Rumi’s Kitchen

Image: Chicken with Albaloo (cherry) Rice. Last Updated: August 2021 Current Status: Open for Dine-in, Take-out and Delivery.  Indoor and outdoor seating. Overview: In a shiny new space on a side street by the convention center, Rumi’s Kitchen serves food in the Persian tradition.  Meats (ground, cubed, sliced, lamb, beef, chicken) or fish with rice […]

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Kinship – Closed

Image: Dorade Last Updated: December 2025 Current Status: Closed along with its downstairs twin Metier at the end of 2025. Before Times Review: Last Visited: January 2020 Last year, the actress Charlize Theron had called out men for being too intimidated to ask her out.  So, in a flight of fantasy, we posed the hypothetical […]

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The Dabney

Last Updated:  2/2/2023 Current Status:  They moved from prix-fixe to tasting menu. They also did some remodeling, to reduce the seats and make it a little less faux rustic. The Cellar wine bar remains closed. Gift Cards Before Times Review: Last Visited: April 2019 In the 2016 Washingtonian review of The Dabney, Todd Kliman wrote, […]

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El Rinconcito Café Added to Recommended Restaurant List

Photo:  Pupusa and Tamal de Pollo Last Updated: 6/13/2020 Current Status:  They are doing take-out only.  Order here. Before Times Review: El Rinconcito Café – Today we add a legend to the list.  The small spot (handful of tables and small bar) has been serving locals for years, but word is getting out.  Along with […]

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