After living on Connecticut Avenue for several years, Cleveland Park became a second home for me. With my stomping grounds mainly in the Vann Ness neighborhood, it is no surprise that I ventured out to find good food. The day Ripple opened and I had the opportunity to nibble on their risotto was the day […]
Finding fried pickles around these parts is about as hard as finding someone in DC who does not carry a business card. They are a rare breed. It is intimate spaces like 1905 Restaurant on 9th street that luckily offer surprises on the menu such as fried pickles. Why a surprise? If you ever visit […]
New Cuban food joined the District right on time: at the beginning of the government shutdown. With a city filled with government employees, comfort food would be one of many disgruntled furloughed employees only recourses. Sophie’s has definitely done a good job at just that: offering the comfort that only plantains, Moro rice and Ropa […]
The arrival of Mi Cocina in the DC area garnered enough buzz from my Texas readers than those who frequent the Chevy Chase neighborhood, the new home of the restaurant. Mi Cocina joined a long line of a few of my favorite places on Wisconsin Avenue. After trying out the goodies of Jimmy Choo, Louis […]
There are some restaurants that are good but it is rare that I leave a restaurant and phenomenal rolls off the tongue with ease. Makoto is that place. Phenomenal service, phenomenal food and phenomenal setting. Tucked in the MacCarther Boulevard neighborhood in a humble entryway, Makoto commands the attention of the true “foodie”. Shoes off, cell […]
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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