The Latest Dish: ’Tis the Season of Innovative Tradition   

December 11, 2024

 Just Opened in DC: Chef-owner Danny Lledó’s El Taller del Xiquet, which translates to “the workshop of Xiquet,” made its debut on the first floor of his fine-dining restaurant Xiquet at […]

The Latest Dish: Comfort Food + Comfort Cocktails = What You Voted For  

November 13, 2024

  Fish & Fire Food Group has expanded its empire with the opening of The Strand DC in the Deanwood neighborhood at 5131 Nannie Helen Burroughs Ave. NE. The historic building was […]

The Latest Dish: Fall Into a Delicious Election Season   

October 9, 2024

Matt Baker’s 101 Hospitality (Gravitas, Michele’s, Baker’s Daughter) is slated to open Lucille’s Modern Chophouse in the Kimpton George Hotel at 15 E St. NW on Capitol Hill, where Jeff […]

The Latest Dish: September 2024

September 11, 2024

Modan, a modern Japanese restaurant featuring a private omakase counter experience, is slated to open early in the fourth quarter in Tysons at the Heming residential complex at 1788 Chain […]

The Latest Dish: Sizzling Summer Openings, Reopenings

July 17, 2024

Ch-Ch-Changes: Duke’s Grocery has arisen at 1513 17th St. NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood with a new draft beer system, a bigger kitchen, new HVAC, wood and steel support […]

The Latest Dish: Here Come the Bars and Omakase Spots

June 12, 2024

 UnOrdinary Hospitality’s Radovan Jankovic and Marko Bogdanovic, creators of Residents Café & Bar in Dupont Circle, and chef Rob Curtis, who curated the transformation of Mercy Me restaurant in Yours Truly […]

The Latest Dish: Beer-Centric, Wine-Centric Restaurants Expand  

April 10, 2024

D.C.’s Ivy City-based Atlas Brew Works will open its third brewery and tap room over Memorial Day weekend in Alexandria’s Carlyle Crossing development at 2429 Mandeville Lane. The 6,000-square-foot Atlas Alexandria […]

The Latest Dish: Restaurant Resiliency 

March 13, 2024

Johnny Spero’s Reverie, at 3201 Cherry Hill Lane on the south side of Georgetown, will be reborn after being repaired and renovated following the 2022 fire. The 16-course tasting menu […]

The Latest Dish: International Flavors and Influences: Integral to D.C.    

February 14, 2024

From the team who brought you Bar Chinois — Dean Mosones, Mark Minicucci, Margaux Donati —comes Bar Japonais, an izakaya restaurant at 1520 14th Street NW that blends Japanese and French […]

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, […]