Ashok Bajaj will be taking over the restaurant space inside the International Spy Museum formerly occupied by Zola, which closed earlier this year.

Paying your taxes can be a real bummer, but the plethora of special Tax Day promotions and giveaways on deck will hopefully brighten moods in Washington today. For those of you able to be near the IRS Building (10th and Pennsylvania) from noon to 1 p.m., you’ll be able to get a free 6 oz. Blizzard from the Dairy Queen’s Blizzard mobile. A number of local restaurants are also offering Tax Day promotions: >>…

Spy City Cafe, the casual dining eatery attached to the International Spy Museum from the team behind Zola and its chef, Bryan Moscatello, quietly started serving up breakfast last week. The “Zola Bites Breakfast” menu is only eight items deep. It covers the eggs and pancakes basics in a slightly gussied up way. The cheddar egg scramble and the mushroom/Swiss omelette don’t just come with hash browns. They come with hashed brown potatoes with onion…

Vidalia’s baked macaroni and cheese (Alicia Mazzara). Dish of the Week: Macaroni and Cheese For many of us, childhood memories of macaroni and cheese involve watery, neon orange noodles from Kraft. If you were really lucky, your mom might have sprung for Velveeta with its frighteningly gooey sauce from a squeeze packet. But mac ‘n’ cheese isn’t just for kids or poor college students anymore. These days, you can find macaroni and cheese on…

Photo by BitchBuzz Drink of the Week: Mulled wine December is officially upon us, and it’s starting to get nippy out there. What to drink when coming in from a damp D.C. winter day? A warm mug of spicy mulled wine. Similar to sangria, mulled wine is festive enough for a party and soothing enough for a quiet night in. It’s also easy to make at home and a great way to perk up…