Alluring Alara Opens in Former Paolo’s
• February 6, 2025

Another culinary darling has made its Georgetown debut. Hakan Ilhan’s latest restaurant, Alara, opened Feb. 5 — but not after having a few private parties to celebrate. Located in the […]

Business Ins & Outs: La Chaumière, Alara, Fangyán, Greco
• June 29, 2023

Hakan Ilhan to Remake Paolo’s Space The long shuttered Paolo’s Ristorante space, most recently High Street Grill, will become Alara, a Turkish restaurant by Hakan Ilhan. Meaning “beautiful water fairy” […]

High Street Cafe: Home Again
• August 2, 2019

The new Wisconsin Avenue eatery makes its signature pizzas, ranging from the ordinary to the decadent, in a venerable old stove, original to the location (formerly Paolo’s).

Business Ins & Outs Sept. 12, 2018
• September 12, 2018

By Stephanie Green and Robert Devaney In: Guapo’s Shimmers at Washington Harbour Guapo’s, the Tex-Mex restaurant chain that began in Tenleytown almost 30 years ago, finally got its Georgetown waterfront […]