This new spot from the chef/owner of Mélange, the hit Ethiopian burger joint, is serving up cravable berbere-spiced fried chicken in Shaw.

Until then, vegan mac and cheese, meatloaf, and cheesecakes are available for retail around D.C.

The food that comes in a styrofoam container from a corner fish fry joint may not be the most elegant, but it doesn’t mean it’s any less enjoyable than a fancy dinner served on white tablecloths.

This week, Phillyist saw the waters of a landmark fountain run red for a Showtime marketing stunt, the Phils pull ahead, and some serious nostalgia. They also got a chance to review an awesome tribute album, reminded folks to see the King, and appreciated their beautiful skyline. Chicagoist knows what it’s like to like the Cubs. But naming your kid Wrigley Fields? At least they can breathe a little easier now that Grossman’s out and…

As we noted yesterday, today is Patriot Day; so conceived to commemorate the 9-11 attacks—even though we Americans aren’t the greatest at “commemorating,” see: Veterans’ Day, Memorial Day, etc. Just six years on, though, feelings are still raw and memories vibrant. Resiliency is a virtue of our citizenry however, and if nothing else, we can get a hearty laugh out of OBL’s radical beard transformation, his decidedly porno ‘stache, and threats of attack via the…

It’s easy to roll past Henry’s Delicatessen and Carry-out and assume that it’s just another bodega. But a double take of their vintage signage touting “home made sweet potato pie” was enough to entice us to investigate further. Once inside, we discovered that Henry’s is a classic soul food joint with a menu covering all of the great country food standards. Henry’s has been around since 1968, and the weathered interior, replete with ancient duct…

Since opening in 2004, Oohhs and Aahhs has put the smackdown on encroaching U Street soul food competitors. A combo of first-mover advantage and superior cooking scared Brown Sugar off the block last summer and sent A Taste of Carolina packing from 9th and U a few weeks ago. (A sign in Taste’s window reads, “Closed for Relocation.”) The place is small, so much so that a line of four customers is enough to make…

With all the great Ethiopian and soul food restaurants arrayed along U Street, it can be easy to overlook The Islander, whose kitchen has been preparing the Trinidadian take on Carribean food for 30 years. Characterized by slow-cooked stews, curried goat and oxtail, all of which can be bundled within a blanket of roti, Carribean cuisine is a colonial fusion of African and South Asian cuisines. Though the sparsely decorated interior is hardly transporting,…

With Restaurant Week over, we need another excuse to celebrate. And why not Clinton’s big 6-0? Since he’s not too keen on turning the “new 40,” we have a duty to live it up for him. DCist proposes a Bill Clinton restaurant crawl on which we’ll visit his regular D.C. haunts. Lucky for us, his taste for greasy, down-home grub means we won’t need to book many reservations through Open Table. Of course there’s…

It’s hard to believe, but we actually know a handful of people who are somehow so enraptured by the smoky allure of Southside 815’s bar scene that they’ve never once bothered to sample anything beyond its libation. While we’re normally all about compelling such folks to chase their pints of Dogfish with Southside’s excellent “drunken” pot roast or vinegary housemade “state fair” pickles, we’d just as soon they remain sequestered at the bar on Thursday…