My wife and I live in Capitol Hill in Washington DC and run an app that helps travelers find the best restaurants, bars and entertainment venues. So as you can imagine, we often get asked: what are the best bars in Washington DC? I always chuckle because people are always asking about bars first. Well […]
The problem with relying on pop-ups as a retail outlet is that you have no control over their duration. Just ask Chris Svetlik, co-owner of Republic Kolache, the start-up bakery that last year introduced Washingtonians to the “national pastry of Texas.” Republic’s two pop-up locations — its Saturday residency at American Ice Co. and its weekend counter at Union […]
DGS Delicatessen owners Nick and David Wiseman are trading matzo for mussels at their latest project: Whaley’s, a 66-seat seafood venture in the Navy Yard/Capitol Riverfront neighborhood. The eatery, fittingly named after an 18th century commodore of the Maryland navy, will open for dinner service starting on Monday, May 16 (lunch and brunch will follow). […]
Novice restaurateur Josh Phillips is on a spirited crusade to change the way diners think about mezcal, stocking his bar with 90-plus varieties of the firewater distilled from the agave plant. But the visionary behind the new Espita Mezcaleria in where-else-but-Shaw is focused more on winning converts than in touting numbers, as any conversation with […]
If finding a new source for great Mexican cooking weren’t enough, I learned the partners behind El Sol are already constructing another restaurant on 14th Street NW, just down the road from where they will soon shutter their first location. Alfredo and Jessica Solis, the sibling chefs behind the terrific El Sol restaurants, will close their operation at 3911 14th […]
The developers behind The Wharf unveiled Friday the first eight restaurants and bars that will open in the first phase of massive project along D.C.’s Southwest waterfront. The first wave consists of locally based concepts — and excludes national chains. As our Rebecca Cooper previously reported, reality TV food star Mike Isabella will partner with fellow “Top […]
Modern “urban Italian” cuisine in a not-so-modern space Wm. Mulherin’s Sons has been around for a long, long time. The building dates back to the 19th century, when it operated as a whisky blending and bottling facility on the corner of Front and Master Streets. It wasn’t until only recently, when the ROOST Apartment Hotel brand chose to […]
Brought forth by the team behind two sports bars in NYC. Metro Center’s getting a new watering hole, reports Washington Business Journal. Proper 21, from the team that brought New York City the sports bars Manhattan Proper and Proper West, is opening at 1319 F. St. NW. It’s taking the spot which previously housed Finemondo (for 12 […]
The images are etched into Nick Wiseman’s memory as clearly as the photo of Crisfield Seafood Restaurant that still hangs in his parents’ Washington home: The twice-monthly dinners at the historic Silver Spring seafood house where Wiseman and his family would devour oysters, clams, crabs and other fruits of the sea. It was a family tradition, in fact, dating back to […]
What to get excited about in 2016. Spring kicks off busy season for D.C. restaurant openings, and there are plenty of blockbuster debuts to get excited about. Here are the top 15 most anticipated restaurant openings, as well as updates on many other projects in the works. THE SHAW BIJOU Address: 1544 9th St. NW From: Gregory […]