Whether it’s foie gras or popcorn butter, fat-washing is giving bartenders ways to create drinks that go beyond typical infusions.

From Slate Wine Bar, Pete’s New Haven Style Apizza, California Tortilla, Del Campo, Vinoteca, and others.

We’ll be looking at true Irish cocktails … and those that pass for Irish in the spirit of the holiday.

Dream dinner date, much?

Don’t feel like cooking? Here are some of the best bets for celebrating Thanksgiving in one of D.C.’s bars and restaurants that will be open tomorrow.

Paying your taxes can be a real bummer, but the plethora of special Tax Day promotions and giveaways on deck will hopefully brighten moods in Washington today. For those of you able to be near the IRS Building (10th and Pennsylvania) from noon to 1 p.m., you’ll be able to get a free 6 oz. Blizzard from the Dairy Queen’s Blizzard mobile. A number of local restaurants are also offering Tax Day promotions: >>…

This post from DCist contributor Matt Cordell Although BLT Steak just moved into town (“BLT” is not bacon, lettuce, and tomato, but Bistro Laurent Tourondel as in New York City’s BLT Steak, BLT Prime, BLT Fish, and BLT Burger), it has already masterfully affected one of D.C.’s core stereotypes: the clubby lobbyist haunt. Here, in a scene of dark wood and suede, pricey food comes heavy, dull, and fast, but without any serious missteps. As…

Written by DCist Contributors Gayle S. Putrich and Mike Roscoe Awards season: long gone in Hollywood; just getting started for D.C.’s restaurants. If you don’t believe us, just ask Cathal Armstrong of Restaurant Eve, Eamonn’s, and the forthcoming Majestic. Armstrong has been named a contender for two awards in as many days: Best Mid-Atlantic Chef from the James Beard Foundation on Monday and now Chef of the Year by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington….