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This is the week I got my groove back. Thamee and Taqueria Xochi reminded me how much I love searching for that perfect bite and the absolute thrill of sometimes finding it. Suddenly I was Anthony Bourdain again, intrepidly connecting with people and cultures through food, as opposed to what it’s felt like these past eighteen months: Andy Dufresne down ...READ MORE »
St. Anselm, 1250 5th St NE, Washington DC (near Union Market) St. Anselm has only been open a few weeks but it’s already made my short list of best new restaurants of 2018. I can’t say I’m surprised. It’s a joint venture between restaurateurs Joe Carroll, who own the original St. Anselm in Brooklyn, and the prolific Stephen Starr, who owns ...READ MORE »
Primrose, 3000 12th St NE, Washington DC Ellē, 3221 Mt. Pleasant St NW, Washington DC There may be nothing in the food world harder to pull off than a great neighborhood restaurant. So many pieces have to come together. First you need a great neighborhood, the more diverse the better, because that’s where you’re drawing from and a diverse crowd ...READ MORE »
Welcome to my first installment of Rick’s Cheap Eats. It won’t be the last. There are a lot of holes left to fill, including Korean, Vietnamese, BBQ, ‘Po boys, and kabobs (see separate posts on pizza and burgers). But these are some of my longtime favorites. What I love about these places is that they do so much with so little. ...READ MORE »
It seems like you can’t get away from burgers these days. Look at the menu the next time you sit down to dinner. If you don’t see a burger, enjoy the sushi or the vindaloo. It wasn’t that long ago that things were different. In 2001, Five Guys was a local mini-chain with five locations scattered around the DC area. It ...READ MORE »