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May 28, 2012
Members in the News | By David Hagedorn for The Washington Post Look closely into the open kitchens of Washington’s Elisir, Mintwood Place and Rogue 24, and Baltimore’s Wit and Wisdom. You’ll spot excellent visual representations, side by side, of two recent trends in American restaurant cookery: the emergence of modern technique and the rebirth of rustic, home-style cooking.At first, traditional...
May 25, 2012
Members in the News | Here's the early list of vendors.By Anna Spiegel, as published on Washingtonian.com - May 23, 2012There's been a quiet buzz around the transformation of Union Market --formerly known as the historic Florida Avenue or Centre Market--since developer Edens signed on to the project in 2007. Delays due to the economy and a fire pushed the project back, but now the opening is finally approaching in...
May 24, 2012
Members in the News | By Tim Carman, Food Reporter for The Washington Post Jeff Black, the restaurateur who has given us such places at BlackSalt in the Palisades and Addie’sin Rockville, really hates it when journalists and bloggers refer to his expanding restaurant “empire.” It’s kind of hard to blame him: Just Google “Jeff Black” and “restaurant empire,” and check...
May 15, 2012
Press Release | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Betsy Allman, Policy Advisor202.331.5990 or betsy@ramw.org Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington...
May 14, 2012
Legislation | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Betsy Allman, Policy Advisor202.331.5990 or betsy@ramw.org Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington...
May 10, 2012
Members in the News | At CityZen, chefs cook up sweet movesBy Sarah Kaufman, TheWashingtonPost.com, May 2012 First in an occasional series. Great kitchens match drill-field precision with gestural art. The best cooks possess a soldier’s obedience and a dancer’s grace, transcending the dangers with meditative beauty. “I fell in love with Eric when I saw him move in the kitchen,”...
May 1, 2012
Tidbits | April 2012 Click to view the Southern Living and Metrocurean DC Summer Guide
May 1, 2012
Tidbits | latimes.com Upscale restaurants are dressing down to attract younger people, fine restaurants dispense with pristine, quiet formality, revamp their menus, update their decor and extend their hours. By Tiffany Hsu, Los Angeles TimesApril 29, 2012 Water Grill, with its attentive servers, white tablecloths and hushed formality, was long a stalwart of L.A.'s old-guard...
May 1, 2012
Members in the News | April 24, 2012 This week’s !Chef is Enzo Fargione of Elisir! ! Chef Enzo FargioneGrowing up in Torino, Italy, Chef Enzo learned to love cooking via his mother’s example at a very early age and has never stopped. At fourteen, he enrolled in The Professional Culinary Institute in Turin, Italy and finished at the top of his class. In 1986, after having workedin numerous...
April 29, 2012
Press Release | WASHINGTON, DC (April 30th, 2012) – The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) is excited to announce this year’s recipient of the Duke Zeibert Capital Achievement Award, former Mayor of the District of Columbia, Anthony A. Williams. The Duke Zeibert Capital Achievement Award was presented this evening at The Hamilton in downtown Washington, DC. Introduced by...
April 29, 2012
Tidbits | April 30, 2012 By JESSE McKINLEY A collection of some of California’s best-known chefs, including four-star celebrities like Thomas Keller,began a full-course press on the state’s legislators on Monday, hoping to prevent a long-simmering ban on foie gras from taking effect on July 1. The group, which calls itself the Coalition for Humane and...
April 22, 2012
Members in the News | by David Hagedorn for Capitol File It’s the Thursday afternoon before Christmas, and even though the rest of downtown Washington is deserted from the annual holiday exodus, The Bombay Club is packed and brimming with activity. Even at 1:45 PM, congresspeople, media honchos, lobbyists, and lawyers continue to arrive at the host stand, where restaurant manager Irfan Ozarslan has...
April 16, 2012
Legislation | RAMW Backs Mayor’s Budget Proposal to Extend Alcohol Service Hours in Testimony Provided DC Council Committee Three years ago, between January 17 and 21, 2009, the nation’s capital hosted an unprecedented number of visitors for the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Also unprecedented was the emergency legislationapproved by the D.C. Council allowing for extended alcoholic...
April 3, 2012
Members in the News | Food & Wine came out with their annual list of “Best New Chefs 2012” this week and chose Equinox’s Executive Chef Karen Nicolas as one of 12 rising stars in America. Nicolas was the only chef chosen from Washington, DC and from the Mid-Atlantic region. RAMW member Equinox is no stranger to recognition; the restaurant won three RAMMY Awards and was a finalists...
April 3, 2012
Members in the News | Food and Wine came out with their annual list of “Best New Chefs 2012” this week and chose Equinox’s Executive Chef Karen Nicolas as one of 12 rising stars in America. Nicolas was the only chef chosen from Washington, DC and from the Mid-Atlantic region. RAMW member Equinox is no stranger to recognition; the restaurant won three RAMMY Awards and was a finalists in six...
