The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington is fully behind the city’s proposed food truck regulations, but not all restaurateurs agree.

UPDATE: Here’s the official word from Jamie Leeds, published during Tom Sietsema’s Washington Post chat this afternoon. It appears as if Leeds is selling Commonwealth in order to completely focus her efforts on a large expansion at Hank’s Oyster Bar in Dupont Circle.

CommonWealth, the new British gastropub from Chef Jamie Leeds, officially opened last night. DCist got a sneak peek on Friends and Family Night on Monday. The menu covers a lot of ground, from traditional bar snacks like Scotch eggs to workmen’s pastries and pies to fish ‘n’ chips, Welsh rarebit and mushy peas. Feel free to apply gratuitous amounts of the piccalilli – a relish of pickled cauliflower and carrots – to cut through the…

D.C. Battles It Out In The Kitchen One of Washington’s best food events, the Capital Food Fight, is a little over a week away, and I expect there is wanton smack-talking between the competition’s 10 food-fighters. Bebo’s Roberto Donna, Mie n Yu’s Tim Elliot, Kinkead’s Bob Kinkead, last year’s winner Ris Lacoste, Jamie Leeds of Hank’s Oyster Bar, Taberna del Alabardero’s Santi Zabaleta, John Wabeck of Firefly, IndeBleu’s Vikram Garg, Anthony Chittum from Notti Bianche,…

Written by DCist contributor Christopher Durocher Where’s a boy (or girl or girly boy or mannish woman or transgendered person, or anyone else for that matter) suppose to get a drink these days? It seems that organizations are coming out of the woodwork to keep D.C. residents and visitors from enjoying the beverages so crucial to the success and enjoyment of any social interaction. High profile clashes over liquor licenses have been common between local…