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Image: Salads on marble. Last Updated: September 2023 Overview: Do you ever find a restaurant that feels like you are being let in on the secrets of a cuisine? Spanish may not be the same as French, Italian, or Chinese in terms of ubiquity in the States, but it is prominent enough that we know […]
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Image: Spread of good stuff. Last Updated: August 2023 Overview: Atxondo is tucked away on an inconspicuous stretch of 14th Street on the south side of 16th Street Heights. The space is bright, simple, and friendly to those that may wander in. The food comes from Rufino Bautista, who previously worked the kitchens at Estadio […]
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Image: Rib-eye, squash, sunchokes. Last Updated: March 2023 Overview: The setting and the food is modern with playful touches. The dishes can be small, precise, and eaten in a single bite. Or they can be mammoth and tackled only with more than one person. In the same dinner you may pause to slowly savor the […]
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Image: Amanda de Leon, The Papaya Tree. For our Saturday art post we stumbled across this piece in our scouring the interwebs. We have been focused this year on the subject of where food comes from. Pondering Frida Kahlo’s still life paintings of summer’s bounty and the contrasting price of those fruits in certain parts […]
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Image: Octopus Last Updated: March 2022 Current Status: Dine-in. Closed Sunday and Monday. Overview: The first-floor sibling to the fancy tasting-menu restaurant Xiquet, Slate serves Mediterranean-derived dishes from the same kitchen and under the supervision of Chef Danny Lledó. Located a short stretch up Wisconsin from Georgetown, it serves the Glover Park residents well as […]
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Image: Roasted Fennel with Romesco Sauce. Last Updated: March 2022 Current Status: Open for dine-in. Tasting menu only. Overview: Xiquet occupies a three-story building in Glover Park, sharing the first floor with Slate Wine Bar. It uses all three levels through the course of the tasting menu experience. You being with amuse-bouche-like bites and an […]
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Image: Pablo Picasso, Guernica (1937). On Saturdays, we usually post about art that intersects with the world of food. Today, however, we break from the escapism of still lifes and feasts. Due to current events, there was one piece of art that seemed appropriate to highlight. Guernica was created to be part of the Spanish […]
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Image: Assorted goodies to start. Last Updated: December 2021 Current Status: Open for sit-down for lunch and dinner and brunch. Take-out and Delivery available. Overview: D.C. is blessed with some good Spanish restaurants, thanks mostly to José Andrés, but Boqueria holds its own. The menu is focused around pretty traditional tapas, with a few jazzed-up […]
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