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Image: Where dreams come true… Last Updated: October 2025 Overview: Chef Elias Taddesse managed to capture the public’s food imagination twice despite not having a stable home for his food. First, he did it with a great burger spot in Mt. Vernon also called Mélange, but he had the misfortune to open in the middle […]
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Image: So much depends on a green leaf next to a glazed beet over creamy pilaf. Last Updated: August 2025 Overview: Mita does not transport you away when you walk in. The big corner windows across the street from the 9:30 Club means you never forget where you are. But as the meal progresses, the […]
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Image: Lined-up, knocked down. Last Updated: June 2025 Overview: The little, old school shop is as Eater says “iconic” and a “mainstay.” It became something of a mini-phenom during the covid-induced take-out era of eating. It has a longer menu, but we tend to stick to the standards of vegetables and beef tibs. The hearty […]
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Image: Salad! Last Updated: May 2025 Overview: A friend who has spent time in Southeast Asia and doesn’t go for the fancy spots left a post-it on our desk to tell us that Baan Mae is the best SE Asian food in D.C. We can understand the enthusiasm. Like its predecessor at this address it […]
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Image: Shrooms for the soul. Last Updated: May 2025 NOTE: Haikan closed at the beginning of May 2025. Overview: Haikan is one of three ramen places opened by the Daikaya team, the others being Daikaya itself and chicken-centric Bantam King. (Hatoba at Navy Yard sadly came and went). Unlike Daikaya, Haikan is a big inviting […]
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Image: Good for sharing. Last Updated: November 2024 Overview: Tiger Fork does Hong Kong-style Chinese in a big post-industrial space in Blagden Alley. It is good for a date and even better with a group where you can order big and sample. It took us too long to get back, but we have no qualms […]
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Image: Plated up. Last Updated: September 2024 Overview: Chef Elias Taddesse opened a Covid-era phenom Mélange, where he mixed Ethiopian flavors with traditional burger and fries. Unfortunately, opening in 2020 was not ideal and the spot closed after just a little while. For his encore he switched from burgers (though he brought burgers back too!) […]
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Image: Pastoral care. Last Updated: July 2023 Overview: The small shop on the south side of Shaw from which the Solis siblings built out their string of highly-respected and liked Mexican restaurants remains a great choice. They have added a Mezcalero in the shiny La Cosecha food hall, and a bustling seafood-focused spot down the […]
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