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Image: Skewered Last Updated: January 2025 Overview: The name gives it away. Bar Japonais is centered around the big bar in the middle of the space, but it is of relative maturity with people enjoying well-made cocktails, wine, sake, and beer. Like Estadio that occupied the space previously, the bar is a great place to […]
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Image: Ducking. Last Updated: December 2024 Overview: Mallard is a crowd-pleaser of a restaurant taking over the space previously occupied by Birth & Barley. It is also a personal restaurant from one of D.C.’s best chefs, Hamilton Johnson. Johnson hails from South Carolina, which provides the theme of the menu. The name Mallard is also […]
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Image: Attention was paid. Last Updated: September 2024 Overview: Takara 14 is a great neighborhood gem. It has gotten some nods and publicity, but it deserves more. The brainchild of owner Jenistar Ruksirisopha, it does Japanese in a fun, cute, sunny setting on the second-floor space previously occupied by Baan Thai. It is worth remembering […]
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Image: Power Puffs. Overview: There is a trick that restaurants can pull off. With just a few touches and accents they can make you feel removed from the grit of the world outside. Pappe’s interior does this. The high ceiling with draped boldly-colored fabrics and warm lighting set a mood. It doesn’t transport you to […]
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Photo: Statue of Gen. John Logan in Logan Circle (AgnosticPreachersKid – Wikipedia) On Saturdays, we tend to draw attention to art. Today it is this statue of General John “Black Jack” Logan in Logan Circle. Historical fact discovered going down the rabbit hole is Logan Circle’s original name was Iowa Circle. Logan was a “political […]
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