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    Branching Out at Imperfecto and Joy

    Posted by Rick Chessen

     

    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 »

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    What I Did on My Sabbatical

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    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 »

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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

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    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 »

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    The Best Things I Ate This Week (August 29, 2021) — Call Your Mother, Spanish Diner, Homemade Jammy Eggs

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    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 »

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    The Best Things I Ate This Week (August 22, 2021) — Frankly…Pizza!, CherCher, Makan, Homemade Orzo w/ Veggies

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    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 »

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    The Best Things I Ate This Week (August 6, 2021) — 2Fifty Texas BBQ, Taqueria La Placita, and Kuya Ja’s Lechon Belly

    Posted by Rick Chessen

     
    Yep, six months off and I’m back already. When I adopted “the best things I ate this week” format I probably should have thought that one through. But posting every other week doesn’t really work. …READ MORE »

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    The Best Things I Ate This Week (July 31, 2021) — Reveler’s Hour, Dauphine’s, Le Diplomate, ChiKo

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    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 »

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    Mini-Review: Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, 7776 Norfolk Ave, Bethesda MD (posted February 12, 2020) (Mini-Review)

    Since this is a mini-review, let me cut to the chase. The newly-opened Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is good. Not drive-thirty-minutes-out-of-your-way …READ MORE »

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    Maryland

    Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza

    Crushing on Cielo Rojo

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Cielo Rojo, 7056 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park MD (Open Tuesday-Sunday for lunch/brunch and dinner; closed Monday) (Reviewed July 31, 2019)
    It all started last Saturday morning when I was trying to figure out what to …READ MORE »

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    Maryland

    Cielo Rojo

    Tex-Mex 3.0 at Nada

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Nada 11886 Grand Park Avenue, North Bethesda MD

    I was a kid when Chi Chi’s opened its first restaurant in 1975 in my hometown of Minneapolis. They billed themselves as the “Home of the Chimichanga” and …READ MORE »

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    Maryland

    Nada

    Frankly…(Terrific) Pizza!

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    Frankly…Pizza!, 10417 Armory Ave, Kensington MD

    Frankly…Pizza! is my favorite pizza in the DMV. That won’t surprise longtime readers, who may remember one of my very first posts in October 2016 ranking the Best Pizza …READ MORE »

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    Maryland

    Frankly...Pizza!

    Bethesda Hearts True Food Kitchen and I Sorta Do Too (Dammit)

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    True Food Kitchen, 7100 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda MD

    True Food Kitchen is hard not to like. Believe me, I tried.
    I walked into the newly-opened Bethesda location like Anthony Bourdain walking into Applebee’s. I already knew …READ MORE »

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    True Food Kitchen

    Mexican All the Way(s) — La Placita, El Mexicano, Mezcalero Cucina, and Espita Mezcaleria

    Posted by Rick Chessen

    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 »

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    Mezcalero Cucina
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    Taqueria La Placita
    Taqueria El Mexicano

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