Neither Mozart nor Hockey Themed
Washington works hard to burnish its dining credentials. D.C. fat cats who are literally fat need somewhere to eat, and they’re not going to throw down lobbyist dollars for just any slop. No. D.C. is a dining destination, beckoning the up-and-coming chefs and their myriad foodie followers. People are noticing, too. From the New York Times to the National Geographic Traveler, we’re a getting noticed — enough so that a certain big time chef is heading this direction. Who? His name rhymes with Golf Pang Shuck.

L.A.’s top toque is indeed opening a home on the shores of the Potomac. Wolfgang Puck’s The Source is coming to town, and service will be starting soon. DCist went for a hardhat tour of the new restaurant—located in the new Newseum complex on Pennsylvania and 6th St, NW—with Executive Chef Scott Drewno to see what he and Puck have in store for D.C. diners. Drewno is late of Ruby Foo’s Updtown, and was tapped personally by Puck to helm The Source from inception to birth and beyond. He led us though a tour of the new restaurant amidst a couple dozen workers who were busy installing the new bar, flooring, and lighting for for an October 8 target opening.

The restaurants will be three levels, each of which will offer a different dining experience. The ground floor will house a bar and lounge, which will seat nearly 90 guests, features an open kitchen at one end of the bar, and will offer up light fare, Puck’s signature pizzas, wood-grilled dishes, and American appetizers. The main restaurant is on the second level, which connects to the lounge by a grand staircase and two-story wall-long wine refrigerator.