A Navigation Tool for Dining in DC
Image: The Decade’s Memorial? Jeff Gordinier, the food and drinks writer at Esquire, did a twitter post of the twelve restaurants that he thought defined the decade for New York City. Jessica Sidman, of the Washingtonian, did a response post with a D.C. list. Social media has already moved on to the next outrage or […]
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Image: Katharine Hepburn in Christopher Strong (1933) It was a light week for posting, coming down the stretch towards Christmas. The news this week was also touched by sadness. So in a reflective mood, we look back on the week that was. Updates to the Recommended Restaurant List: Added: Brasserie Liberté – Several years ago […]
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Image: Dumplings Last Updated: November 2021 Current Status: Open for dine-in, take-out and delivery. Gift Cards Before Times Review: Last Visited: October 2019 Anju occupies a warm, remodeled space on 18th Street. It serves Korean dishes with some modern touches. It is the latest effort from the team that brought us the well-regarded, fast-casual spot […]
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Image: Excerpt from Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World (1841-1844) but Caleb Purrington and Benjamin Russell. This year marks the 200 anniversary of Herman Melville’s birth (August 1, 1819). One hundred years ago, the Whaling Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts received as a gift the Purrington-Russell Panorama of a “Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World.” At 1,275 […]
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Image: Orange on Red on Red (1957) September 25th marked Mark Rothko’s birthday. He was born Markus Yakovlevich Rothkowitz in 1903 in Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. The family emigrated to the United States in 1913. Rothko would go on to become one of the great American painters. We here in Washington are […]
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Image: Setting the Table: Catfish, Monkfish, Vines & Nightshades Last Updated: 7/25/2021 Current Status: Shilling is back to full operations with sitdown service inside and out. They have even launched a Chef’s Counter tasting menu. They continue to do their pop-up sandwich concept Ampersandwich, during the day. Evening take-out and delivery has stopped. Gift Cards […]
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Image: Edith Piaf & Marlene Dietrich The Washington populations remained away for recess and vacation (traffic goes back to terrible next week). So this week, rather than put up a bunch of new content, we decided to just pound away at how great Mirabelle is. There are a about a dozen restaurants in D.C. that […]
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Image: Jaromír Funke – Staircase of Old Prague (1924) This week was light posting of new content from us. So we re-posted some favorites about how much to tip and where to take Charlize Theron for dinner in D.C. We’ll build back up to a regular pace in a week when school pulls D.C. back from […]
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