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 […]

Love Letters from Georgetowners 
• February 8, 2023

Compiled by Robert Devaney and Kate Oczypok Ah, love. There’s nothing better, right? Before you can disagree with us, check out these “love letters” from area Georgetowners who are long-term […]

Georgetown Cool… and Safe? 
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Georgetown is having a moment … again. Over its 272 or so years, it has reinvented itself without losing its charm or erasing its history. We, along with other Georgetowners, […]

Business Ins & Outs 2022: L’Avant-Garde, Hobo, Whole Foods; Berliner, Amazon Books, CB2
• January 9, 2023

Welcome: L’Avant-Garde, Yellow, Showfields, Hobo, Glossier, Bitty & Beau’s, Fountain Inn and others. Farewell: Berliner, Officina, Fluevog, Pie Sisters, Petite Soeur, Sara’s, CB2 and others. It was a busy year for Georgetown […]

Grand Openings for L’Avant-Garde and Yellow Cafe
• December 7, 2022

Georgetowners have been anticipating the debut of these two restaurants for quite some time. They open this week. L’Avant-Garde L’Avant-Garde, a contemporary brasserie by Fady Saba along with storied Michelin-starred […]