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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »