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Image: Vegetable Fritters from Thamee, a restaurant we added to our recommended list this week. The biggest thing to happen on the site this week was we posted the first two parts of our Washingtonian Top 100 deep dive. Part One is where we, Washingtonian, and Tom Sietsema all agree. Part Two is where Tom […]
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Image: Peter Paul Rubens and Frans Snyders, “Pythagoras Advocating Vegetarianism” (c.1628-30). Oil on canvas. On Saturdays, we like to highlight works of art. As a D.C. dining guide we especially like to highlight works of art connected to food. We have been focusing on the golden age of still life painting recently. Today we found […]
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Image: Cauliflower and Scallop Curry Last Updated: 6/5/2020 Current Status: Pom Pom has transformed itself into Seco Wine, selling bottles, pantry items and some prepared foods. You can either do pick-up or delivery (for free). The windows of operation are Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday from 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM. You can get prepared theme […]
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Image: Rice, Shrimp, and Noodles Last Updated: January 2022 Current Status: They have closed for good. We wish them well, they deserve better and we hope they get it. You should also read owner Simone Jacobson’s piece on Eater.com where she talks about the frustration and fear of getting shutdown right as Thamee and other “Jungle […]
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Image: Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly. We continue our breakdown of the 2020 Washingtonian Top 100 Very Best Restaurants. In our first post, we identified the places all the critics generally agree on. For this second post, we start looking at places where one critic is an outlier from the others. First up, The Washington […]
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Image: Frank Sinatra in Lady in Cement (1968). Last year we did an in-depth breakdown of the annual list of the Top 100 Very Best Restaurants done by Washingtonian magazine (See HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE). Now the 2020 version is out, and our research department has been working overtime to dissect it. We […]
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Image: Sophia Loren in Arabesque (Stanley Donen, 1966) – via We Had Faces Then. It was a busy week on our site and in D.C. dining news. The Washingtonian Top 100 went online this past week, so stay tuned for our break down of the list. In the meantime, here is the week that was: […]
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Image: Robert Seldon Duncanson, “Still Life with Fruits and Nuts” (1848). Oil on board. For the last few weeks our Saturday posts about art have focused on still life paintings. The golden age for the style was in the Netherlands during the 17th century. The tradition, however lasts to this day and can be found […]
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