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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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The Green Card from The Grill Room. (Photo: The Grill Room)

Food Bites

05 Sep 2016
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701 Restaurant, Bethesda, Bill Menard, blowfish, blue plate special, Bourbon Steak, Build That Wall, candidates, cocktails, election night, election-themed cocktails, Four Seasons Hotel, Fugu, georgetown, I’m with Her, Kushi Izakaya, Madam President, Make America Great Again, Marco Palermi, Nuray Karatas, Ottoman Taverna, Pacific Blue, president, red plate special, Rosewood Washington D.C., Rye Bar, sashimi, St. Michael's Bakery, sushi, Sushi Gakyu, Sushiko, Suzy Menard, The Green Card, The Grill Room, the Oval Room, The Pantsuit, The Side Sweep, Thyme to Decie, Turkish coffee readings, Via Umbria, Yoshi Ota, Yoshihisa Ota, Yuzu Japanese Dining
Restaurants Serve Election-Themed Drinks Diners can show their support of the 2016 presidential candidates by casting their vote through ordering cocktails at areas restaurants from Tuesday, Sept. 6, through election night, Nov. 8. 701 Restaurant 701 Restaurant, 701 Pennsylvania
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Boqueria offers a $39 brunch with unlimited tapas. (Photo: Boqueria)

Holiday Dining

03 Sep 2016
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a la carte, Alexandria, all-you-can-eat, Ambar, Blackwall Hitch, Bloody Mary, Boqueria, Brookland's Finest Bar & Kitchen, brunch, buffet, City Tap House, Commissary, Copperwood Tavern, crabfest, Cube Libre, d.c., dining guide, El Centro D.F., Farmers Fishers Bakers, Flying Dog, Georgia Brown's, Grillfish, holiday, La Sandia, labor day, Lavagna, Logan Tavern, Lupo Verde, Masa 14, McLean, mimosa, old town, Orange Anchor, Palette 22, Pearl Dive Oyster Palace, Potomac River, Shirlington, Station 4, summer, tapas, Teddy & the Bully Bar, The Majestic, The Pig, The Riggsby, Tico, Toro Toro, Tupelo Honey Cafe, Tysons Corner Center, unlimited, Washington Harbour, Zengo
Your Guide to Labor Day Brunch in the DMV Enjoy the last days of summer this Labor Day with friends, family and free-flowing mimosas and bloody Marys. Restaurants in the DMV are celebrating the holiday weekend with Monday brunch specials from a la carte selections to
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Drunken noodles is one of the better entrees at Shanghai Tokyo Cafe. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

Identity Crisis

29 Aug 2016
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bento box, bubble tea, Califronia roll, chicken teriyaki, china, chow fun, College Park, Columbia Heights, Dole pineapple, drunken noodles, green curry, gyoza, Hunan Chicken, Joe Chen, Korea, lo mein, mei fun, milk tea, pa mi mao, pad thai, Pan-Asian, pan-fried pork dumplings, pineapple fried rice, rice bowls, Shanghai Tokyo Cafe, shrimp dumplings, shumai, sushi, tempura, tempura shrimp roll, Thaland, udon
Food & Service Uneven at Shanghai Tokyo Shanghai Tokyo Café, 1376 Park Road NW in Columbia Heights, is a fast-casual pan Asian and sushi restaurant suffering an identity crisis. Joe Chen opened the original restaurant at 8300 Baltimore Ave., College Park, in 2011 and added
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Haiken, from the owners of Daikaya and Bantam King, will open in Shaw's Atlantic Plumbing Building on Saturday serving four kinds of ramen including shoyu. (Photo: Haiken)

Food Bites

27 Aug 2016
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Atlantic Plumbing Building, B.O.B. party, BakeHouse, Bantam King, BLT Prime, Bourbon & Blues, Bourbon Steak, brews, Brian Miller, Bubbles, Buredo, Capital Restaurant Concepts, Cherry Blossom Creative, chinatown, chintan, Circle Wine & Spirits, CityCenterDC, Culinary Institute of America, Daikaya, Daisuke Utagawa, Edit Lab, El Salvador, Ellington, Esquire Magazine, Flying Dog Brewery, food bites, Four Seasons Hotel, georgetown, Georgetown Seafood Grill, H Street, Haikan, Handome Beer Co., Hotel Monaco, Ice Cream Jubilee, James Bear nomination, Jorge Chicas, Jos. A. Magnus & Co., Jose Andres, Katsuya Fukushima, Kimpton, L'Academie de Cuisine, Lindsey Morse, Macon Bistro & Larder, Marc Hennessy, Metro Center, MGM Grand Las Vegas, miso, National Bourbon Month, Neyla, Niall cooper, One Eight Distilling, oysters, ramen, Rappahannock Oyster Co., RareSweets, Red Hen Tavern, Roy Cloud, sake, sapporo-style, Shaw, shio, shochu, shoyu, SLS Hotel, Streetsense, TaKorean, The Bazaar, the Yards, ThinkFoodGroup, Trump International Hotel, U Street, U Street Cafe, union market, vegetable, Victoria Lai, Whole Foods, Yama Jewayni, yuzu, Zaytinya
Haikan Opens Saturday in Shaw Daisuke Utagawa, Katsuya Fukushima and Yama Jewayni, who own Daikaya and Bantam King in Chinatown, are opening another ramen shop, Haikan, at 805 V St. NW in Shaw’s Atlantic Plumbing Building at 5 p.m. on Saturday. The new shop will serve
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Tasty Burger's Rise 'N Shine burger. (Photo: Mark Heckathorn/DC on Heels)

First Taste

24 Aug 2016
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57 Sauce, 9:30 club, adult milk shakes, Atlantic Plumbing Building, Atlas Brew Works, Bazaar Spices, Big Kahuna burger, Big Tasty, boozy milk shakes, boston, Cheerwine, Cheez Whiz, Chicky Chicky Parm Parm, Coke chandelier, D.C. Brau, David Dubois, Duckpin, Duke Ellington, Fenway Park, Fernet Vittone, Five Guys, foosball table, full bar, Gold Crust Baking, Heinz, howard university, Howard University Hospital, JBG, John Travolta, mcdonalds, Metro, Narragansett, Navy Yard, onion rings, onion straws, Pulp Fiction, Rise 'N Shine burger, Sahw, Sam Adams, Samuel L. Jackson, Shake Shack, shoestring fries, sides, Smash Burger, starving student, Tasty Ale, Tasty Burger, tater tots, walk-up window, Z-Burger
Burgers & Pulp Fiction Meet at Tasty Burger “Mm-mm! This is a tasty burger. Vincent, you ever had a Big Kahuna burger?” Samuel L. Jackson asks John Travolta’s character in Pulp Fiction. Travola shakes his head. “Want a bite? They’re real tasty,” he asks Travola’s character,
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First Look

22 Aug 2016
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album covers, Alexandria Flying Boat Co., Alexandria Library, Alexandria Restaurant Partners, Andrew Whitney, black and white photos, Bold Rock, Chesapeake Bay, chicken, chowder, city manager, clams, Conch fritters, crab, crab roll, D.C. Brau, East Coast, Erdinger, fish and chips, Florida, Flying Dog, Ford Motor plant, Graham Duncan, HI-Tide Lounge, hideaway bar, Jeremy Brantdt-Vorel, key lime pie, Lena's Wood-Fire Pizza and Tap, library sit-in, lobster roll, lobsters, Mad Men, Maine, Maryland, mussels, Old Dominion Boat Club, old town, oysters, Palette 22, po' boy, Prince Edward Island, raw bar, rolls, salads sandwiches, seafood, Shirlington, shrimp, shrimp scampi, soups, Stantiago Lopez, starters, steamer pails, The Majestic, Tiki Bar, Torpedo Factory, vintage posters, virginia, Virginia Shipbuilding Co., Virtue Feed & Grain, Vola D. Lawson, Vola's Dockside Grill, waterfront, Waterfront Market, Weihenstephaner, Widmer Bros., Yates Corner
Vola’s and Hi-Tide Open Today in Old Town Vola’s Dockside Grill and Hi-Tide Lounge, 101 N. Union St., Alexandria on Old Town’s waterfront opens today. The casual seafood restaurant and hideaway bar replaces the short-lived Waterfront Market in the Torpedo Factory. It is from
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