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Image: Pre-pandemic shot. Last Updated: November 2025 Current Status: Rose Previte’s original world street food spot closed on June 1, 2025. It reopened under the name Sook as a day cafe/wine bar with pastries from SakuSaku. Gift Cards Summary: Cuisine: Rest of the World Neighborhood: 14th Street Address: 1346 T Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 […]
Read MoreApril 2021 Current Status: The last restaurant standing in Jeffrey Buben’s collection does very good French food at the base of Capitol Hill. If you wrapping up a day near the Mall, and looking for something a little nicer, this spot might work. They are open and doing dine-in, take-out and delivery. Gift Cards Summary: […]
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Image: Patatas Bravas Last Updated: February 2026 Current Status: Sadly, it has closed. Gift Cards Summary: Cuisine: Spanish (via Japan) Neighborhood: Chinatown Address: 724 9th Street NW Washington, DC 20001 Status: Dine-in, Take-out and Delivery Website: https://cranes-dc.com/ Reservations: Opentable on Website Other Critics/Voices: Washington Post: Tom gave it a pretty positive First Bite. Washingtonian: Preview […]
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Image: Chicken, greens, Farro Last Updated: August 2021 Current Status: NOTE: Schlow and Johnson are no longer associated with the restaurant. It appears to be run by the hotel. Judgment suspended as to whether it is any good. Boston-based restaurateur Michael Schlow converted the space that was serving Italian under the moniker Casolare into a […]
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Image: A Slice of joy. Last Updated: June 2022 Current Status: Now with three locations. With indoor and outdoor seating. Takeout and Delivery options as well as “bodega” products are also available. Overview: Stellina opened in spring 2019, the product of Lupo Verde alums. It may have been luck that the focus of its cuisine […]
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Image: Burger in a Car Every week that does not result in catastrophe for the dining world seems like a triumph at this point. There was one notable closure locally, the neighborhood standout Coppi’s. They promise to be back and considering all they have been through, we believe they will. Out of town, Ludo Lefebvre’s […]
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Image: Stanko Abadžic, “Curiosity” (Prague 2000). Our D.C. Dining Guide’s Plan Going Forward We would like to update you on what we have been doing with this site for the last couple months and our plans going forward. Covid forced the restaurant industry to take stock and our plucky little site must adapt as well. […]
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Image: Marching to Black Lives Matter Plaza under Scott Circle Two weeks ago, among the thousands who took to the streets to protest injustice and inequality, I was struck how Washington, D.C. can be so rich in history that many may not even realize it. Those in the streets protesting under the banner of Black […]
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