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Image: Sun-kissed beef. Last Updated: October 2025 Overview: Chef Paolo Dungca lifted and shifted his Filipino standard-bearer from H Street to an inconspicuous location on 17th Street. It is almost surreal to find one of D.C.’s best chefs cooking between McDonald’s and Dupont Italian Kitchen. The low-key street presence stands in contrast to the vibrant […]
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Image: Lumpia. Last Updated: June 2025 Overview: There is a certain amount of sprawl associated with Purple Patch. Taking advantage of covid-era rules, it expanded its footprint to a huge streatery out front, in addition to the multiple rooms inside the old building where it resides. The menu also sprawls over several pages and categories. […]
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Image: Anita Magsaysay-Ho, Tomato Pickers (1975) This week’s art post about food comes from Filipina artist Anita Magsaysay-Ho and continues the theme of the path food takes before it gets to our kitchen. Magsaysay-Ho was born in 1914. As a young woman she studied at the University of the Philippines before leaving to study and […]
Read MoreLast Updated: July 2022 Current Status: Bad Saint closed after giving a go of it for months. Summary: Cuisine: Filipino Neighborhood: Columbia Heights/Petworth Address: 3226 11th St NW, Washington DC Website: http://www.badsaintdc.com/ Reservations: http://www.badsaintdc.com/reservations
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Image: Fish and Pasta Last Updated: September 2024 Overview: [NOTE: Estuary has a new Chef de Cuisine and appears to moving to safer ground. Eater has more on the new chef and menu.] For a list of under-rated spots is an unlikely candidate that occupies the flagship restaurant spot in a shiny hotel that also […]
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