A dark horse Chilean sauvignon blanc won the most votes at the 11th annual International Wines for Oysters Competition at the Old Ebbitt Grill Monday night, but what many will remember most is that they witnessed one man save another man’s life. The victim, Ronald Kessler of Potomac, a best-selling nonfiction author and chief Washington correspondent for the right-of-center NewsMax.com, fell to the floor from his barstool with no apparent warning while chatting with the... more ›

Written by new DCist food and wine contributor Michael Mugmon. In the spirit of SportsCenter, DCist asks: DID YOU KNOW that United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has moonlighted as a jurist on the 12-member judging panel for the annual International Wines for Oysters Competition –- the gold medal winners of which are trotted out at Old Ebbitt Grill's Oyster Riot? In past years, Justice Scalia –- who quietly campaigned to replace William Rehnquist... more ›

Get out your checkbooks kiddos, Old Ebbitt Grill's Oyster Riot X is slated for Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday, Nov. 19. For a paltry $88 attendees can feast on more than 20 oyster varieties, drink dozens of wines, and get down with the blues band Chicken Head. The annual event pits wineries from around the globe against each other in an effort to determine each mollusk's best mate. more ›

Adding to the ecological woes of the Chesapeake Bay, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers attempt to rebuild oyster beds in the Great Wicomico River has been derailed by a creature called a cownose ray which went on a feeding frenzy, the Post reports. more ›

Two blocks of 15th Street's western sidewalk adjacent to the White House campus and the Treasury Department headquarters will close, according to the Post. While it may be a prudent move in the name of security, it certainly could cause pedestrian traffic in front of the Hotel Washington and the Old Ebbitt Grill to crowd considerably. more ›