Perhaps it’s time to change up the old routine. Maybe, instead of coming home from work and snuggling up on the couch with your block of aged cheddar, smoked gouda, a knife, and a box of Triscuits, it’s time to take your cheese habit to a more refined setting. If you live nearby Cheesetique in Del Ray, Alexandria, chances are that the lovely folks there are already feeding your cheese habit. To accommodate the growing…
MONDAY >>Satisfy your cheese cravings as former American Idol star (and Richmond, VA native) Elliot Yamin plays the 9:30 Club, with the Last Goodnight and Josh Hoge. $25, Doors at 7 p.m. >>Australian pop singer Ben Lee — he of the short-lived Bens and “Catch My Disease” moderate fame — comes to Alexandria’s Del Ray neighborhood to play the Birchmere. Joining him is are Cary Brothers. $19.50, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY >>Dinosaur Jr. just can’t stop…
He loves me; He loves me not; He loves me… We may be making history on DCist today, all. I don’t know if a food photograph has ever been selected as POTD, but it’s bound to happen if you let the foodies fill in. This photo of some delicious bresaola from LaTur leaves me feeling both hungry and jealous. Hungry because it’s lunchtime, and jealous that I won’t be enjoying a platter of cured…
>> Welcome to March and another First Friday in Dupont Circle from 6 to 8 p.m. Find the gallery locations here. >> We’ve all got our old movie favorites. If you pop in Gone with the Wind everytime you’re home sick, or channel surf for old episodes of I Dream of Jeanie on a Sunday afternoon, you’re just the person Mark Bennett is drawing for. His India ink draftings of the fictional homes used in…
It’s a slow beginning to the week as every venue in our purview seems to be dark Monday and Tuesday, but it’ll give us all a good chance to refuel before the ’07 concert season kicks into high-gear later this week. If you’ve got any tips for musical destinations this week, particularly tonight and tomorrow, let us know in the comments. WEDNESDAY >> Emily Haines of Broken Social Scene and Metric comes to the 9:30…
Recently, we’ve forsaken the tranquility of a typically lazy Saturday morning in favor of madly dashing off to the Del Ray Farmer’s Market in time to snag a coveted loaf of Bonaparte Breads’ Pain Normande. A perfectly rustic bundle of yeast and flour, the Pain Normande is fully loaded with tender pieces of dried apple, black and golden raisins, and walnuts. Sure, plenty of local bakeries purvey a range of fruit-studded handmade loaves, but none…
Rain or shine, this weekend brings opportunities to eat and drink aplenty, particularly if you’re planning on hanging out in the ‘burbs. Taste of Bethesda On Saturday from 11-4 along Norfolk, St. Elmo, Cordell, Del Ray, and Auburn Avenues, sample eats from 50 restaurants around Bethesda. Four tickets are $5. Jason Storch on DC Foodies says it’s a “time when hundreds flock to the streets of Bethesda to sample treats from the local restaurants…
Blue Duck Paddles into the Park Hyatt It appears to be duck day here on DCist. With the old-school Melrose long gone, the Park Hyatt has recently reopened its restaurant at the 24th and M Streets, NW property. The Blue Duck Tavern, Chef Brian McBride’s venue for “wholesome American fare,” has slid into its space full of “polished glass, stainless steel, and concrete.” The press release for the new restaurant says a lot about the…
NoVa Empire Expands The owners of Tallula, Vermillion, Planet Wine Evening Star Café in Arlington, Old Town, and Del Ray are expanding yet again. Rustico Restaurant, tucked away on Slater Avenue in Alexandria opens this weekend, and it looks like it might itch your scratch for great beer. With over 250 bottle and can selections, and an impressive draft list of 30 assorted beers, you will get all the malt-hops-yeast punch you could want. A…
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…
