Until recently, we’d been avoiding popcorn-based confectionery ever since we grazed too hard on one of those tripartite barrels of popcorn at our last office gig. But Kingsbury Chocolates has proved that caramel glazed popcorn can aspire to more than just a supporting role to its orange and yellow dusted peers. They’ve taken the lowly popcorn ball and transformed it into very nearly the equal of their other higher brow sweets, such as their small…
DCist stopped by Brickskeller on Monday to participate in a roundtable discussion with two of the guys from Broken Lizard, the warped minds behind the new film Beerfest. We discovered a lot during the half hour interview with Steve Lemme and Erik Stolhanske and captured it all on tape for your listening pleasure. So pop in your headphones and crank up the volume to hear all of the juicy details including — but not limited…
The five Colgate University grads who brought you Club Dread and Super Troopers are back — and they’re throwing back more than just maple syrup. Tonight, bring your drinking A-game to Penn Quarter’s DA’s RFD to help the guys from Broken Lizard promote their brand new movie Beerfest by competing in some Beer Olympics. Why Beer Olympics? Here’s the official synopsis of the movie: When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse (Erik Stolhanske and Paul…
In case you had any doubts that Washington is little more than a swamp with marble buildings, venture outside for a quick check on your surroundings. In fact, head to the intersection of 20th and L Streets, NW for a prime example. Much like a swamp, it totally smells like ass. Literal ass. You know that buttered popcorn smell they blow all over theme parks and movie theatres? Imagine that, but with raw sewage; it’s…
Alert DCist readers pointed us to the news that the Market Lunch, a staple of Eastern Market, has ceased weekend breakfast service. No reason other than possible fatigue has been cited. The Market Lunch’s breakfasts have long been one of the best options for a quick, affordable breakfast for Eastern Market shoppers. The Washingtonian noted a few years ago that the popularity of the breakfast was immediately visible: On Saturday mornings, the line for Market…
