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 »
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The Best Things I Ate This Week (Despite Being Tormented by the NYT) (Oct 16, 2021) — Q by Peter Chang and Convivial
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 »
The Best Things I Ate This Week (August 29, 2021) — Call Your Mother, Spanish Diner, Homemade Jammy Eggs
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 »
The Best Things I Ate This Week (August 22, 2021) — Frankly…Pizza!, CherCher, Makan, Homemade Orzo w/ Veggies
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 »
The Best Things I Ate This Week (July 31, 2021) — Reveler’s Hour, Dauphine’s, Le Diplomate, ChiKo
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 »
Cheffy Take on Chinese Takeout at Lucky Danger
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 »
Anafre Ain’t Afraid
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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Throwback Comforts Outshine Comfort Foods at The Riggsby
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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 – The Venezuelan Restaurant You Didn’t Know You Were Waiting For
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 — Where the Relaxing Things Are
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 »
Call Your Mother for DC’s Best Bagels
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 »
Israeli Cooking at Sababa — Some Good Dishes, But Not the Whole Megillah
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 »
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So Alike and Yet So Different — Unconventional Diner and Bresca
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 »
You Don’t Know Momofuku
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 »
Scattered Pictures at Rose’s Luxury
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 Rules
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 »
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Sharing New Sharing Spots — Chloe, Brothers and Sisters
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 »
Mexican All the Way(s) — La Placita, El Mexicano, Mezcalero Cucina, and Espita Mezcaleria
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 »
The Unbearable Randomness of Pizza — Timber and All-Purpose
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 »
Mooning Over Umami
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 »
Haikan Feels Like Dinner
“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 »
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Sfoglina — A Real Mouthful in Van Ness
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 »