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October 18, 2012
Members in the News | By Sharon McLoon, Del Ray Patch October 16, 2012The Alexandria Circuit Court has dismissed the Old Dominion Boat Club’s dispute over Wales Alley, allowing Virtue Feed & Grain to lease and expand the area for outdoor dining.“We are certainly disappointed in the Circuit Court’s dismissal of this case,” said Miles Holtzman, president of the Old Dominion Boat Club. “...
October 15, 2012
Members in the News | By Christine Haughney , The New York Times October 8, 2012IT’S been belabored in women’s magazines and among women themselves that eating foods like bread can lead to social isolation, a dormant love life and belly fat that could sentence women to a wardrobe of muumuus. There have been knocks, too, on avocados, egg yolks and the ever-menacing blueberry muffin.Enlarge This ImageRuth...
October 5, 2012
Members in the News | Posted October 5, 2012Washington's own, Chef Roberto Donna (Al Dente) dubbed Esquire Magazine "Chef of the Year." Read the full story.
September 28, 2012
Members in the News | By Amy McKeever, DC EaterSeptember 28, 2012Here now is the first look inside Fuego Cocina y Tequileria, which aims to open its doors in Clarendon next week, possibly as early as Wednesday. This latest project from Passion Food Hospitality follows quickly on the heels of year-old sister restaurants District Commons and Burger, Tap and Shake. It's also the very first time the restaurant group has...
September 27, 2012
Members in the News | By Chris Richards , The Washington Post September 28, 2012 If you want some God with your grits, plan to show up around 9 a.m.That’s when the line starts forming for the first of two gospel brunches held each Sunday at the Hamilton, a nightclub that opened in December in the shell of a shuttered Borders bookstore on 14th and F streets NW. Queues used to wrap around this corner in the...
September 26, 2012
Members in the News | By Jessica Sidman , Washington City Paper September 27, 2012In the fall of 2007, Spike Mendelsohn told everyone he knew he was traveling in Vietnam for six weeks.In reality, the chef of Good Stuff Eatery and We The Pizza was in Chicago filming Season 4 of Top Chef. The story seemed plausible: He was cooking Vietnamese food at Mai House in New York at the time and often ventured to parts of...
September 19, 2012
Members in the News | By Missy Frederick , Washington Business JournalSeptember 20, 2012 Rosslyn's Santa Fe Cafe is closing its doors after 24 years in business.The restaurant is losing its lease, and couldn't afford the prospect of both increased rent and a relocation within its existing building, according to owner Kip Laramie. The building at 1500 Wilson Blvd. is being renovated by landlord Penzance, and the leases...
September 18, 2012
Members in the News | By Missy Frederick , Washington Business Journal September 19, 2012Three D.C. chefs will appear on the next season of "Top Chef," including one whose upcoming restaurant opening is being chronicled by the Washington Business Journal over the next year.Bravo TV has selected Belga Cafe and B Too's Bart Vandaele, along with Seasonal Pantry's Dan O'Brien and personal chef Jeffrey Jew, to...
September 18, 2012
Members in the News | By Emily Luchetti , Inside Scoop SFSeptember 19, 2012When I was recently in Washington DC for the Chefs’ State Department reception I took the metro to Arlington, VA to visit David Guas’ bakery. David is originally from New Orleans. Luckily for those in Arlington you can take the boy out of New Orleans but you can’t take New Orleans out of the boy. His bakery, Bayou Bakery, is a...
September 18, 2012
Members in the News | By Missy Frederick , Washington Business JournalSeptember 19, 2012 Fuel Pizza has signed a lease near Howard University, according to the broker who represents the pizzeria.Fuel will occupy about 2,300 square feet at 2301 Georgia Ave. NW, next door to a new Potbelly's location. It will be the third Fuel spot, following its other D.C. restaurants at 1606 K St. NW and 600 F St. NW.Fuel entered the...
September 17, 2012
Legislation | By J.D. Harrison , Washington Post, Capital BusinessSeptember 17, 2012Washington’s food truck owners will soon operate under an improved tax system, but they are still waiting for the city to approve additional changes to long-standing regulations they say were meant for old-fashioned ice cream trucks and make life unnecessarily complicated for today’s mobile vendors.Starting next...
September 16, 2012
Members in the News | Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2012) - La Forchetta, the new Italian hot spot owned by restaurateur Hakan Ilhan, is pleased to announce a new distinctive name for the authentic neighborhood oasis, Al Dente. Executive Chef Roberto Donna will continue to provide guests with his legendary cuisine with the same menu and prices, serving lunch, dinner and weekend brunch on both Saturday and Sunday....
September 15, 2012
Members in the News | By Thomas Heath , Washington Post, Capital Business September 16, 2012It is 10 a.m. on a late summer Wednesday, and the metabolism at the Matchbox restaurant at 7th and H Street NW in downtown Washington is accelerating to meet the impending lunch crowd.General Manager John Wyman has been there since 7 a.m., checking the food supply, straightening picture frames, adjusting seats, herding tardy...
September 13, 2012
Members in the News | By Sarah Crosland, DC magazine August 27, 2012 It’s hard to miss the South Carolina-based EDENS development group around DC these days. The lingering recession may have slowed some of the group’s markets in the rest of the country, but in the District, business is booming. And from freshening up suburban strip malls to creating urban destinations, like the highly anticipated Union...
September 10, 2012
Members in the News | By Sharon McLoone , Old Town Alexandria Patch September 11, 2012 Eat Good Food Group Chef Cathal Armstrong has been named “Business Leader of the Year” by the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce.Chef Armstrong was selected for the chamber’s top business award as a “result of the enormous respect he receives within the business community for his dedication and exemplary...
