DC Central Kitchen Announces Its 2024 Capital Food Fight Contenders

DC Eater 9/3 5:46A Tierney Plumb

Spike Mendelsohn speaks onstage during Capital Food Fight 2023. | Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for DC Central Kitchen The nonprofit’s 20th annual fundraiser goes down on Thursday, November 7 at...

A Kombucha Shop Featuring Complex Flavors Makes a Splash at the Square

DC Eater 8/29 11:57A Emily Venezky

The glass growlers at Brindle Boxer Kombucha are easy to take home, drink, wash, and bring back for a discounted refill. | Vina Sananikone How a fermented tea company grew from a Mount Pleasant home...

Neighborhood Guide: Where to Eat, Shop, and Play in Petworth

Washingtonian (Food) 8/26 1:00A Jessica Ruf

Georgia Avenue is the artery that links the three vibrant Northwest DC neighborhoods of Petworth, Park View, and 16th Street Heights. Historically home to mainly Black families, the area has become more diverse—and gentrified—with trendy local...

5 New Breakfast and Brunch Spots to Try Around DC

Washingtonian (Food) 8/23 10:13A Ann Limpert

Ama  885 New Jersey Ave., SE This Navy Yard newcomer is very mindful of its ingredients (just give its page-long mission statement a read), and its daytime cafe and walk-up counter is no different. Get your Italian coffee with hazelnut or cashew...

After Middling Reviews, Keith Lee Might Already Be Moving On to Baltimore

DC Eater 8/23 6:29A Emily Venezky

Pelau, a comforting Trinidadian rice and pigeon peas dish flavored with pimento peppers, scotch bonnets, herbs, pumpkin, coconut milk and beef stock. | Facebook/Cane Plus where to watch women’s sports...

New Tasting Menus to Try Right Now Around D.C.

DC Eater 8/23 5:18A Vinciane Ngomsi

L’Avant-Garde’s new four-course dinner menu presents duck three ways. | L’Avant-Garde/Facebook A cluster of reliable restaurants recently added fresh prix fixe options to the mix Tasting menus are a...

One of D.C.’s Best Pizza Places Prepares to Open a Much-Bigger Location

DC Eater 8/21 8:13A Lenore Adkins

Pizza master Giulio Adriani is opening a second location of his award-winning Slice & Pie in D.C. | Maria Lustre Rebrikova Top-ranked Slice & Pie expands to the Parks at Walter Reed this year Giulio...

Punch’s Best New Bartenders of 2024

DC Eater 8/21 5:21A Punch

Klever Alvarado These 10 talented individuals represent the future of bartending and the drinks industry.  https://punchdrink.com/articles/best-new-bartenders-2024/

How to Spend a Food-Filled Weekend in Pittsburgh

DC Eater 8/20 7:43A Missy Frederick

Visit Pittsburgh It’s about a four hour drive from D.C. to an impressive dining scene At just about four hours from D.C. (as long as Beltway traffic doesn’t have other plans), Pittsburgh can be an...

Try These New Modern Takes on Vietnamese Cuisine in the DC Area

Washingtonian (Food) 8/20 1:00A Ann Limpert

Moon Rabbit location_on 927 F St., NW language Website Open Monday through Saturday for dinner. Neighborhood: Penn Quarter. Dress: Whatever you wear to work is fine. Whatever you wear to the beach or gym is not. Best dishes: Shrimp Thermidor;...

A New Rockville Taco Shop Helps Curb Student Lunch Debt

DC Eater 8/16 7:17A Emily Venezky

Tacos, burritos, aguafrescas, and cocktails from Little Miner Taco. | Little Miner Taco/Facebook Plus a frozen cocktail competition, restaurant week extensions, and more intel A new taco shop in...

More Than 50 Restaurants Are Extending Summer Restaurant Week

Washingtonian (Food) 8/16 7:09A Omega Ilijevich

DC’s Summer Restaurant Week is technically over on Sunday, August 18–but not so fast! More than 50 restaurants are extending their RW menus for a week or longer.  All-Purpose 1250 Ninth St., NW; 79 Potomac Avenue., SE Both the Shaw and Navy Yard...

Want Fresh Fish in DC Straight From Japan? We’ve Got a Guy.

Washingtonian (Food) 8/15 1:00A Jessica Sidman

If you’ve ever tried to make sushi at home, you know how hard it can be to find sushi-grade fish around DC, let alone anything of the quality you’d find at top restaurants. But a new seafood business is now supplying home cooks with premium cuts...

Inside Celebrity Chef Kwame Onwuachi’s Long-Awaited Return to D.C.

DC Eater 8/14 10:44A Tierney Plumb

Chef Kwame Onwuachi standing in his new Dogon dining room. | Scott Suchman Dogon swings open inside the Salamander DC on Monday, September 9 Most chefs prefer to sit down to discuss their upcoming...

Feeling Fancy? 14 Fine-Dining Places to Try During Summer Restaurant Week.

Washingtonian (Food) 8/14 8:51A Ann Limpert

Restaurant Week, which runs through Sunday, August 18, is a prime time to check out the city s tasting menu destinations and special-occasion dining rooms. Plus, the deals tend to be solid. (A $25 lunch at Del Mar?! Yes, please.) 1789 1226 36th...