When I was 3, my mother would pick me up every day after pre-school and we would walk home together. The best days were when we stopped at Gino’s Pizzeria along Horace Harding Expressway and she’d buy me a pizza slice. We didn’t speak Spanish, the pizzaiolos didn’t...
Bob Kinkead is a DC legend. With successes like Kinkead’s and now, Ancora, Campono won’t be a stranger to DC. Now open to the public, and already packed for every service, this place is not just for the Kennedy Center goers! It’s a place that people say is worth...
by Ashley Schleeper This is a big week for the District. We’re on the cusp of Inauguration (word on the street is Beyonce will be attending), Morrissey croons by way of the Strathmore, Food & Wine gets sweet on DC, and Washington tastemaker Frederik de Pue of...
There are few occasions not improved by a fine cigar. I’d smoke cigars everywhere if I could, yet we live in times where lighting up while flying or in surgery is no longer acceptable. For the displaced like me, the tobacconists at W. Curtis Draper have brought the...
by Nicole Cavino | UPDATED Jan 21, 2019 | PUBLISHED May 15, 2013 | DC, Openings | < 1MIN READ
Ashok Bajaj has opened a new, 160-seat American brasserie in the heart of Penn Quarter. The restaurateur’s eighth DC venture, NoPa Kitchen + Bar, features the talents of Executive Chef Greg McCartney, and the menu will feature fresh veggies, meats and fish, all with...
As a food enthusiast, have you found yourself bored with simply going to the newest restaurant in town? Why not help promising chefs launch their concepts? Enter Prequel – the first restaurant pop-up complex in the country. Throughout the year, Prequel plays...
The latest addition to the Hilton Brothers’ empire, Hanoi House has a sensual bordello vibe paired with authentic northern Vietnamese flavors. The menu is inspired by Chef James Claudio’s grandma Lap, and is more on target than Gomer Pyle at the rifle range. Housed...
by GMF Staff | UPDATED Dec 18, 2018 | PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2014 | DC, Openings | 2MIN READ
From a press release: Bidwell is now open in Washington DC’s Union Market, the space’s first full-service restaurant now taking its place amongst neighboring artisanal vendors. “Responsibly Sourced” is the motto and mantra of this seasonal, Southern-influenced...
by Jenn Duncan | UPDATED Dec 18, 2018 | PUBLISHED May 29, 2014 | DC, Openings | 2MIN READ
Nando’s Peri-Peri has opened a beautiful new location located in Tenleytown. It’s location was the former Armand’s Pizzeria. They restored and sustainably renovated the place beautifully with exposed beams, original sky-lights, and preserved layers of paint from...
One-hundred and thirty years later, Beuchert’s Saloon doesn’t look a day over one-hundred. Restored to its former glory, this one-time speakeasy that operated as a series of fronts through Prohibition, looks like the movie set of The Untouchables. Ladies, leave your...
