Social Scene: The Napkin Network: Moms on a Mission in a Time of Need
• December 3, 2025

What began five years ago as a simple effort to help moms and babies in need has grown into one of the most impactful grassroots movements in the D.C. area. […]

Bourbon Meets Bubbles: Local Restaurants Spill Their Cocktail Secrets
• November 18, 2025

This holiday season, we asked local restaurants to give us their favorite bourbon (in honor of our November cover story) or champagne recipe. Here’s what we got. Grab your ingredients […]

Flavors of Summer Shine at D.C. Restaurant Week
• August 18, 2025

Beginning today and running through Sunday, August 24 is Metropolitan Washington Summer Restaurant Week. Brunches and lunches will be $25-$35 and dinners run at either $40, $55, or $65. Here […]

Pépin’s Way 
• May 14, 2025

Sébastien Giannini of L’Avant-Garde Joins Fellow Chefs to Celebrate Jacques Pépin’s 90th Birthday  D.C. Restaurants Host 90th Birthday Dinners for Jacques Pépin  Yearlong Celebration Benefits Culinary Education Programs     For […]

Celebrating Chef Jacques Pépin at 90 at L’Avant Garde
• March 16, 2025

One of America’s beloved chefs, Jacques Pépin, turns 90 this year. Known for cooking with Julia Child in the 1990s or being French President Charles de Gaulle’s personal chef, the […]

L’Avant-Garde Goes Full-on Lobster for September
• September 5, 2024

No, it’s not Red Lobster, it’s way beyond that. Still, L’Avant-Garde, Georgetown’s French gem at 2915 M St. NW, is all about the tasty marine crustacean this month. Partner Chef […]

Get Your French On for Bastille Day
• July 11, 2024

By Sophia Hall Between the national French holiday, Bastille Day, falling on Sunday, July 14, and the 2024 Summer Olympics occuring in Paris later this month, the feeling in the […]

L’Avant-Garde Introduces Lunch à la Française 
• April 4, 2024

The Georgetowner got a chance to check out the new lunch menu at Georgetown’s elegant French restaurant, L’Avant-Garde, now helmed by Partner Chef Sébastien Giannini.  In France, lunch is the […]

L’Avant-Garde Welcomes Partner Chef Sébastien Giannini 
• February 10, 2024

Georgetown’s elegant French restaurant at 2915 M St. NW renews its commitment to an authentic French experience, partnering with chef Sébastien Giannini — “and inviting guests to fall in love, […]

Georgetown Is Hot to Shop  
• December 6, 2023

Last week, WTOP News ran an upbeat story, headlined “Georgetown sees solid year despite retail, restaurant shuttering in DC,” and concluded “2023 has been a solid year for one of […]