Bourdain is coming! Bourdain is coming!
Actually, to be specific, Bourdain already came, saw, and was molested by Jose Andres. Or, at least, that’s what the commercials currently being shown on the Travel Channel imply. (A key moment? Andres pushing Bourdain’s head, pimp-style, into a carton of peaches at the Penn Quarter farmer’s market and shouting, [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘local secrets’
November 3, 2008
Bethesda Sushi Wars, Part 4: Aji Nippon
Do you recognize the name Aji Nippon? Despite the fact that I’ve been prowling the streets of Bethesda on my own for over 10 years now (ohhhh, I’m having an “old” moment), I had never even really noticed this gem of a sushi restaurant. Tucked into the corner next to the Post Office on Arlington [...]
April 9, 2008
Bye Bye Beignets…
The gumbo-serving, oyester-frying, coffee-pouring Bethesda institution, Louisiana Express, has closed after 20+ years in the business. There hasn’t been a more formal announcement than the simple sign on the front door that says “Closed” and the giant “FOR LEASE” sign in the window which I encountered on Sunday morning when I went for what I [...]
February 28, 2008
Veggie Tales: Eating Local, Days 2 and 3
Ok, so things seem to be back on track. Tuesday, my second day, saw me return entirely to local eating; for lunch I had, well, nothing really because I was so jacked up on coffee (bought from Quartermine Roasters, based in Rockville, MD), but when I got home I took those delicious bunches of arugula [...]
February 24, 2008
Veggie Tales: One Week of Eating Local-Only
So recently I made a decision about meat. Not that I was going to stop eating it — heavens, no — but that I was no longer going to buy it from grocery stories if I could help it. If I did have to go to a store, I would buy fresh from the meat [...]
October 26, 2007
Mambo Italiano: Olazzo
I don’t know how many people who come to this blog (40 of you came yesterday! Wow!!) are actually from DC, but if you’re from around here you know the past two days have featured some seriously craptacular weather. It’s cold (good: it’s October); it’s steadily raining (bad: I hate being damp and I left [...]
September 29, 2007
Matzoh Ball Soup for the Ailing Soul: Parkway Deli
So, folks, I got the flu. That’s right, the flu, in September. Don’t I feel special. It’s been a pretty miserable four days, with a lot of moaning and sleeping and gulping of various over the counter medicines. And, then there was the matzoh ball soup.
The Parkway Deli, located on Grubb Road in Silver Spring, [...]
September 4, 2007
Dim Sum Yum Yum
Hello, everyone! I hope you all had fabulous Labor Day weekends with burgers and hotdogs and some form of kickball. Work sucks, doesn’t it?
So last night I was watching No Reservations as usual, because if I can’t travel all around the world to eat then Anthony Bourdain will have to do it for me. Last [...]
August 16, 2007
Hidden Treasure: Bethesda Flea Market
I don’t know how many DC-ites venture out of the city on a regular basis, but I would feel comfortable saying that of all the places they go, Bethesda is toward the top of the list. That has mostly to do with the fact that Bethesda has an absolutely absurd number of restaurants (go here [...]
August 12, 2007
24 Hour Middle Eastern Fix: DC Cafe
I can’t tell if DC Cafe is a local secret anymore or not. Located at 2035 P Street, at the heart of Dupont Circle, it’s surrounded on all sides by late night coffeehouses and fine(r) dining restaurants. But its purple neon sign is on 24 hours a day, and after the awful stumble out of [...]
