Hope everyone had an excellent meal on the greatest American food day of the year. It’s been a quiet week in food news as it seems everyone was more interested in turkey. DCist Food alum Erin Zimmer has an excellent recipe from Butterfield 9’s chef Michael Harr for leftover cranberry sauce muffins. Mmm… Pizza Mania Looks like it’s another pizza week in D.C. – everyone is covering pizza. From DCist’s review of Pizza Zero,…
From DCist Contributor Oscar Bunoan It’s often said that bad luck comes in threes. In Vietnam, for example, a photo of three people represents bad luck. However, Vietnam is a restless, 22-hour flight away and Greg Cahill (owner of the successful Whitlow’s on Wilson) and Jonathan Williams (Whitlow’s general manager) are not superstitious men who rest their beliefs in ancient folklore. No self-respecting restaurateur, especially these two locally respected entrepreneurs, would conceive their restaurant on…
What was the hullabaloo at Ben’s Chili Bowl last night? Sources tell us it was a video for Capitol Records artist J. Holiday, an R&B singer from D.C. determined to rep his city on screen. Passersby report they got the cold shoulder from the video shoot’s official sidewalk blocker and were sent car-dodging into U Street to get around. From DCist Andrew: Andrew: “What’s going on?” Sidewalk Lady: “What does it look like!?” Andrew:…
From DCist contributor Jeff Simmermon. This DCist was walking through Georgetown with an old college friend on Sunday, wallowing in the warm sun and the uniquely back-to-school feel you get from hot late-summer days. We reminisced about the good times, lamented our button-down jobs and 50-hour work weeks and wondered like hell why we wanted to get out of school so badly. Then we saw this guy talking and laughing with two admiring girls in…
From DCist food contributor Melissa McCart Chances are, if you’ve ordered wine at Tallula, Café Atlantico or Two Amys, you may have been served in a stemless glass. Better known as Reidel’s “O” line, the tumblers “are for kitchen entertaining,” said Maximilian Riedel, 29 year-old CEO of Riedel Crystal in the October issue of Food and Wine. The glasses come in several varieties: Syrah/Shiraz, Cabernet/Merlot, Pinot/Nebbiolo, Savignon Blanc/Reisling, Sake, spirits and fortified wines. Despite…
From DCist food contributor Adam Bailey Having It Out on the Wednesday Food Pages Wands raised! Food-world wizards David Hagedorn (most recently of David Greggory) and Phyllis Richman (revered Washington Post food critic from 1967 to 2000) ignited the pages of the Post’s food section yesterday with a healthy debate about running a restaurant, diner expectations and stolen napkin rings. Expelliarmus! DCist thinks both should put their pens down and take a couple breaths. Mr….
From DCist Food contributor Adam Bailey As you know, the many tentacles of DCist pay no heed to political boundaries. Even Western Ave. at the fair District’s northwest edge can’t contain us. That’s why we’re looking forward to the 16th annual Taste of Bethesda. ToB is Saturday, October 1 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Woodmont Triangle in conjunction with the annual Best of Bethesda Day (or, as DCist prefers, Besthesday), so mark your…
We crossed Dupont Circle after our staff meeting last night, marveling at how in D.C., even parks full of people relaxing are still somehow frantic. As we crossed the circle, we saw our hands-down favorite bunch of street performers. We don’t know their official name, but they are a squadron of joyous, soulful trombones with percussive accompaniment. They’re out there in the heat and the cold, performing a colossal public service by lifting the…
From DCist contributor Kristin Kovner Since when did literary events become D.C.’s hot tickets? Since last night, when John Irving decided to grace the National Press Club with his (commanding) presence and promote his new bestselling novel, “Until I Find You.” On Monday evening, over 400 fans packed into the NPC’s Ballroom to listen to the author of “The Cider House Rules,” “The World According to Garp,” and “A Prayer for Owen Meany,” read aloud…
From DCist contributor Justin Kielsgard If you walk the D.C. streets past midnight, there is a good chance you have already heard 23-year-old singer songwriter Ethan Edwards. Setting up shop on street corners and in bus enclosures, the Mosquito Bay, Maine native sings through his smoke stained throat, meditations of the rocky road of love, life and the French countryside. Armed with only his guitar, harmonica and tambourine, Edwards has played steadily in the D.C….
