Busboys & Poets Anacostia Opens Tuesday Busboys and Poets is set to open its fifth D.C. restaurant and seventh overall at 2004 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE in Anacostia on Tuesday, Mar. 12.   The new Busboys and Poets restaurant and bookstore is located at the same Read More

Beard Foundation Names Semi-Finalists Last week, the James Beard Foundation released its list of semi-finalists for their annual awards — the so-called Oscars for restaurants. The finalists will be announced Mar. 27, and the awards will be handed out in Chicago on May 6 at Read More

Zeppelin Sushi and Kareoke Opens Monday Zeppelin, the newest restaurant from the team behind Chaplin’s ramen and cocktail bar in Shaw, opens Monday at 1544 Ninth St. NW in the former Shaw Bijou and French Quarter Brasserie building. Mixologists and brothers Ari and Micah Wilder Read More

Él Bebe Opens Tuesday Near Nats Park Él Bebe, a taqueria and tequila bar from Metropolitan Hospitality Group, which owns the local Circa bistro chain, opens at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, at 99 M St. SE in the Navy Yard neighborhood next to the recently opened Circa at Navy Yard. Él Read More

A Vegan Burger Meat Eaters Will LOVe Leon, the natural fast food British import located at 1724 L St. NW, recently added the plant-based LOVe burger to its menu. (Ve is the symbon on Leon’s menu for vegan dishes.) It is made of 100 percent plants and is the first of many Read More

Praline Bakery Opens at The Wharf Bethesda’s Praline Bakery opened its third bakeshop at 965 Seventh St. SW at The Wharf last week. The bakery opened its first location in Bethesda in 2006, then added a second location at Fairfax’s Mosaic District in 2015. “Across the country, Read More