Category: restaurant reviews

Add This To Your Cellar:  Bodega Ruca Malen
[ 0 ] September 1, 2016 |

Add This To Your Cellar: Bodega Ruca Malen

French business partners Jean Pierre Thibaud and Jacques Louis de Montalembert, alongside Argentine winemaker Pablo Cuneo, have brought the flavors of Mendoza to the District.  Their boutique winery, Bodega Ruca Malen, recently gave the District a taste of their signature Malbec at Rural Society, located inside the Loews Madison Hotel.  The Yauquen Malbec 2014, which […]

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Happy Hour?  STK Lip Service.
[ 0 ] August 31, 2016 |

Happy Hour? STK Lip Service.

STK has launched a new happy hour that fits right in with my schedule.  The new “Office Hours” is weekdays from 5-8 pm.  The deals include Buy One, Get One Cocktails, Beer and/or Wine and $12 bar bites, which include Tuna Tartare (JKGF Fave of the Night) and Oysters ($2 each).  The thing I like […]

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There’s a Log Cabin in City Center.  And it has a happy hour.
[ 0 ] August 5, 2016 |

There’s a Log Cabin in City Center. And it has a happy hour.

BOE has changed the looks of things from the sleek, sexy all white décor that used to take up the space at 777 9th Street, NW.  This, however, still is the sexiest log cabin décor I have ever layed eyes on.  Far from thinking smores when I enter the place, the menu does nothing to […]

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#12-courselife
[ 0 ] August 4, 2016 |

#12-courselife

When the already popular want to get more popular, they have to up the ante on their product.  That is the approach that Masa 14 is taking and from the looks of things, it seems to be working.  The popular 14th street Asian fusion restaurant has added a 12-course chef’s tasting menu to list of […]

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Hello to Farewell.
[ 0 ] August 3, 2016 |

Hello to Farewell.

This will probably be the shortest post that I have ever written.  I will get straight to the point:  Farewell is my new favorite restaurant and may be the reason I eventually become a vegan (just kidding, but…).  The menu is full of amazing comfort food in a casual but somewhat contemporary setting and makes […]

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