Posted in Event, dc news, tagged beerfest virginia, brewfest virginia on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Imagine – two days celebrating beer for only $20. On Saturday, June 21st and Sunday, June 22nd at the Morven Park in Leesburg, 40 of the areas best breweries will offer their beer starting at 11 AM (both days). Buy your tickets in advance because they’re $20, but you can also buy at the gate for $25.
The event will happen [...]
Posted in Event, dc news, tagged thai festival silver spring, visakha puja day washington dc on May 10, 2008 | No Comments »
To know me is to know I love few things more than Visakha Puja Day (or as I affectionately call it, “Thai Fest Day”). This year, it’ll be on May 18th. It’s a one day Thai food festival! Who wouldn’t love it?
The food is amazing and your eyes (or at least mine) are always bigger [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged wall street journal dc wine bar on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
My bus was running late this morning so after reviewing my email on my “Berry,” I switched to check out what was in the WSJ.
Imagine my delight and surprise when I saw WSJ’s “wine people” write all about our DC wine bars! Gaiter and Brecher write a fun and highly complementary piece that mention Vinoteca, [...]
Posted in Event, dc news, tagged Share Our Strength's Taste of the Nation on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
It seems like there’s a lot of great food-related charity events. Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation is celebrating its 20th year — quite an impressive feat.
The event will be March 24th with a VIP Preview at 6 and general admission at 7 PM at Washington Hilton.
According to their Web site:
Enjoy incredible samples from over [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged first tuesdays in adams morgan on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
If you enjoy eating in the Adams Morgan and want a deal, why not check out ”First Tuesdays” where you can get food and drink for 2 for $25 (plus tax).
What they offer for that price, of course, varies. But why not check it out?
The Grill from Ipanema
(1858 Col Rd)
Chloe
(2473 18th St. NW)
Saki
(2477 18th [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged capital area food bank blue jeans ball on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Now this is my kind of “ball.” Capital Area Food Bank is throwing their 5th annual Blue Jeans Ball on April 8th at Marriott Wardman Park.
They’re going to have 30 local chefs, auction, and live music. I tried to see who’s going to be cooking, but that hasn’t been listed yet.
Regardless, you should definitely go — [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged food and friend's dining for life on March 3, 2008 | No Comments »
According to Food and Friend’s Web site,
On Thursday, March 6th, 150 restaurants in the Washington metropolitan region will join together to raise awareness and funds for men, women and children facing HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses.
These 150 restaurants are offering some of their profits for Food and Friends — and a few are offering 100%. To [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged chop't, free salad chopt on February 11, 2008 | No Comments »
**Update 3/7 - I went to Chop’t. Here’s my review.**
Over the last couple of months, a marginal noodle shop has closed at 1300 Connecticut Ave NW. While I didn’t shed a tear for their departure, I did just get an email from Dani stating that a Chop’t restaurant will be opening in that location tomorrow.
To celebrate their [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged Taxi Fare Estimator on January 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Do you love the Washington Post’s Taxi Fare Estimator as much as I do? Now you have an estimate on how much the new system will cost you when it starts in April.
As I mentioned previously, what now costs $8 for me to go 3 miles and 2 zones, will now cost approximately $5.75. I like [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged new taxi fare rules in washington dc on January 16, 2008 | No Comments »
After hearing on the news that DC’s Mayor Fenty was holding a press conference this morning to announce the price of the taxi meter fares, I was eagerly awaiting the results.
As you know, I’ve been a HUGE supporter of changing from the ridiculous meter system to the time-and-distance system.
Here are the changes that Fenty announced this [...]
Posted in dc news, food news, tagged jeff tunks wall street journal weight loss recipe on January 16, 2008 | No Comments »
You may not know the name, but I guarantee you know his restaurants — Ceiba, DC Coast, Arcadiana, and TenPenh. Jeff Tunks was featured in this weekend’s Wall Street Journal Chefs at Home section.
In the story, he provides a couple of recipes (Black-Eyed Pea Soup and Cilantro Chimichurri) and tips on how lost 100 pounds [...]
Posted in Pre-theater/pre fixe menus, dc news, tagged discounts at restaurants, restaurant week washington dc menus on January 4, 2008 | No Comments »
**Update 1/20 — Looking for RW prices all year long? Check out this list of restaurants offering pre-theater/pre-fixe**
I’ve posted on Restaurant Week here and here.
But here’s the Holy Grail…it’s a list of the menus (when available) of participating restaurants in the $$$$ and $$$ category. All of these listed are participating and I’ve included info [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged corduroy restaurant washington dc on January 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m probably the last person in the world that knew this, but Corduroy is moving.
Their current location in in the Four Points Sheraton (1201 K Street NW), but their last day will be January 31, 2008 (their Web site says 2007, but I think that’s a typo).
They will be moving to the Chinatown/Penn Quarter area — [...]
Posted in dc news, food news, tagged washington dc restaurant week on January 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
** UPDATE 1/4 — I posted the list of menus and deals here.**
Before the holiday break, I had posted about Restaurant Week here.
While I was on vacation, I caught up on my Washingtonian magazine and saw they had posted a bit about it as well. They provide the menus for a few of the restaurants.
You [...]
Posted in dc news, food news, tagged fugu in dc, japanese blowfish on December 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Visiting Japan is at the top of my list for many reasons, but the main reason is the food. Fugu intrigues me — and the fact that it’s going to be served at Kaz Sushi at the end of January is even better.
While the $150 price may stop you in your tracks, think about this: the price to [...]
Posted in New DC Resident Tips, dc news, tagged dc winter restaurant week on December 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
** UPDATE 1/4 — I posted the list of menus and deals here.**
My fellow diners! DC-Restaurant Week has been announced!
It’s January 14-20th.
Here’s the list of participating restaurants on OpenTable.
For those who have never participated, Restaurant Week is amazing. Area restaurants that might be out of your normal price range become affordable.
Lunch cost $20.08 and dinner cost [...]
Posted in dc news, spirits/liquor, tagged wasmund's whiskey virginia on December 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was reading one of my favorite blogs, Wine with Dinner and thought his post on Wasmund’s Whiskey was interesting.
I’m not a whisky fan, but it seems like it’d be a fun tour (and tasty) — especially after reading his post on Wasmund’s unique way of “cooking” his whiskey with cherry, apple, and oak woods.
Plus, [...]
Posted in dc news, food news, tagged asia nora closing on November 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
** UPDATE: 11/26 I posted on my visit here **
I’ve never been, but I’ve heard amazing things about Asia Nora. Looks like I’m going to have to scramble to go because it’s closing in December!
In today’s Reliable Source, they say the reason is that the building is going to be torn down so an environmentally efficient hotel [...]
Posted in dc news, food news, tagged washington dc reporter meal sources on November 13, 2007 | No Comments »
I also thought this story in the October Washingtonian that stated where DC-area reporters take their sources for meals was an interesting piece.
The next time you’re at one of these restaurants, you may see one of these reporters! Listen closely and you may get the scoop!
Posted in dc news, food news, tagged anthony bourdain in dc, real emeril on November 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Anthony Bourdain was in DC last week, but I wasn’t able to go see him. Thankfully, other Bourdain-lovers were able to go and shared on their blogs! So I feel like I was able to see him.
I’ve really enjoyed reading DC365’s account of Bourdain at Olsson’s Bookstore. DCist has an account of his Lisner appearance. Washingtonian’s Best [...]
Posted in dc news, food news, tagged , inside story, washingtonian 150 best on October 30, 2007 | No Comments »
Like many of you, I like Wonkette. And I really like Wonkette right now for their interview with a former editor of Washingtonian magazine.
Of particular interest (to this blog) is the section about their best 150 restaurants, which I have to admit, I was wondering about myself when I was flipping through my copy.
Basically, this [...]
Posted in dc news, tagged best washington dc, washington dc ranking, worst washington dc on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Travel & Leisure asked 60,000 people to rank their favorite cities and we didn’t do so well. I thought what was most interesting was how they separated visitors and locals responses.
By and large, the answers were pretty similar. There was only one area where we had a major disagreement. Residents said we rank 21st for [...]
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