Restaurants Target 14th Street in 2013 This year has been a bonanza for D.C. foodies. 2013 saw many restaurant openings, a few sad goodbyes and more than a little drama. Without a doubt, most of the attention in 2013 was focused on 14th Street NW. You just can’t argue with Read More

What Should the Local Smashburger Be? Smashburger restaurants across the country feature a local burger. In Vegas, it is the Sin City burger with fried egg, applewood smoked bacon, American cheese, grilled onions, haystack onions and smash sauce on an egg bun. Alabama locations Read More

Everyone Needs a Go-To Dish In his How to Cook Everything Vegetarian, Mark Bittman tells his readers to learn five solid dishes — learn them, remake them continuously and pull them out of your pocket whenever you have last minute guests, nothing to eat around the house or Read More

Unwrap the Orient Merry Christmas from the DC on Heels food desk! We hope all of our readers are surrounded by kith and kin, opening presents and keeping warm in front of a burning yule log. While some have time honored menus for Dec. 25, others may have had their Christmas Read More

Alba Osteria Opens Dec. 30 Near Chinatown Alba Osteria, 425 I St. NW, the new restaurant from owner Hakan Ilhan and executive chef Roberto Donna, will open Dec. 30. The new sister restaurant to Tenlytown’s Al Dente seats 226, including a 63-seat outdoor seasonal patio. Matt Read More

The Perfect (Small) Holiday Gift I’ve always been a fan of homemade gifts for the holidays. Tiny homemade treats, if made in bulk, can be easily wrapped and handed to co-workers, the mail man or babysitters. When the New York Times released this version of a chocolate bark, I was Read More