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Business Ins & Outs: Google Store Opens; Happy 25th to Bacchus Wine Cellar!
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Seeing Double: Santa at Volta Park, Rose Park on Saturday
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Tawny Chatmon’s Portraits Take Center Stage at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
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Festive Fun Takes Center Stage at This Year’s Georgetown Jingle
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Chef Pati Jinich Cooks with Marriott Bonvoy Moments
• June 24, 2025
By Annabel Taylor Pati Jinich, James Beard award winning chef and host of Pati’s Mexican Table on PBS, led a livestream and cooking demonstration of her famous “To-Die-For” ceviche and […]
The Latest Dish: Worldwide Flavors at Embassy Chef Challenge
• June 10, 2025
International battles in Washington, D.C., can be tasteful — especially when they’re happening at the Events DC Embassy Chef Challenge, on Thursday, July 10, at Mellon Auditorium, 1301 Constitution Ave. […]
Cocktail of the Month: The Smoked Old Fashioned
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My cocktail arrives covered with a smoky dome. I spy liquid-gold bourbon and orange slices through the white fog. Other patrons turn their heads and admire this creative presentation. A […]
A Quarter Century of Chef Geoff’s!
• June 5, 2025
Chef Geoff’s on New Mexico Ave. marked 25 years of “great food, libation, merriment and unforgettable memories” on June 2. After graduating from Georgetown University, Tracy attended the Culinary Institute […]
Cocktail of the Month: The Musso & Frank Martini
• May 14, 2025
The 2019 film “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” — often called Quentin Tarantino’s love letter to L.A. — is set in 1969, a time of transition from old-school […]
The Latest Dish
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Adam Shulman, a maestro of evening entertainment when he was director of nightlife and events for MGM Resorts International, will debut his own show when he opens Lobby Bar at […]
Where to Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in D.C.
• May 5, 2025
Happy Cinco de Mayo! Here are just a few of the many places to celebrate today. Pinstripes 1064 Wisconsin Ave. NW The bowling and bocce bistro is serving up $5 […]
Danny Lledó’s Xiquet: A Clean, Minimalistic Aesthetic
• March 27, 2025
At an intimate space on Wisconsin, Chef Danny Lledó explores, innovates, and beguiles in his evocative journey through Valencian cuisine: first at his Michelin-starred prix-fixe restaurant Xiquet and now at […]
A Firsthand Try at Baking Blue Duck Tavern’s Famous Apple Pie
• March 20, 2025
By Zoe Howard-Barr Earlier this month, in honor of Pi Day, Blue Duck Tavern held an intimate pie baking class led by Executive Pastry Chef Colleen Murphy. Murphy has been […]
Cocktail of the Month: Zimplex’s ‘The Trip’
• March 11, 2025
Is it a cocktail? An art installation? A science experiment? What is this glowing, psychedelic, lava-lamp-looking illumination in front of me? These are a few of the questions I asked […]
