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March 30, 2012
Tidbits | Journal Sentinel- Milwaukee Most restaurants aren't hanging up cellphones By Jan Uebelherr of the Journal SentinelMarch 30, 2012 Whenit comes to policing use of cellphones and similar devices at his restaurants, Joe Bartolotta applies what he calls the "screaming child" principle. "If a guy's on the phone screaming at somebody and it becomes disruptive, we...
March 28, 2012
Members in the News | Summer Fancy Food Show Returns to Washington, D.C.Local Food Makers, International Producers to Present 180,000 ProductsNew York, N.Y. (March 26, 2012) – The Summer Fancy Food Show returns to Washington, D.C., with the latest in chocolate, cheese, olive oil, spices, snacks and natural and organic products from 2,400 food artisans and entrepreneurs from across the U.S. and around the world....
March 28, 2012
Members in the News | DC Magazine Food Drink Dish George W. Stone A Moveable Feast Todd Gray’s on fire—and this time, it didn’t happen overnight.As you’ve been supping on Todd Gray’s Virginia Piedmont cuisine at Equinox, his 13-year-old dining destination near the White House, he’s been quietly burning the midnight oil. Or, maybe not so quietly, if...
March 27, 2012
Members in the News | The Washington Post First Person Singular: Bob Materazzi, 63, owner, Shelly’s Back Room, Washington By Amanda Long, Published: March 22I had been in the hotel industry since I got out of the Marines in 1970. I was 50 when I left Marriott and wasn’t ready to retire. I did what every middle-age man wants to do: bought a bar. I knew nothing about cigars. I was a smoker...
March 21, 2012
Members in the News | Italian Pizza Authority Officially Presents il Canale with Certification at Vegas’ Pizza Convention Top brass of the Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletena presented Joe Farruggio, owner of il Canale in Georgetown, with its official Neapolitan pizza certificate at the International Pizza Expo in Las Vegas. The award was presented on March 14 by VPN General Director Massimo Di Porzio...
March 19, 2012
Members in the News | Eater DC Barack Obama Celebrated St Patrick's Day at The Dubliner Monday, March 19, 2012, by Amy McKeever The Dubliner is now the latest local establishment to get the Obama bump after President Barack Obama stopped into the Irish pubfor a pint of Guinness on St. Patrick's Day. He brought along his Irishcousin and the owner of the pub that Obama visited last year on a trip to...
March 19, 2012
Members in the News | Chef Brian Duffy, the reigning TODAY Irish cook-off champion, battles Chef Cathal Armstrong for this year’s challenge, in which they demonstrate their own take on the conventional corned beef and cabbage recipe. Watch it here.
March 18, 2012
Tidbits | Over 100 Restaurants Celebrate 100 Years of Cherry Trees withCherry Picks Cuisine and CocktailsTuesday March 20 - Friday April 27, 2012 Regional restaurants once againcelebrate the Festival by serving cherry-blossom and spring-inspired CherryPicks cuisine and cocktails throughout the nation’s greatest springtimecelebration.During the five-weekspecial Centennial Festival, diners will...
March 12, 2012
Members in the News | The New York Times In Transit: A Guide to Intelligent Travel March 10, 2012 Worth the Cost of the Trip for the Ropa Vieja Alone By Elaine GlusacCuba LibreIn the year since restrictions on travel to Cuba were eased for those on cultural exchange itineraries,new trips to the island have focused on art, history and music. Now there’s one for foodies.Guillermo Pernot, the...
March 9, 2012
Members in the News | The Washington PostAfter 5 eateries, restaurateurs go retail with ‘Society Fair’By Olga Khazan, March 2, 2012 Meshelle Armstrong and her husband Cathal operate five restaurants in Alexandria — ranging from the boisterous gastro-tavern Virtue to the four-star Restaurant Eve. So it surprises some loyal patrons that the team’s newest addition, Society Fair, isn’t a...
March 6, 2012
Press Release | 2100 Prime Participates in Virginia's Love by the Glass Promotion Only Washington, DC Restaurant Participating 2100 Prime, home of the Capital Wine Festival...
February 29, 2012
Comment period on vending regulations ends: Businesses, including restaurants, raise serious and sub
Legislation | Comment period onvending regulations ends: Businesses, including restaurants, raise serious andsubstantive concerns about proposed regulations WASHINGTON, DC (March 1,2012) – Today marked the end of a nearly 6 week period during which theDepartment of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) accepted commentsconcerning proposed regulations to govern vending, including food trucks, inthe...
February 29, 2012
Members in the News | Noted Chef José Andrés to Host sofi™ Awards for Outstanding Specialty Foods of 2012Speaking Fee to be Donated to World Central Kitchen and DC Central KitchenNew York, N.Y. (Feb. 15, 2012) – Chef José Andrés will host the 40th annual sofi™ Awards to be presented at the Summer Fancy Food Show in Washington, D.C. Named “Outstanding Chef...
February 29, 2012
Legislation | The New York Times Even the A Students Sometimes Break Health Rules February 28 2012 By GLENN COLLINS FOR Sushi Yasuda,the exalted Midtown shrine to the pristine purity of raw sliced fish, posting anything less than the top grade of A from the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would seem like a skull and crossbones in the window. But every time they...
February 27, 2012
Legislation | D.C. Council to Move on Bill That Would Make Food Trucks Charge Sales Tax dcistFebruary 28, 2012 On the same day this week that a 30-day comment period for new rules on the city's food trucks closes, a D.C. Council committee will mark-up legislation that would force the city's increasingly popular four-wheeled vendors to charge sales taxes. This Thursday the Committee...
