Stanton & Greene, just a few blocks from the Capitol on Pennsylvania Avenue, is taking inspiration from its location in the heart of Capitol Hill and relaunching itself as a craft cocktail bar celebrating the history, heritage and flavors of these United States. The centerpiece of this rebranding is a new cocktail menu that consists of two historical recipes…
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Weekend East City Event Round Up: Pottery on the Hill Edition
Friday, October 31 CHAW – 5:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Celebrate Halloween on the Hill with CHAW, Eastern Market, and the DC Public Library. Events include arts activities, music, trick-or-treating for art, and much more for kids of all ages. For more information about HILLoween, click here. All events will be taking place at…
Tune Inn’s Beer-Battered Burger: The Best Worst Decision of My Week
Americans get a third of their calories from hamburgers. That is a truth-fact. I try to limit myself to one a week, which means that I’m not holding up my end of the national average and I’m forcing a lot of people to eat more burgers than they probably want to. But what I lack…
Hell’s Kitchen(s)
Extra, extra! Read all about it! Yesterday’s news! Step right up, ladies and germs! Recently-reviewed Hook in Georgetown suffered a catastrophic two-alarm fire yesterday, causing nearly a million dollars in damage and rendering it closed for an extended period of time. We’re talking months. Neighboring restaurant Tackle Box suffered some damage as well, and will…
Ode to Bikram
My body aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My senses, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains Ninety minutes past, and the instructor’s words had sunk: ‘Tis not through envy of that happy lot, But being too happy in feeling next to nothing, That thou, plane of…
Hidden Gem: Bistro Italiano
I thought that Schneider’s of Capitol Hill and The White Tiger were the only destinations worth a visit at the intersection of 3rd, Massachusetts Ave and D Streets NE. How wrong I was. How wrong we all were. But if you’re not a local, you could be excused for missing Bistro Italiano at 320 D Street NE….
DC Style Is Real 