Clyde’s Restaurant Group is launching Ebbitt House, which it hopes to bring to multiple locations around the D.C. region.
May 25, 2021
D.C. Restaurant Workers To Hold A ‘Wage Strike’ At Old Ebbitt Grill Calling For Better Pay
The organization behind D.C.’s overturned Initiative 77 plans to hold similar strikes across the country this week.
May 22, 2017
Dish Of The Week: Diving Into Seafood Towers
Add some drama to your next meal with a towering, indulgent order of fresh fruits de mer.
Apr 03, 2017
Dish of the Week: All Of The Artichokes
Artichokes may be native to the Mediterranean, but March through May is peak artichoke season in the United States.
If you’re feeling the need to always be connected to the news of the day, the Old Ebbitt Grill will make it easier for you: the restaurant will now hand you a list of the most current top headlines alongside your check.
Nov 08, 2006
Winning Hearts and Wines
A dark horse Chilean sauvignon blanc won the most votes at the 11th annual International Wines for Oysters Competition at the Old Ebbitt Grill Monday night, but what many will remember most is that they witnessed one man save another man’s life. The victim, Ronald Kessler of Potomac, a best-selling nonfiction author and chief Washington correspondent for the right-of-center NewsMax.com, fell to the floor from his barstool with no apparent warning while chatting with the…
Sep 20, 2005
Some Scalia With That Sauvignon Blanc?
Written by new DCist food and wine contributor Michael Mugmon. In the spirit of SportsCenter, DCist asks: DID YOU KNOW that United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has moonlighted as a jurist on the 12-member judging panel for the annual International Wines for Oysters Competition –- the gold medal winners of which are trotted out at Old Ebbitt Grill’s Oyster Riot? In past years, Justice Scalia –- who quietly campaigned to replace William Rehnquist…