The owners of Rehoboth Beach, Del. restaurant Nage are following Horace Greeley’s advice by opening a western outpost of their high-end bistro next Tuesday in the Courtyard by Marriott at 1600 Rhode Island Avenue NW. According to the News Journal, longtime friends and co-owners Kevin Reading and Josh Grapski are behind the endeavor — with Reading taking the reins as executive chef of the two-restaurant outfit and Grapski managing this new D.C. branch.

Before opening Nage in Rehoboth Beach, Reading started up the Fox Point Grill in Wilmington, Del. and Espuma in Rehoboth Beach. For his part, Grapski attended Cornell University’s business school and worked for Reading in Wilmington. Both men are Philadelphia Restaurant School grads.

Nage’s menu features all the trappings of decadent cuisine, what with “signature” dishes that include the playfully named “Knuckle Sandwich” (lobster knuckle meat in tarragon mayo) and “Seafood à la Nage” (essentially, a saffron-based seafood stew). And notwithstanding the fact that its name means “swim” in French, the restaurant offers turf-oriented fare such as osso bucco, white truffle frites, and porcini-roasted venison. With all these hoity-toity ingredients involved, Nage might very well take on a second meaning — extremely expensive.

Nage joins Gaithersburg, Md.’s Dogfish Head Alehouse — which was spun off from Rehoboth Beach’s Dogfish Head Brewings and Eats — as an eatery that has made the leap across the Chesapeake Bay from the coastal community that, until the past five years, boasted mostly pizza shops (the Grotto/Nicola/Louie’s trifecta) and candy purveyors. The Greene Turtle opened in Ocean City, Md. in 1976 and expanded to Baltimore 10 years later.