The miso ramen was filling and hit the spot on a chilly Sunday afternoon. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

Noodle Nook

Ren’s Ramen in Wheaton Hits the Spot Ren’s Ramen, 11403 Amherst Ave., Silver Spring, isn’t much too look at. It is a tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant a few blocks off Georgia Avenue, but the ramen served there packs big flavor. Ren’s uses wavy noodles of medium thickness imported
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Food Bites

Nora Poullion to Retire, Sell Restaurant Chef Nora Poullion of Restaurant Nora, 2132 Florida Ave. NW, D.C.’s first organic restaurant, is planning to retire — but not right away. She is looking for someone to take over the restaurant, which has been open for nearly 38 years, and
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Go trick-or-treating at the National Zoo during Boo at the Zoo this weekend. (Photo: Smithsonian's National Zoo)

Weekend Guide

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Fall Festivities on Tap in the DMV In spite of unseasonably hot temperatures this week, it is fall in the DMV. That means Halloween and fall festivals are on tap this weekend including Boo at the Zoo, Fall Harvest Days at Mount Vernon, the Hirshhorn Fall Fest, the Fall Festival
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