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Someone asked me this weekend whether any recent restaurant meals have been disappointing. I mostly demurred because I’m still in pandemic mode when we all agreed not to say anything critical about restaurants just trying …READ MORE »
Hanumanh, 1604 7th St NW (Shaw); Rating 9.3; $$ (moderate)
There are singular works of art that cement the reputation of the artist who created them. DaVinci didn’t need to pick up a brush again …READ MORE »
Queen’s English, 3410 11th Street NW, Washington DC (Columbia Heights); Rick’s Rating 9.2; $$$ (Expensive)
“The Queen’s English” — the grammatically correct and coherent expression of the English language — traditionally becomes “The King’s English” …READ MORE »
I was smitten with Venezuelan-born Chef Enrique Limardo’s cooking the first time I ate at his first DC outpost, Seven Reasons, back in 2019. His food was gutsy and flavorful, not precious and muted. He …READ MORE »
I’m back. I didn’t know I was taking a blogging sabbatical but that’s how it worked out. Things just kept coming up — volunteering in Poland with World Central Kitchen, my son’s wedding, new episodes …READ MORE »
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 …READ MORE »
The New York Times is trying to kill me. I don’t know what I did, but obviously it was something that hurt them a lot. Because their new list of the 50 top US …READ MORE »
Pro-tip: eating at home is not the same as eating in peace
An early and short post this week because I’m off on a cross-country road trip that will take me to some of my favorite …READ MORE »
Late Summer BLT (homemade, but if you stop by I’ll make you one)
It’s late August and that means it’s time for those familiar signs of summer’s end: good tomatoes, county fairs, and outraged Facebook posts …READ MORE »
Um…hey…how’ve you been? Great to see you again. I think it was last February, if you can believe it. Yeah, time does fly during lockdown. Or does it stand still. Either way, it’s been a …READ MORE »
Lucky Danger, 455 I St NW, Washington DC (Mt. Vernon Square), reviewed January 12, 2021
You’ll be glad to know this isn’t a 2020 year-in-review. No one wants to relive that shit show, including me. …READ MORE »
Posted March 1, 2020
Anafre, 3704 14th Street NW, Washington DC (Columbia Heights)
There were two big freak outs in the foodie community over the past month.
The first was AOC declaring it’s impossible to get …READ MORE »
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The Riggsby, 1731 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington DC (Dupont Circle) (Reviewed June 30, 2019)
The Riggsby has been around for several years now, tucked away in the boutique Carlyle Hotel a few blocks off …READ MORE »
Seven Reasons, 2208 14th St NW, Washington DC (14th and U) (Reviewed May 24, 2019)
I knew this would happen. I knew that as soon I came out with my Top-25 Restaurant list, some new …READ MORE »
Little Beast, 5600 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC (reviewed March 4, 2019)
This is a review of Little Beast, not I’m Eddie Cano! But it’s almost impossible to talk about one without the other ever …READ MORE »
Officina, 1120 Maine Ave SW, Washington DC (The Wharf)
I should have been in a better mood when I left Officina after dinner last Friday night. I’d just eaten at one of the most anticipated …READ MORE »
Call Your Mother – A Jew-ish Deli, 3301 Georgia Ave NW, Washington DC (Parkview)
Open Tuesday – Sunday, 8 am – 2 pm
The much-anticipated Call Your Mother deli opened last Thursday in Parkview. On Friday, …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 …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 …READ MORE »
Sababa, 3311 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC
Israeli food is hot. I’ll bet a lot of you have at least one cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi sitting on your shelf as we speak. The American Ottolenghi, …READ MORE »
Unconventional Diner, 1207 9th St NW, Washington DC
Bresca, 1906 14th St NW, Washington DC
There’s no obvious reason to review these two restaurants together, other than the fact that I ate at them both …READ MORE »
Momofuku CCDC, 1090 I St NW, Washington DC
If you haven’t been to Momofuku lately, you haven’t been to Momofuku.
You might remember when local-boy-turned-Manhattan-celebrity-chef David Chang announced he was opening an outpost of Momofuku in …READ MORE »
If you had 2017 or early 2018 in the office pool predicting when the DC restaurant bubble would burst, sorry, you’re out of contention (but not as quickly as me for picking Virginia to get …READ MORE »
Rose’s Luxury, 717 8th Street SE, Washington DC
I had dinner last Tuesday at Rose’s Luxury. But it felt more like the final scene from The Way We Were. It was poignant. It was wistful. If …READ MORE »
Himitsu, 828 Upshur Street NW, Washington DC
Himitsu means “secret” in Japanese, a bit of irony that seems funnier once you’re comfortably seated in this 24-seat jewel box than when you’re standing outside in twenty-degree …READ MORE »
Chloe by Haidar Karoum, 1331 4th Street SE, Washington DC
Brothers and Sisters, 1770 Euclid St NW (in The Line Hotel), Washington DC
The thing that bothers me about restaurants that encourage sharing isn’t the …READ MORE »
Requin at The Wharf, 100 District Square SW, Washington DC
My wife doesn’t quite understand my obsession with knowing if the head chef is in the kitchen when we eat out. Chefs train their subordinates …READ MORE »
Kith and Kin, 801 Wharf Street SW, Washington DC (in the Intercontinental Hotel)
I never made it to Chef Kwame Onwuachi’s previous restaurant, Shaw Bijou. In my defense, it was only open for two-and-a-half months.
For …READ MORE »
Here’s how much I love Mexican food: I even like bad Mexican food. Set me in front of a sack of Taco Bell tacos and I’ll tear through them like Joey Chestnut on the Fourth …READ MORE »
If I’d written this post a few months ago, it would have looked completely different. I’d just gone for pizza at two DC hot spots, Timber Pizza and All-Purpose Pizzeria, and I was ready to …READ MORE »
Tiger Fork, Blagden Alley, 922 N Street NW, Washington DC
If you want to eat at Tiger Fork, the new Hong Kong-style restaurant in Shaw, you first have to acquaint yourself with Blagden Alley.
First-time visitors can …READ MORE »
“Tuesday has no feel. Monday has a feel. Friday has a feel. Sunday has a feel.” — Newman on Seinfeld
Haikan
805 V St, NW, Washington DC
Breakfast has a feel for some people. They need something hot. Or …READ MORE »
Sfoglina, 4445 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC
It’s a mild Wednesday evening between Christmas and New Year’s, the time of year when half of Washington seems to be away. But at Sfoglina — Fabio and …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 …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 …READ MORE »