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.
The District is really building up its restaurant resume. The DMV will welcome Againn, a New York Avenue gastropub, this fall. Againn will have a raw bar, three private dining rooms and 130 individually lighted and personalized lockers for Scotch (*These can be reserved for $500 a year). There will be one room with a […]
Labor Day is over, school is back in session, blah, blah, blah. Basically, we’re sulking at the fact that our summer love is over. Not to worry, however, out with the old, in with the new still rings true. Fall begins with: >The Source introduces “Hour of Power” which is a happy hour that takes […]
Labor Day Weekend is here and why do we feel like we will be working our hardest this weekend…Anywho, that won’t stop us from pulling out the grill, folding some chopped onions into ground beef and cooking until just right;-) Of course there are some things going on in case you don’t want to […]
Out of commission for the past couple of days…We have been in the process of moving our lives to a new location. Tiresome. Of course we miss talking to our readers so we wanted to drop a line to let you know that we will return next week with more reviews, recipes and the like. […]
For some reason the beat of “Death of Autotune” keeps going through our head as we think of the subject of our next post: The Death of Good Customer Service. In the past couple of months we have watched as customer service especially here in the District has deteriorated. Let us take you on a […]
The 2024 RAMMY Awards Finalists
Woot! The list is here. The 2024 RAMMY Awards Finalists are (*denotes publicly voted category*): New Restaurant of the Year: A restaurant that must have opened between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023 and already distinguishes itself as a pacesetter in food, beverage and hospitality. The nominee must be a current member of RAMW. Cocktail […]
The 42nd Annual RAMMY AWARDS Return on July 21, 2024
The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) will host the 42nd Annual RAMMY Awards at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in partnership with Events DC, on Sunday, July 21, 2024. The awards return to honor excellence in long standing categories that range from individual professional honors to accolades celebrating culinary concepts and service. Anyone in the public can […]
Congrats to all of the 2023 RAMMY Award recipients!! The 2023 RAMMY Awards Winners are (*denotes publicly voted category*): Joan Hisaoka Allied Member of the Year: Saval Foodservice New Restaurant of the Year: Causa/Amazonia Cocktail Program of the Year: Service Bar Beer Program of the Year: Shelter Wine Program of the Year: Reveler’s Hour Rising […]
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