Drink of the Week: Custom-made drinks more ›

Where: Spices/Nooshi, Malaysia Kopitiam more ›

I was a bit uncertain as I walked down Calvert St. toward Open City. I was looking for New Heights, and what I saw was a slightly shabby awning on a narrow storefront. This, I thought, is nothing like Firefly. But I'd been tipped off. I was there to see a man named John Wabeck about some soft shell crabs. A few months ago, Wabeck left the kitchen at Firefly to escape conference calls and... more ›

Thanks to all the readers who sent us their experiences from Restaurant Week. Your comments -- and others culled from various local contacts -- showed surprising uniformity. It seems that in D.C. there are restaurants that do Restaurant Week right, and some that don't -- with little space in between. more ›