New Menu Alert: Mari Vanna

[ 0 ] October 30, 2014 | Johnna

Adjarski Khachapuri (Image via Joy Asico)

Mari Vanna has a new menu, check out the deets below:

Mari Vanna launches a new menu today featuring the hearty and savory flavors of Fall and Winter. Executive Chef Azamat Zhanizakov has added a handful of appetizers, entrees and desserts to the menu in honor of the colder seasons.

Guests can expect to nosh on new items such as Chebureki (two pan-fried pastries stuffed with chopped beef, onion and parsley, and served with mild and hot sauce), Shashlik (grilled and oven roasted lamb chop kebabs, served on home-baked flatbread with tomato picante sauce, fresh herbs and cucumbers) and Pumpkin Soup (pumpkin, onions, carrots, garlic, thyme and pumpkin seeds) at the eatery. In addition to the new bites, the Dupont restaurant has added a twist on existing slavic classics, such as cheese blinis and cabbage vareniki. Adjarski Khachapuri joins the comfort food roster – with a half-baked egg atop the traditional Georgian cheese flatbread.

House-infused vodka is a hallmark for Mari Vanna so the the resto-lounge will also add Pumpkin, Apple & Cinnamon and Coffee flavors to the existing lineup of libations. In addition to the new vodka flavors, Mari Vanna is debuting a $12 “Unlimited Bloody Mary Bar” this Saturday, November 1. Brunch-goers can build their own Bloody Mary’s every Saturday from 11:30 am to 3:30 p.m.

The new menu will be available until May 1.

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Johnna French is a Harlem NY native with deep roots in Panama, Washington, DC and North Carolina. All four places have heavily influenced her life and the foods she loves today. After graduating Howard University School of Law and beginning her life as a young professional in the city she was led to start Johnna Knows Good Food in November 2007 to keep family, friends and colleagues updated on where to go and what to eat while dining in the nation’s capitol. French, who still practices law, leads a team of three writers to cover the ever expanding Washington, DC food scene. French has been featured in print and television, appearing in Washingtonian Magazine and is a regular contributor to various local TV affiliates including WUSA 9, FOX 5 DC and WJLA (ABC Affiliate) News Channel 8. During the 2016-2017 football season, Johnna aired on Comcast Sports Mid-Atlantic (CSN) show, Redskins Life, as the weekly tailgate host. Johnna is currently a regular contributor to the FOX Baltimore Weekend morning show.