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New DC Restaurant: Adour
October 31, 2008 at 12:00 PM | 0 Comments
While everyone else is in the mood for cheap eats these days, DC is said to be recession-proof, since everyone there works for the federal government or one of the political parties, and none of those are going out of business anytime soon. (Well, the Republicans might be on the verge.)
For now, DC politicos of all stripes are still enjoying their power lunches and dinners, so they're pretty excited to finally get a restaurant from culinary powerhouse Alain Ducasse. The French cooking idol behind New York's Adour and 21 other restaurants around the world recently opened a second outpost of Adour at the St. Regis Hotel on K Street.
The restaurant is as opulent as you might expect, with a David Rockwell-designed interior complete with stainless steel wine vaults. Ducasse's signature French cuisine doesn’t do any new tricks here, but the duck- and seafood-heavy menu of $40-plus entrees should keep DC's expense accounts busy.
Related Stories:
· Adour [Official Site]
· About That New Eiffel Tower Restaurant [Jaunted]
· New DC Restaurants coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Adour]
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New DC Restaurant: Founding Farmers
September 19, 2008 at 12:00 PM | 0 Comments
The Capital has a new temple of organic-local-sustainable-seasonal eating: Founding Farmers restaurant, which opened this week on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Chef Graham Duncan's restaurant was designed to meet LEED green standards, and the food celebrates local farmers and considers carbon footprints at every turn.
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New DC Restaurant: Nando's Peri-Peri
August 28, 2008 at 12:30 PM | 0 Comments
Fast food restaurants usually start in America and then make their slow, unhealthy crawl across the globe, so it's nice to see the rare occurrence of an international chain encroaching on these shores. Nando's Peri-Peri is South Africa's most popular chain restaurant--well, after KFC and McDonald's--and recently opened its first stateside branch in DC's Gallery Place neighborhood.
The namesake Portuguese-East African peri-peri sauce is made from a spicy red chili and can be found on tables throughout South Africa and Mozambique; it's smothered on grilled chicken here. The menu has been Americanized just a bit, with additions like a steak sandwich and a portobello wrap, but the browned spicy chicken is certifiably how they do it in SA.
Need another reason to pass by this crowded neighborhood's other fast food options? Nando's has Portuguese beer, and wine by the glass and bottle.
Related Stories:
· Nando's Peri-Peri [Official Site]
· New DC Restaurant: Commonwealth Gastropub [Jaunted]
· Washington, DC Travel coverage [Jaunted]
[Photo: Nando's]
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New DC Restaurant: Commonwealth Gastropub
August 21, 2008 at 10:30 AM | 0 Comments
Northwest DC's Columbia Heights--which only two years ago was a dead zone for restaurants, save a scattering of Salvadoran holes-in-the-wall--is suddenly the District's hottest new spot for eats. New restaurants in the neighborhood include comfort food spot The Heights, hipster bar and grill Red Derby, brick oven pizzeria Red Rocks and Latino tapas restaurant Rumbero's.
