Chef’s Team Up for Poppy’s Pop-Up Dinners Chef Andrew Markert, from Beuchert’s Saloon, and pastry chef Jennifer Costa, formerly of Centrolina, recently kicked off Poppy’s Pop-Up, a series of outdoor dinners held in the backyard of a home in the Eckington neighborhood of Northeast Read More

Ambar Opening Two New Locations It looks like Ivan Iricanin is following in his former boss Richard Sandoval’s footsteps, with plans to open two new Ambar Balkan restaurants in the DMV in the near future. Iricanin opened the restaurant’s original location at 523 Eighth St. SE in Read More

Tapas Brunch Shines at 14K Restaurant Sunday brunch is an institution in the DMV. Almost every restaurant serves it – some better than others. Some restaurants offer all-you-can eat brunch, while others offer bottomless mimosas and Bloody Marys. But Nezzaar Battle, the new Read More

Ottoman Taverna Serves Turkish Cuisine Turkish-born Hakan Ilhan’s Ottoman Taverna, 425 I St. NW, Suite #107 in Mount Vernon Triangle, opened at the beginning of May, serving classic dishes that incorporate traditional cooking techniques to pay tribute to the flavors of Ottoman Read More

Lawsuit: Yang Used Toki Funds to Buy Sex Toys Erik Bruner-Yang’s former Toki Underground partners, Jeff Jetton and Praveen Goyal, have countersued him in D.C. Superior Court denying claims and alleging the chef inappropriately used $578,000 in company funds to purchase sex toys, Read More

Tasty Burger Opens in Shaw on Thursday Tasty Burger will open its first restaurant outside of Boston in the Atlantic Plumbing building, 2108 Eighth St. NW, near the 9:30 Club in Shaw at 11 a.m. on Thursday. Tasty Burger, part of the Franklin Restaurant Group, was founded by three Read More