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  • The medal given to James Beard Award winners in 2019. (Photo: Eliesa Johnson/James Beard Foundation)

    Food Oscars

    The James Beard Foundation announced its 2025 semifinalists on Wednesday with 24 DMV chefs and restaurants on the list. Winners will be named on June 15.Read More
    24 Jan 2025
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  • Images showing the outside of Crisfield Seafood, the dining room, shelves of memorabilia and other items. (Photos: Crisfield Seafood/Facebook)

    Food Bites

    A roundup of food and restaurant news in the DMV for the week of Jan. 12, 2025. This week: Crisfield Seafood to auction memorabilia and collectibles.Read More
    13 Jan 2025
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  • Spaghetti with cherry tomatoes in garlic butter in a white, oval baking dish. (Photo: Jen Causey)

    30-Minute Meal

    Cherry tomatoes are a great shortcut to pasta sauce. Naturally sweet, they don’t take long to blister & burst, and the juice creates a luscious sauce.Read More
    28 Dec 2024
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  • Top view of variety of gingerbread cookies presented on festive table for Christmas celebration. (Photo: alvarez/iStock)

    Sweet News

    From gifting boxes of cookies to setting out cookies & milk for Santa, few things capture the spirit of Christmas like warm, fresh baked cookies.Read More
    24 Dec 2024
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  • Paella de marisco in a traditional paella pan topped with squid, shrimp and snow peas. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

    First Taste

    At Arrels, the restaurant at the new Arlo Washington DC hotel, 333 G St. NW, Chef Pepe Moncayo has gone back to his Spanish roots.Read More
    20 Dec 2024
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D.C. Beer Week runs from Sept. 24-Oct. 1. (Photo: D.C. Brewers’ Guild)

On Tap

21 Sep 2016
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3 Stars Brewing, 3 Stars Brewing Co., Adroit Theory, Alex McCoy, Alfie’s, All-Purpose Pizzeria, Atlas Brew Works, Bavarian brews, beer, Bluejacket, bratwurst, brew day, BrewHaHa, Capital City Brewing Co, cask, cask event, Catoctin Creek Distilling Co., Charm City Meadworks, ChurchKey, Citizen Burger Bar, CityCenterDC, Clyde’s Tower Oaks Lodge, Commonwealth Classics, Crooked Angels, d.c., D.C. Beer Week, D.C. Brau, D.C. Brau Brewing Co., D.C. Brewer's Gild, D.C. Total Tap Takeover, Denizens Brewing Co., District Chophouse, DMV Craft Beer Celebration, draft, Evening of Magical Mystery, flagships, Gabe Thompson, Gordon Biersch, grissette, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery, Hellbender, Hellbender Brewing Co., Heurich House Museum, hoppy, Hubs Virginia Peanuts, J. Wakefield, Jeff Eng, Jeff Wells, Jonathan Bohr, Kathy Risso, Kyle Bailey, Lisa cox, Logan McGear, Logan’s Sausage Co., Logsdon Farmhouse, Make It Funky Wild Beer Festival, Maryland, Mike Friedman, Modern Times, Nathan Anda, Oakshire, Ocelot, Old Ebbitt Grill, one-offs, Only Lonesome, Other Half, Oxbow, Port City Brewing, pretzels, Rappahannock Oyster Co., RAR, rarities, Red Apron Butchery, Right Proper, Right Proper Brewing Co., Rockland's Barbeque and Grilling Co., Route 11 Potato Chips, RPM Italian, Salvatore Ferro HopFunk Fest, seasonals, sessionable, Shaw Brewpub & Kitchen, Silver Spring, Sixth Engine, Smoke and Barrel, solidarity brew, sours, Sugar Shack Donuts, Taylor Carson, Teddy Folkman, the Hamilton, The Red Hen, Union Brewing, Village of Shirlington, virginia, War Shore Oyster Co., Zach Smith
Change Is Brewing for 2016 D.C. Beer Week The eighth annual D. C. Beer Week kicks off on Saturday, moving from late August to the last week of September. It runs through Oct. 1. The D.C. Brewers’ Guild has taken over the yearly celebration, which will focus more on craft beer
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Michael Watz of Evanston, Ill., won a trip to France for submitting his winning honey lavender grilled pork chop recipe. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

Winning Recipe

19 Sep 2016
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bake brie, bone-in, burger, chicken pot pie, Columbia, Cowgirl Chef: Texas Cooking with a French Accent, cowgirlchef.com, cream cheese icing, Dulles Town Center, Elllise Pierce, French dip sandwiches, French onion soup, French pot roast, French-American, French-inspired, Gateway Overlook, herbs de Provence, honey lavender grilled pork chop, Loudon County Transit, Michael Watz, Mimi's Cafe, pumpkin cheesecake slabpie, pumpkin griddlecakes, pumpkin muffins, pumpkin seeds, quiches, Sterling, thick cut, turkey, Wiehle-Reston East
Mimi’s Unveils Honey Lavender Pork Chop Beginning today, Mimi’s Cafe including the restaurants at 21015 Dulles Town Circle, Sterling, Va., and 8250 Gateway Drive Overlook, Columbia, Md., is kicking off fall with its new fall entrée, a honey lavender grilled pork chop. The new
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Legal Sea Food is having it annual oyster festival with special dishes including the friend BBQ oyster. (Photo: Legal Sea Foods)

Food Bites

17 Sep 2016
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Aggie Chin, Alat Strada, Alba Osteria, anipasti, Ankara, anniversary, Austin Fausett, back-to-school block party, baked oysters, Ballston, bar class, Belgian Space Reaper 2.0, bruschetta, Capella Hotel, Cleveland Park, D.C. Brau, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush, Dram & Grain, Eatwell DC, food bites, Frank Ruta, fried oysters, Grafiato, Grill Room, Hakan Ilhan, Hay-Adams, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, Jon Cropf, Jon Meacham, Kapnos Taverna, Kizilirmak River Basin, Kramerbooks, L'Hommage Bistro Francis, launch party, Legal Sea Foods, literary lunch, Maker's 45 JRDS, Maker's Mark, Marianne Castaldo, Mary Kelly, National Bourbon Heritage Month, Norris Design Studio, Ottoman Taverna, Oyster festival, oyster stew, Palena, Pappy Van Winkle, Pepita, Plateau, pop-up, Proof, Raise the Bar, raw oysters, ricotta, Rosewood Washington hotel, stuzzicini, Taha Ismail, The Bird, The Drawing Room, The Pig, Top of the Hay, Trummer's on Main, turkey, Tysons Galleria, Vinkara Vineyard, white house, wine dinner, Yona
Grill Room Loses Chefs to New Restaurant Executive chef Frank Ruta and pastry chef Aggie Chin are leaving the Grill Room at the Rosewood Washington hotel, 1050 31st St. NW, at the end of October for a new upscale French-American restaurant from Hakan Ilhan, who is behind Alba
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Due South's 12-hour smoked beef brisket, on the other hand, was delicious as were the bacon-braised collard greens. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

A Hit & A Miss

14 Sep 2016
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Abita, Agua 301, Alabama white sauce, Bayou, beer, blackened catfish, Bloody Mary, Bo Blair, bourbon, brunch, Capitol Riverfront, cocktails, collard greens, corn bread, dinner, dry rub wings, Due South, Georgetown Events, Half Street Fairgrounds, hot crab dip, Ice Cream Jubilee, Jetties, julep, lima bean hummus, Lumber Shed Development, lunch, mac and cheese, Nationals Park, Osteria Morini, pimento cheese spread, Rusty Holman, Shiner, shrimp and grits, Smith Point, smoked meats, Southern-inspired menu, squash puppies, Surfside, Terrapin, Texas-style brisket, The Bull Pen, the Yards, Whaley's
Due South Bats .500 with Southern Staples Due South, 301 Water St. SE in The Yards’ Lumber Shed development along the Capital Riverfront near Nationals Park, serves a Southern-inspired menu with in-house smoked meats. The 100-seat restaurant (which has another 85 seats on the
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1789 Restaurant introduced a new tasting menu when it reopened that includes this rib-eye with mille-feuille potato, mushroom puree, bone marrow flan and carrots. (Photo: 1789 Restaurant)

Food Bites

10 Sep 2016
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10th Anniversary, 1789 Restaurant, a la carte, Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, Bastille, Best of Bastille, Bibiana Osteria Enoteca, Big Bear Cafe, birthday cake, Blackwall Hitch, Brookland's Finest Bar & Kitchen, brunch, Brunello di Montacino, Christophe Poteaux, Civic vodka, Col d'Orcia, Colicchio & Sons, Count Francesco Marone Cinzano, Croce Rosa Italiana, Dacha Beer Garden, Dacha Market, Dacha Supper Club, Distiller Dinner, Donald Trump, Dram & Global, Dram & Grain, election-themed cocktails, foie gras dinner, food bites, fundraiser, Glendalough Distillery, Halfway to St. Patrick's Day, Havana, Hay-Adams, Hillary Clinton, Italian Red Cross, Jack Rose Dining Saloon, James Beard Award, KAL, Kapnos, Kevin Kallagugher, London, Magnum PI, Matt Wuerker, Michelle Poteaux, Mike Pence, Modern, National Harbor, Neal Place Tap & Garden, new Orleans, Off the Record, Oktoberfest, oyamel, prix-fixe menu, Quentin Frye, Republic Restoratives Distillery, Ris Lacoste, Rosa Mexicano, Samuel Kim, San Francisco, Slate Wine Bar & Bistro, Songbyrd Cafe, speghetti all'Amatriciana, tasting menu, The Pig, Tim Kaine, Tokyo, Torta Cocina
1789 Reopens with Tasting Menu Format 1789 Restaurant, 1226 36th St. NW, reopened Tuesday after a three-month kitchen renovation, roof replacement, new HVAC and touch-ups with a new tasting menu format replacing its former a la carte selection. In addition to a new roof, the
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First Look

07 Sep 2016
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Amin Seddiq, bar, beer, burger, calamari, cement blocks, chicharones, chilaquiles, Chop’t, chorizo, cocktails, concrete floors, crab, crnitas, Del Campo, Falls Church, Food Donation Connection, goat, gray, grilled street corn, guacamole, HapstakDemetriou, iberico pork, Inova Urgent Care, margarita, Margruder's, Mexican street food, mezcal, minimal, MOD Pizz, nachos, octopus, open kitchen, orchata, pina colada, pork, portabellas, pozole rojo, quesadillas, red, rice and beans, shrimp, skirt steak, sopes, Springfield, swordfish, Taco Bamba, tacos, taqueria, tequila, Tom Hall, torta, tostadas, Victor Albiu, Vienna, Vienna sausages, Vienna Shopping Center, wine, wooden beams
Taco Bamba Opens Thursday in Vienna Taco Bamba, chef Victor Albisu’s take on Mexican street food, opens its second location at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at 164 Maple Ave. W, Vienna, with an expanded menu and full bar. A third location is set to open in Springfield in early 2017.
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