food This Morning

Bayless and Furstenberg: Men of the street Imagine Y&H's surprise when he stopped by G Street Food, baker Mark Furstenberg's new operation inspired by international street foods, and saw Rick Bayless casually walk in the door.  As if the celebrity chef lives just across the street, not half way across the country. Bayless, fresh off [...]

An Inside Look at the Forthcoming Taylor Gourmet II

Taylor is close to opening its second garage door. Casey Patten, one of the personable owners of Taylor Gourmet, checked in with Y&H today to give us a construction update on the Philly-inspired deli's second location, located at 485 K St. NW in the CityVista building. "We have incorporated the same look and feel as the [...]

My Visit to Jim’s Steaks in Philly

Unlike at Pat's or Geno's, the line moves sloooowly at Jim's As part of my never-ending quest to find the perfect cheesesteak, I recently stopped by Jim's Steaks on South Street in Philly, at the request of the friend who swears by the stuff there. My snap verdict? Love the Art Deco space, can pass [...]

Beware the Sandwich That Dares to Call Itself a Muffaletta

For reasons that I can't fully explain, I ordered the muffaletta at Nicaro, which recently reopened under chef Luis Martinez, who has tons of experience opening and running restaurants of all sizes, from Cubano's in Silver Spring to Cheesecake Factories here and in California. I think I was feeling nostalgic for New Orleans after reading Martinez's [...]

Young & Hungry Dining Guide by the Day: Market Lunch

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. As the name [...]

Taylor Gourmet Owner Explains Why He Chose Mount Vernon Square for Second Location

You got to hand it to City Vista.  This Mount Vernon Square development has landed the most impressive group of retail, restaurants, and amenities in recent memory: Results Gym, a beautiful Safeway, 5th Street Hardware store, Chevy Chase Bank, Busboys and Poets and now a second location for Taylor Gourmet, as first reported on Prince of Petworth. [...]

Breadline Back in Business. If You’re a Fan, You Should Go.

      Just a week after it was closed for 19 violations of the D.C. food code, Breadline was back in business today. To the naked eye, the sandwich shop didn't look so different from its "excessive live fruit fly" phase. I did notice meticulous, hand-written expiration dates on the lemonade drinks and that [...]

Young & Hungry Dining Guide by the Day: Banh Mi D.C. Sandwich

One by one, over the next several weeks, we’ll run 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 how your meal was when you [...]

Weekend Feed: Pot Belly Sandwich Works

Pot Belly Sandwich Works 1400 Irving St, Washington, DC 20009 (202) 232-5777 Overshadowed in the news that red meat will shave years off your life is an even more terrifying prospect: Deli meats will send your clogs skyward, too. So those turkey sandwiches you’ve been virtuously choking down? Might as well have had an Angry [...]

MGM Roast Beef Provides Relief From Brentwood’s Dreary Chains

The first thing you notice about MGM Roast Beef — assuming, of course, you can find the damn place to begin with — is that the sandwich shop is tucked into the ass-end of the Capital Auto Auction warehouse, just across the street from the Brentwood post office, site of the 2001 anthrax attacks. The [...]