Mike Isabella Files for Ch. 11 Bankruptcy Disgraced restauranteur and former Top Chef contestant Mike Isabella filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for nine of his 11 restaurants, as well as parent company Mike Isabella Concepts, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Read More

La Vie at the Wharf Gets Zero-Star Review Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema recently gave La Vie, the splashy Mediterranean restaurant at the Wharf, a zero-star rating. “La Vie on the Wharf is so bad I’m only writing about it as a warning,” the headline declared. The Read More

Isabella Eatery Closes; Kapnos Taverna Owes Rent More bad news for disgraced restauranteur Mike Isabella. As we predicted two weeks ago, Isabella Eatery, the giant food hall at Tysons Galleria, 2001 International Drive, McLean, has closed and his Kapnos Taverna inside the Hotel Read More

City Perch Takes Salad to New Heights Seven stories up above the storefronts and streets of North Bethesda’s Pike & Rose mixed-use development, workers labor under the hot sun to pick produce that could, within hours, be on someone’s plate below. In April, Up Top Acres Read More

Mason Dixie Biscuit to Rise in Shaw Mason Dixie Biscuit Co. will reopen at 1819 Seventh St. NW next month beside a trendy Solidcore fitness studio after closing its drive-thru location at 2301 Bladensburg Road NE in March after less than a year. CEO Ayesha Abuelhiga said the new Read More

Is Isabella Eatery in Tysons Next to Close? Since former Top Chef contestant Mike Isabella and his partners settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with former Isabella Eatery director of operations Chloe Caras out of court, three of his restaurants have closed and now there are Read More