Ring in 2016 at These Area Restaurants It is time to celebrate the incoming New Year in and around the DMV, and restaurants are offering diners a lively and delicious array of choices. 1789 Restaurant, 1226 36th St. NW, will offer a seasonal a la carte menu as well as a N Read More

Lena’s Serves House-made Pasta and Dough Lena’s Wood-Fired Pizza & Tap, 401 E. Braddock Road, Alexandria, opened in late October less than a block from the Braddock Road Metro station, a welcome addition to the area with only Dos Amigos and a 7-Eleven nearby. The restaurant Read More

CakeLove Is Closing Its Final Store CakeLove, one of the first bakeries to catch the cupcake craze in the DMV, will close its original store at 1506 U St. NW at the end of the year. Lawyer-turned-baker Warren Brown opened CakeLove in 2002. At one time it had seven locations in Read More

Restaurants Offer to Do Holiday Cooking Christmas is just over a week away. It is a day of presents and feasting. If you want to give yourself the gift of a day out of the kitchen, there are a few restaurants open besides Chinese restaurants. Some are offering to do the cooking Read More

Jardenea Is Foggy Bottom’s Hidden Gem Jardenea restaurant, 2430 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, is a hidden gem. It is located inside the Melrose Georgetown Hotel, but there is no sign alerting passersby to its existence. Even in the hotel’s lobby, there is no sign so it is mostly a dining Read More

Eatonville to Close, Reopen as Mule Bone Eatonville restaurant, 2121 14th St. NW, the Southern restaurant named for the hometown of writer and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston will close on Jan. 17 and reopen in mid-February as Mule Bone. A Facebook post on Dec. 8 announced the Read More