Dining In Dc – Food and Restaurant Blog

Warm Up with Slurpable Cuisine by Soupergirl

There is no better complement to winter weather then warm delicious soup. Just in time for the frosty months, enjoy Soupergirl’s slurpable cuisine and enjoy a healthy and hearty bowl of winter’s perfect comfort food. It’s that time of year. Runny noses. The sniffles.  The drizzles. Listen to your Mama and get some soup! Even better, get a Soupscription! Soupergirl (314 Carroll...

Things to Do with Guests in Town

Do you have guests in town for the Holidays? Check out this listing of fun (and often FREE) things to do this weekend,  December 23-26th. Friday, December 23 – Monday, December 26, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm – Seasons Greenings – The annual holiday exhibition includes poinsettias aplenty and model trains swirling around plant based replicas of DC landmarks. Location: U.S. Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland...

DC Restaurant Week Best Bets Neighborhood Guide

As your friendly neighborhood DC Restaurant Week expert, this week I’ve already posted about this year’s newcomers, restaurants offering live music, a listing of participating restaurants menus and extensions (still growing), and of course, my Top 20 Picks. While most hardcore foodies know the supremo spots in the area, some don’t always know the good neighborhood joints where so...

A Weekend Getaway to Historic Frederick, MD

After being married almost eight years, my husband and I finally decided to take a special trip to celebrate our wedding anniversary.  With two kids (ages seven and three), we don’t often get the opportunity to disappear for a week or even a weekend. If you have kids, then you can relate.  If we were going to be able to get away, then we needed a place that didn’t take half of a day...

Food Writing 101: A Workshop for Aspiring Foodies

Have you ever wondered how blogs like Dining in DC get started? Do you consider yourself a decent writer or would like to learn how? Have you ever thought to yourself, “I can do that!” Nevin Martell, a fellow blogger and food writer, someone who I trust and also consider a friend is  leading a workshop on food writing at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda next spring — Food Writing...

Cava Grill Opens in Bethesda: Good Quality Food in a Fast, Casual setting.

Cava Mezze, the team behind the delicious Greek-inspired restaurants, Cava with locations on Capitol Hill, Clarendon, VA and Rockville, MD, have opened their first fast-casual concept, Cava Grill on Tuesday, January 18th, at 4832 Bethesda. Ave. in Bethesda, MD. The grill has opened in the Bethesda Row storefront formerly occupied by Marvelous Market, the same block where Chicken Out closed in December. Founders...

Nando’s Peri-Peri opens in Silver Spring.

Nando’s Restaurants have locations in 34 countries on five continents around the world, launching in Washington DC on 7th Street, NE in July 2008. Nando’s Peri-Peri’s location in downtown, Silver Spring (924 Ellsworth Dr.) is now open. You can catch a waft of their legendary Flame-Grilled Chicken from the sidewalk passing by. It’s tempting especially when you see there is a line...