With chilly weather on its way, we talk with D.C. native Sara Polon, who recently opened the first retail outlet for her three-year old soup company, Soupergirl, in Takoma Park. more ›

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We here at the DCist constantly extol the virtues of living in a city with abundant resources of all kind. Do you need to see an awesome show at a small venue? Check. Do you need to look at physical copies of the country's most important documents? Check. Do you have a need to see Matthew Lesko now and again? Got it. Other than that whole "vote in Congress" thing, D.C. probably has what you... more ›

Another D.C. Restaurant Week has come and gone. As much as we like to complain about over-crowded restaurants with “dumbed down” menus, there is still a part of us that finds it alluring, so we still take the opportunity to see what restaurants have to offer. Among the places we ventured out to, there were some hits and a few misses. One place that really hit the right notes with us was Viridian in Logan... more ›

A bowl of steamy soup sounds delicious right about now, after running into a few drifting snowflakes on the way to work this morning. The folks at Gracious Bowl were thinking just that, and the people in this photograph are probably enjoying some homemade soup as you read this, thanks to them. Meeting at the DC Guesthouse last night, they participated in the DC Soup Swap, each bringing six quarts of their own winter... more ›

Butch Walker is a man who wears many hats. As a recording artist, he’s been in several bands including 80s rockers Bad Boyz and Byte the Bullet (SouthGang), Floyds Funk Revival, The Floyds, and the Marvelous 3. Flying solo he released two albums, 2002’s Left of Self-Centered and Letters in 2004. Most recently, Butch put out an album with his backing band titled The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let’s-Go-Out-Tonites. On top of his own music, he’s written and produced songs for artists such as Pink, Avril Lavigne, Lit, Hot Hot Heat, Bowling for Soup, and SR-71, and is currently a judge on the second season of Rock Star: Supernova, the winner of which he will produce as well. But Butch is not just a man with a guitar and an ear for great music, he is THE man, as he proved last night at the 9:30 Club. more ›

Did you skip breakfast? No worries, as today is all about the ice cream. Ben and Jerry's, everyone's favorite tree-hugging ice cream company (yes, even after being purchased by Unilever, they continue to love the world), is having their annual Free Cone Day today! That's right, from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, you can revel in the glory of Cherry Garcia and Peanut Butter Swirl without breaking the bank, or be daring and try the Turtle Soup. DCist votes for the delicious Fossil Fuel; goes along with the current energy climate, no? more ›

For his April 1 column, City Paper writer Todd Kliman reviews a peculiar kind of restaurant. If smelling is "at least half of the pleasure to be had in wine" Todd reasons "why should it be any different when it comes to food?" Thus he visits a restaurant which sells no food at all, just an "experience of uncorrupted sensual pleasure" - a nine-course "meal" of scents for $65. He goes on to describe the rich and intense aromas: Classic Chicken Noodle Soup, Artisanal Baked Bread, Truffles and, of course, coffee between courses. (Well, the scent of it, at least.) He concludes the restaurant is "the daring reductio ad absurdum of dining out in an age of relentless, breathless experimentation." more ›