Don’t feel like cooking? Here are some of the best bets for celebrating Thanksgiving in one of D.C.’s bars and restaurants that will be open tomorrow.
Al Dente’s Roberto Donna may not be able to pay his bills, but Esquire magazine thinks he’s the best chef in all the land.
For anyone who has followed the path of Chef Roberto Donna, today’s WaPo story by Tim Carman about Donna’s extensive financial management issues should come as no surprise.
Photo by xtol7 Whether you call him a nine-lived cat, steadfast elephant or indestructible cockroach, this week’s latest blow to D.C. chef Roberto Donna may send him to the abattoir. Chief U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth ruled Friday that Donna must pay nearly $527,000 to 12 former employees over unpaid wages, attorney fees and damages. Judge Lamberth found that Donna and his companies failed to pay overtime and minimum wage requirements, misstated worked…
Photo by DCMatt DCist is planning on heading up to the Field School on Foxhall Road this evening to listen to a mayoral debate between Adrian Fenty, Vincent Gray and Leo Alexander hosted by the Palisades Citizens Association. Getting there, however, will require hiking through a forested ravine in severe thunderstorms. Fun! (Martin, come pick me up!) We’d tell you to go home already, but since it’s raining, you may be camped out at…
In September, we reported on a new partnership between DC Central Kitchen, Alexandria-based Cuisine Solutions, and six local chefs to create frozen meals from locally-sourced products with proceeds from sales benefiting DCCK. A number of local retailers have since signed on to participate and will be carrying the meals. So far, the meals will be available through Peapod (search Cuisine Solutions), the DCCK web site, and the following local retailers: Wegmans (Virginia locations in Woodbridge,…
Whether you’re not sure what to serve to surprise guests or you just want a convenient food option after a night of shopping that doesn’t involve dialing out or driving through, there is reason to rejoice this holiday season. A new partnership between DC Central Kitchen, Alexandria-based Cuisine Solutions, and six of the D.C. area’s most celebrated chefs is bringing gourmet holiday meals to the frozen food section of a store near you. The meals…
Clockwise from top left: Comet Ping Pong, Red Rocks, 2 Amys, Bebo There are many factors that affect a pizza. The type of flour used for the dough. The temperature of the oven. The quality of the toppings. The skill and hands of the maker of the dough. The vigilance of the pizzaiolo (the person manning the oven). D.C. may not be known as much of a pizza town, but a few of the…
Capitol Hill is finally moving up in the District’s hierarchy of Places to Eat, and Locanda is helping the neighborhood make that move with its adventures in noodles. Not since the long-gone days of Roberto Donna’s Il Radicchio has Pennsylvania Avenue seen pasta this perfectly cooked. Filled with ricotta and asparagus, braised leeks and cheeses or whatever else chef Brian Barszcz (an Oblelisk and Tallula alum) wants to stuff them with, count me in for…
The Secret Ingredient: Flaxseed Iron Chef is combing through the restaurant ranks here in Washington once again, this timing tapping Agraria’s chef, Ricky Moore, for America’s culinary entertainment. Following in the footsteps of D.C. chefs José Andrés, Morou, and Roberto Donna, Moore will be strutting into the kitchen stadium in the near future in an attempt to assert Washington’s dominance in the field of one-hour off-the-cuff television cooking. The Washingtonian has an exclusive interview with…
