Dining In Dc – Food and Restaurant Blog

You’re Invited: Saturday Night Sips to Benefit Martha’s Table and DC Central Kitchen.

Join the Social Epicurean (and myself) for a cocktail reception on January 22nd to benefit Martha’s Table and DC Central Kitchen. Saturday Night Sips is celebrating the contribution young people make in fighting hunger both locally and nationally. The event will be co-hosted by Alice Waters, Joan Nathan, and Jose Andres. There will be tastes from the area’s hottest young chefs, specialty drinks...

DC Restaurant Week Lunch at Vidalia

FOOD: FOR KIDS: COST: VIDALIA1990 M Street, NW On Monday afternoon my friend and former co-worker and I ventured into the city to have lunch at Vidalia. Neither of us have ever been there before, so was really looking forward to it. Vidalia has been open since Spring 1993 and has continued to receive accolades from local and national authorities, including being listed annually as one of Washington’s...

Washingtonian’s 100 Very Best Restaurant List 2009

The Washingtonian’s 100 Very Best Restaurants Issue is out! This is the first year that I can remember that it has come out in February. The Inauguration apparently was a big enough event this year in Washington to take over the most anticipated issue of the Washingtonian, The 100 Very Best Restaurants Issue. If I knew then what I know now, I would have been prodding Todd Kliman a lot more about...

Pho 75

Last night a friend of mine, Justin Trawick, organized a get-to-gether with friends at Pho 75 in Arlington. It’s located at 1721 Wilson Blvd in Arlington. It’s right next door to the new Ray’s Hell Burger, which I am dying to try also. I’ve been dieting and really trying to watch what I have been eating. I looked up on the internet the calories and fat of Pho. It doesn’t...

Mais Oui, Brasserie Beck!

For Ben and I’s 5 year wedding anniversary, we canceled the reservation to Citronelle and decided to go to Brasserie Beck instead. Located at 1101 K Street, NW Executive Chef/Owner Robert Wiedmaier of Marcel’s has opened a less formal, more casual, contemporary restaurant named after his younger son, Beck. The dining room features an open steel and glass kitchen visible from three sides,...

Celebration at Liberty Tavern

I got a new job! New digs is always a cause for celebration, especially being able to land a new job in the middle of a recession, especially one that pays significantly more money. My husband suggested that we go to dinner to celebrate. My husband is always very supportive and thinks that my happiness is crucial. So of course I consulted Opentable.com. Since it was a Friday night, and late notice,...

Dining in DC Wish List and Mother's Day (May 11)

So there are lots of opportunities to celebrate by dining out each year. For me, the big ones are my wedding anniversary (Dec.), my birthday (Jan.), Valentines’s Day (Feb.), Mother’s Day (May), my husband’s birthday (Nov.) and then were back around to another year. In Dec 2007 my husband and I went to Le Paradou (see review) for our wedding anniversary. For my birthday, I went to...

Oya!

So tonight I’ll be dining at Oya (777 9th St. NW), the sushi/american restaurant in DC’s Penn Quarter. It’s my first dinner in DC since the new baby has been born; that’s 6 weeks, to be exact. I don’t know a lot about this place, so I decided to do some research. So far I have been able to find out that Oya’s “co-chefs” Jonathan Seningen from Le Paradou...

Dining Review: CityZen

A delayed review. I’ve been a bit busy with the new baby and new house, but I wanted to write before I forgot about my big Birthday dinner. CityZen was rated #2 by Washingtonian and Executive Chef, Eric Ziebold was voted in Food & Wine magazine as one of ‘America’s best New Chef’s’ and the restaurant one of the ‘Hottest Restaurants in the World’. Washingtonians knew that CityZen...

The 2008 100 Very Best List — It’s Here!!

The most anticipated edition of the Washingtonian has been bestowed upon DC Foodies. DC area restaurant goers have anxiously awaited the release of the Washingtonian’s 100 Very Best Restaurant List in the latest issue (January 2008). There have been quite a few changes. First off, this issue introduces a scale for service in addition to the traditionally used star system for culinary experience....

Le Paradou.

Saturday night, my husband and I went to Le Paradou, located on Indiana Ave, NW in Washington, DC, to celebrate our wedding anniversary. Of course whenever there is a special occasion, I consult Washingtonian’s 100 Very Best Restaurant List and then go to Opentable.com to see who has a table available. My methodology of choosing a restaurant is always lengthy and extremely critical. At first...

October 2007 Washingtonian. I'm Published!!!

Can you believe it?I was reading my October 2007 issue of the Washingtonian that just came in the mail and quite to my surprise, a portion of my posting on Todd Kliman’s online chat on Tuesday’s was in the magazine! On page 169 you can see it… It was my July 12, 2007 posting. You can also read it in my archives of my blog. Here was the orginal coversation: Alexandria, VA: Todd, I...

I'm BACK! Another Blog with Washingtonian's Todd Kliman.

So after being away from my blog and also Todd Kliman’s weekly online chat, I am Back! This was my question that I posted to Todd. Even though Todd wasn’t much help, a fellow chogger chimed in and made a comment. That’s below. I’ll let you know how my dinner went tomorrow (time permitting). Washington, DC: Todd, This evening an old co-worker/friend of mine and I are meeting...

Todd Kliman the Governor of DC Foodies…

So on Tuesday at 11 a.m., I participated in another chat with Todd Kliman, Editor of the Washingtonian Food Section. I wanted to write in and follow-up with him about my experience on U Street. I didn’t get to hit any of his recommendations but I did talk about my visit to Etete. Read below. Alexandria, VA: Todd, I wanted to follow-up with you about where I went to dinner before Justin Trawick’s...