PUPPY LOVE The Washington Humane Society’s 12th annual dessert and champagne reception honors local crusaders against animal cruelty: Washington Humane Society’s Humane Law Enforcement Officers, Animal Care & Control Officers, and Humane Educators. If you have a strong sweet tooth then you should be at this event, which showcases the DC area’s most talented pastry chefs. Guests have the [...]
Chef Victor Albisu, former BLT Steak executive chef, announces plans to open Del Campo in the former PS7′s restaurant space in Penn Quarter. The upscale South American Grill will be the first full-service restaurant from Albisu, who will also open Taco Bamba, a takeout taqueria in Falls Church, VA in the coming weeks. Nando’s Peri-Peri announced that [...]
On Thursday, July 5, 2012, upscale sandwich and salad crafters Taylor Gourmet opened their fifth location joining the Dupont Circle neighborhood in the DC Metro area. The Dupont Circle location sits on the corner of 19th and M Streets NW. That night, its walls were packed with fans of the gourmet hoagie shop and adorned [...]
There are few reasons I would trek down shadeless Pennsylvania Avenue in 96 degree weather, but when I got word of Del Frisco’s Grille, a new restaurant and bar, set to debut in downtown DC at 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, I rushed right over. The restaurant is slated to open on Saturday, July 14 [...]
The Hamilton is open in full swing. The restaurant that is attracting attention from all of the DMV’s dining media as a one stop shop for food, entertainment and cocktails. After attending the ribbon cutting ceremony last week, I can see this place becoming a staple in the DC area not only because it offers [...]
What do I love more than good food? New good food. For this reason a call from Capital Cooking to join her for dinner at Piola did take much convincing where the restaurant just opened its doors on the 14th street corridor. Excited, I almost skipped to 14th street for much needed pizza and pasta [...]
Etiquette Tuesday: Lessons at Elisir
There are some restaurants in the District that I feel “meh” about visiting and then there are others that I feel excitement weeks in advance about visiting. This weeks Etiquette Tuesday focuses on my visit to Elisir, a Downtown Italian restaurant where I was especially anxious to visit this winter. Elisir is the restaurant you [...]
Art & Soul’s Artisanal Reopening Fair
After this year’s inauguration, Chef/Owner Art Smith opted to close down the restaurant for a month-long renovation. This past March, Art & Soul on Capital Hill threw a wonderful fair of a shindig to show off all of their recent changes for the menu and the restaurant’s aesthetic features. Among the new ambiance/decor and the tasty [...]
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