With the long weekend halfway done, take in today’s beautiful weather to enjoy a good beer or two. Don’t know where to go? Try Dacha Beer Garden located in the heart of Shaw. Owners Dmitri Chekaldin and Ilya Alter are serious about the beer and food served here....
There’s something about charcoal and fire. Add a pile of wood chips to that concoction and you have magic on your hands. Now envision that smell magnified times thirty. Welcome to my sensory overload as I walked onto Pennsylvania Avenue for Safeway’s National Capital...
Love BBQ? So do we! Now we understand there is a constant battle of exactly who has the best BBQ. Is it Texas brisket? Pulled pork from NC? Is it the elusive white BBQ sauce of Alabama? The dry rub of Memphis? Or the sweet tanginess of Kansas City smoked meat? With so...
by Amanda Terillo SWITZERLAND Our last stop in Europe brings us to Switzerland. One dish that’s famous in Switzerland is fondue (what a shocker–a country known for great chocolate and cheese would also be known for fondue). Head to Cedar in Penn Quarter...
< NIGERIA Our final African spot offers us something a little different. For Nigeria, we went to Zion Kitchen in DC. Since this is loosely-based on soccer and heading a ball is part of the game, we felt it appropriate to try isiewu, which is a pepper soup made with...
Monday, June 9, 2014: Mondays at Meridian Pint on 11th St in Columbia Heights there are two events that are worth checking out. For those that need something immediately after work they run a Oyster Happy Hour on Mondays from 5-7. They offer Oysters for a BUCK or 6...
Okay, who wants to win dinner for you and a friend at Brazilian steakhouse Fogo de Chão? To enter, tell us the funniest thing that happened to you in a restaurant. The best story will be published on GMF, and the winner will receive a gift card to Fogo de Chão!...
Photo courtesy of Dakota Fine To take our minds off of the cold weather (at least somewhat), we’ve decided to round-up the up-coming food events that take us into May. You know the drill – get a little dressed up, show up at the venue and walk from table to table...
There are all sorts of deals happening all over town this Week. It’s Restaurant Week in DC in Alexandria–which means you’ve got an excuse to try out all the new restaurants we can’t seem to keep track of. Ready? Set…and go! Right now: DC Winter Restaurant Week...
It’s our first weekly roundup of the year! If you can brave the Artic temps this week, there’s lots of eating to be done. It’s always good to have options, I say. Onward and upward! Or is that upward and forward? The Bombay Club is celebrating its 25th birthday! Ashok...
