Oyster Fest at Hank’s Oyster Bar This past Saturday, Hank’s Oyster Bar in Dupont hosted its seventh annual oyster fest. In an all-you-can-eat, all-you-can-drink affair, Hank’s offered a packed house a first-rate selection of everything buttery, briny and Read More

Food Like Your Southern Mama Made Good ole down-home southern cooking has come to the District with the opening of chef Lance London’s The Carolina Kitchen in the new Rhode Island Row at 2350 Washington Place NE in Brentwood, between the Rhode Island Avenue-Brentwood Metro Read More

Palena to Close Permanently on Saturday After failing to reach a deal with his landlord over back rent, James Beard Award-winning chef Frank Ruta will close his Cleveland Park restaurant Palena at 3529 Connecticut Ave. NW after service Saturday. According to an eviction notice Read More

Seeing Red (Meat) at Toro Toro Do you find yourself wondering where’s the beef? Look no further than Richard Sandoval’s latest restaurant, Toro Toro at 1300 I St. NW. The dynamic fusion chef behind Zengo, El Centro D.F., the Commissary has now introduced the DMV to a Read More

Restaurants Celebrate Cinco de Mayo Richard Sandoval’s Washington restaurants Masa 14, El Centro D.F. and Zengo will celebrate Cinco de Mayo by offering classic, strawberry and mango margaritas on May 5 for just $5 each. Masa 14, 1825 14th St. NW, will offer the three margaritas Read More

D.C. Cooking School Teaches to Taste Since 2009, CulinAerie has offered cooking classes to epicures of all skills and appetites. On 14th Street NW just south of Thomas Circle, the recreational cooking school provides wanna-be celebrity chefs and home-cooking heroes with state of Read More