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Monday means bottomless vegetable or chicken pad thai at Mango Tree in CityCenterDC. (Photo: Mango Tree)

Food Bites

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
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While most area restaurants are closed Christmas Day, a few are open with special menus. Others will be serving special Christmas Eve dinners. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Christmas Dinner

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
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Penn Commons and District Commons are serving a Crisco fried chicken dinner on Sundays. (Photo: Passion Food Hospitality)

Food Bites

The Riggsby Launches Happy Hour, Brunch The Riggsby in the Carlyle Hotel, 1731 New Hampshire Ave. NW, has begun a new cocktail party-themed weekday happy hour and Sunday brunch service. The happy hour menu — named “The Cocktail Party” — is infused with nostalgic nods to owner and
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