CommonWealth, the new British gastropub from Chef Jamie Leeds, officially opened last night. DCist got a sneak peek on Friends and Family Night on Monday. The menu covers a lot of ground, from traditional bar snacks like Scotch eggs to workmen's pastries and pies to fish 'n' chips, Welsh rarebit and mushy peas. Feel free to apply gratuitous amounts of the piccalilli - a relish of pickled cauliflower and carrots - to cut through the......

Drink of the Week: Gin rickey The gin rickey may be the closest thing D.C. has to a city drink. Named after famed lobbyist Col. Joe Rickey, and originally served at Shoomaker's, the drink is similar to a gin and tonic, but with more lime and lacking the bitterness of quinine. The traditional recipe is 1.5 oz. gin, 1/2 lime, 1/4 oz. simple syrup and finished with soda water. The recently formed D.C. Bartenders Guild......

Drink of the Week Pimm's Cup at Central, Bourbon and Tabard Inn The recent warm up has my mind on summery drinks. There are the usuals: mojitos, gin and tonics, daquiris, and margaritas. But there's one summer drink that's most associated with the lawn at Wimbledon: the Pimm's Cup. The refreshing Pimm's is traditionally made with Pimm's #1 (a gin-based spirit infused with various spices and a hint of orange), lemonade, and garnished with borage......