Whew, keeping up with all the openings and closings is hard work in this town. One of the most eagerly anticipated openings this year, the Biergarten Haus will hopefully open this weekend. And, if you're on 14th St after a late night out, be sure to check out the newly opened Point Chaud Cafe and Crepes.
Latest updates to the New & Coming Soon page:
Dupont Circle
Lupe Mexican Cuisine (Opening Soon)
1214 18th St NW · Washington DC
--DC really needs a stellar Mexican restaurant, but this location (most recently Sesto Senso) is not a promising one, given the bar crawling on the weekends. (via Prince of Petworth)
H Street
Biergarten Haus (Opening June 11th)
1355 H St NE · Washington DC
--Any new eating and drinking place with a patio is welcome, but a German-styled beer garden with a huge patio is eagerly anticipated! Its opening has been delayed several months, but it should be opening any day now. (via Going Out Gurus)
Logan Circle
Point Chaud Cafe and Crepes (Now Open)
1736 14th St NW · Washington DC
--This neighborhood could definitely use some inexpensive food options, and even better, they will stay open until 3 AM on the weekends. (via 14th & You)
Penn Quarter
Cuba Libre (September 2010)
801A Ninth St NW · Washington DC
--If the DC branch of this Philly-based restaurant is going to be anything like their Orlando location, the space is going to be huge and will channel Havana via Disney's design team (not necessarily a bad thing). The food may be middling, but it's all about the rum drinks and Latin dance nights, right? (via PQ Living)
Carmine's (Opening Soon)
425 7th St NW · Washington DC
--Family-style Italian from a NYC-based restaurant in what will be one of the largest restaurants in town. Eh, I'll reserve judgement until it opens.(via Washington Post)
Showing posts with label Buzzworthy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buzzworthy. Show all posts
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Buzzworthy: Capitol Hill and More Banh Mi
The New & Coming Soon page has been updated with some new additions to Capitol Hill's dining scene, including the restaurant that I most want to try in DC right now--Ted's Bulletin--a stylish homage to America's diner past, serving breakfast food all day and spiked milkshakes.
And until someone opens a banh mi shop in DC or a metro station opens under Eden Center, another food truck--El Floridano--serving those oh-so-trendy Vietnamese sandwiches will never be passe.
And until someone opens a banh mi shop in DC or a metro station opens under Eden Center, another food truck--El Floridano--serving those oh-so-trendy Vietnamese sandwiches will never be passe.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Buzzworthy: Taylor Gourmet
The one convenience that I wish we had more of around here in the District would be more bakeries. Sure, there are Marvelous Market and Firehook, but they range from OK to not-so-OK.
Gourmet Taylor, an Italian-style sandwich shop in the too cool H St neighborhood sounds like a step in the right direction. Yeah, it's not a bakery, but they still deal in some baked goods—and truck bread in daily from Philly apparently!—so I think we should be grateful for that small crumb (ha!).
Both the Post and the City Paper have some recentish write-ups, and they appear to describe Gourmet Taylor as a quality hip establishment. I haven't tried it yet, but any new retail option enticing enough to get me out of my usual neighborhood circuit is enough for my Buzzworthy list. Hmmm, sounds like the perfect solution for the upcoming barrage of Spring picnics (if Spring ever decides to show its allergy-ridden face.)
Rating: n/a
Recommended: not yet tried
Taylor Gourmet
Gourmet Taylor, an Italian-style sandwich shop in the too cool H St neighborhood sounds like a step in the right direction. Yeah, it's not a bakery, but they still deal in some baked goods—and truck bread in daily from Philly apparently!—so I think we should be grateful for that small crumb (ha!).
Both the Post and the City Paper have some recentish write-ups, and they appear to describe Gourmet Taylor as a quality hip establishment. I haven't tried it yet, but any new retail option enticing enough to get me out of my usual neighborhood circuit is enough for my Buzzworthy list. Hmmm, sounds like the perfect solution for the upcoming barrage of Spring picnics (if Spring ever decides to show its allergy-ridden face.)
Rating: n/a
Recommended: not yet tried
Taylor Gourmet
1116 H St NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 684-7001Tuesday, January 27, 2009
The Invasion of Pho & Shawarma?
The explosion of diverse, cheap food options Northwest DC continues, this time bringing not just one but 4 new locations of Pho and Shawarma spots (not all together)! Now all we need is a Camelot in Adams Morgan, and Sir Noshalot won't leave the neighborhood.
Holy Shawarmymuthu (Tamil joke...)
In Adams Morgan, two Shawarma options have recently appeared, helping cement Adams Morgan as the most well-rounded and inexpensive dining neighborhood. You can go from Brazilian to Drag Queen brunches to Himalayan in just a few blocks. Take that Crystal City.
Scooped from Prince of Petworth, Shawarma Spot is right in the middle of the neigbhorhood, taking over the once-anticipated but short-lived hot dog den, M'Dawg (which closed I think because of a dispute among its operators, and also because it wasn't worth the prices).
A little bit further along Columbia is Shawarma King, which looks polished from the pics. Let's hope both places are able to survive!
Shawarma Spot
2418 18th St
Washington, DC 20009
Shawarma King
1654 Columbia Road
Washington, DC 20009
Pho 5839101234340981
There are plenty of good pho options across the Potomac in VA, but the few places scattered around DC aren't terribly good, which is why the introduction of these new places in Metro-accessible neighborhoods is exciting.
Saigon Bistro on P Street in Dupont seems a little pricey from their menu and for pho, but some early tasting by Miss Crotchety suggests that Saigon Bistro could be worth it.
Meanwhile, over in Columbia Heights, Pho 14 will be opening soon (Feb?).
2 pho and 2 shawarma places within walking distance could mean my weekend lunch plans for the next few months are set. Coincidence that they're all opening with a new regime change in town?
Saigon Bistro
2153 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20037 (Dupont Circle)
Pho 14 (not yet open)
Near Park & 14th St NW
Washington, DC (Columbia Heights)
Holy Shawarmymuthu (Tamil joke...)
In Adams Morgan, two Shawarma options have recently appeared, helping cement Adams Morgan as the most well-rounded and inexpensive dining neighborhood. You can go from Brazilian to Drag Queen brunches to Himalayan in just a few blocks. Take that Crystal City.
Scooped from Prince of Petworth, Shawarma Spot is right in the middle of the neigbhorhood, taking over the once-anticipated but short-lived hot dog den, M'Dawg (which closed I think because of a dispute among its operators, and also because it wasn't worth the prices).
A little bit further along Columbia is Shawarma King, which looks polished from the pics. Let's hope both places are able to survive!
Shawarma Spot
2418 18th St
Washington, DC 20009
Shawarma King
1654 Columbia Road
Washington, DC 20009
Pho 5839101234340981
There are plenty of good pho options across the Potomac in VA, but the few places scattered around DC aren't terribly good, which is why the introduction of these new places in Metro-accessible neighborhoods is exciting.
Saigon Bistro on P Street in Dupont seems a little pricey from their menu and for pho, but some early tasting by Miss Crotchety suggests that Saigon Bistro could be worth it.
Meanwhile, over in Columbia Heights, Pho 14 will be opening soon (Feb?).
2 pho and 2 shawarma places within walking distance could mean my weekend lunch plans for the next few months are set. Coincidence that they're all opening with a new regime change in town?
Saigon Bistro
2153 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20037 (Dupont Circle)
Pho 14 (not yet open)
Near Park & 14th St NW
Washington, DC (Columbia Heights)
Monday, January 26, 2009
Untried But True
These are supposedly good places—old and new—that we haven't had a chance to check out yet. Hopefully we'll get around to it someday and these spots will be worthy of our awesome praise:
DC
HOWARD
Negril (Jamaican)
2301-G Georgia Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 332-3737
DC
HOWARD
Negril (Jamaican)
2301-G Georgia Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 332-3737
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