This has been a pretty slow food week for the Washington area. Sure, some chefs have left their posts, and some chefs published masturbatory recipes in recently “revamped” magazines. These things happen all the time. Nevertheless, DCist seeks to sniff out the news anyway.
Del Ray a Witless Wasteland
Don’t ever say DCist doesn’t follow up. It’s just that sometimes it hurts us to do it; take this post as an example. Remember a couple weeks back when we told you that the Del Ray Dreamery was being forced to change its name and that a contest was underway to choose a new one? Well, the contest has ended and lame boringness has won. The new name? That Custard Place in Del Ray. Seriously. Was this honestly the best name submitted? The sound you hear is the collective groan of those of us who love the frozen custard store and its quirkiness, but hate the new and uncreative name.
Logan Circle Restaurant Still Searching for Help
Craig tells us that the new addition to the gayborhood, Viridian, is still searching for cooks and servers. Wasn’t this place supposed to open weeks ago? It’s played host to an art show, but hasn’t slung any chow. According to a tip from Tom, the place will feature a menu that changes daily. That’s all well and good, but we want to know where they got the name, which is also a techie green design movement led by a “pope-emperor.” Sounds nice.
Is There Skullduggery Afoot?
Soon-to-be new restaurant, Jin, next to DCist fave Busboys and Poets is still in the works, apparently. However, we were surprised to see a link from Metrocurean take us down a dead-end: Jin’s site has been disabled. What the deuce?! We here at DCist wonder what has happened to the Asian-Caribbean fusion joint. Is it an attack from the anti-Asian-Caribbean forces in the area or did the place not pay its hosting bills?
Speaking of U Street
A donrockwell.com post has us intrigued. Brown Sugar Southern Cuisine on Vermont and U? What? DCist is drawing a blank. Do any of you commenters have the scoop?
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