Spork and Knife

It’s funny how things happen in life.
I spent last weekend in Cincinnati celebrating various graduations, when a fellow food lover insisted I try Cinci’s new Pinkberry look-a-like, Yagoot.

You know Pinkberry, the frozen yogurt store that the celebrities have gone crazy over. (It’s ok to admit. We all sneak a peak at […]

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Another year older. Wow, allow me to utter the phrase that everybody in the known universe says at least once a year…
Where does the time go? (This is clearly a rhetorical question, so please no fancy-pants physics arguments here.)
It feels like just yesterday I was wandering the sidewalks of Cleveland Park when I spastically […]

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It’s inevitable in Washington, D.C.
If you live here long enough you will go to quite a few good-bye dinners. People flock to the nation’s capitol with visions of saving the world and one by one they leave the city for grad school, a higher paying-less hours job or they are fueled by […]

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This post has been a long time in the making. Months ago I attended a Balducci’s food demonstration hosted by none-other-than Zaytinyia’s Head Chef, Mike Isabella. We chopped and chatted for quite a few hours (AKA Chef Isabella was nice enough to put up with my 10,000 questions), he talked about his […]

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Most of us think of Chinese take-out as sauce laden, msg heavy and perfect as a midnight snack.  (And basically any other time of the day)  And nothing is a better stress relief than opening those four little flaps, digging in to the various treasures your chopsticks find and snuggling up on the couch with the […]

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There’s nothing like walking into a restaurant and feeling yourself transported to another world. Instantly you relax, sit down and let the day catch up to you. A good restaurant can make you feel all of these things. The theme envelopes and transports you on a mini vacation…the 2-3 hour kind.
My goal for RW this […]

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Now that the beginning of the year has finally calmed down and I’ve stopped playing catch up (don’t you HATE the after holiday catch up!), I’ve been able to resume my daily routines and start to once again notice my surroundings rather than sprint quickly from one place to the next trying to […]

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Hidden amongst a nail salon, Fed Ex store and an out-of-service movie theater lies an Upper Northwest gem. 
From the outside, Cafe Ole doesn’t garner as much as a second glance.  Uninformed passers by think it’s just another Mexican restaurant or ho-hum cafe.  Little do they know that once inside the doors you’ll find a small brightly colored […]

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For years I have wondered when somebody was going to catch on to the fact that some of us enjoy a good salad as a quick meal.  Fast doesn’t have to mean fried and recently businesses in DC have caught on. 
On top of Sweetgreen in Georgetown, the New York base Chop’t has made its way to our […]

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There are always those nights when you feel like heading out on the town, but keeping it low key.  You don’t want to dress up, so the new hot spot is out of the question (The Source) and you don’t want anything too quick, which leads a lot of people into the Chinese, Thai, etc. category. 
D […]

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There is an endless debate in Washington about which sushi restaurant deserves the title of the city’s best.  Kaz Sushi, Sushi Taro and Sushi Ko are consistently named amongst my sushi loving friends as the top spots.  Since one of them is not too far from home, I decided to check it out.
 Touted as “Washington’s […]

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I make it a point to focus on the positives when writing about a restaurant because I appreciate and can only imagine the large amount of work and effort that goes into running such a business. 
So rather than try to fathom why hoards and hoards of people continue to participate in the cattle call that is Lauriol Plaza, waiting […]

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Who doesn’t love a good roadtrip?  Well, a lot of people but I’m not one of them!  There’s nothing like getting on the open road-just you, some good music, hopefully some entertaining driving companions, insanely cheesy car trip games and best of all-the excuse to eat roadtrip food!  I’m talking bags of gummi bears, circus peanuts, […]

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Nothing is better than leaving a restaurant and feeling like you got your money’s worth.  Better yet are the times when you walk away thinking you would have paid more for your meal.  Believe me, with the prices in this city I rarely have to worry about such thoughts entering my head, but last Friday […]

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UPDATE:
Arriving at B9 at 6:05pm the place was teeming with people waiting to get a taste of the “refrigerator temperature”/”good comfort food” short ribs. (Which type are they?  Keep reading)  I took my place in the makeshift line that wrapped around the dimly lit bar and waited patiently for my plate.  It took all of 5 […]

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I’m not usually one for chains and try to avoid them during my lunchtime meanderings, but the other day I noticed that Au Bon Pain has embraced fall (even before mother nature decided to) and is now serving Harvest Pumpkin Soup.
Naturally I gave it a try and was pleasantly surprised.  The creamy consistency was nicely matched […]

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Georgetown is a shoppers destination point, but when it comes to food, for many people the neighborhood isn’t the first that comes to mind.  Recent additions, such as Hook are bringing it up in status, and old standards such as Citronelle and 1789 will wow you every time, but the area lacks good cheap restaurants where you can […]

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There is a trend happening…wine bars are breaking into the mainstream. All I have to say to this is, “It’s about time!” Some time ago I decided that I needed to break up my weekends and try something other than the typical bud light/miller light serving bar. I’m not saying these bars are bad…they serve […]

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Nothing says “we appreciate you” like a free martini. 
A few weeks back, I found myself reentering the doors of Le Chat Noir’s wine lounge, this time for a complementary tasting of their martinis.
 Yes, I’ve been back there a few times, but honestly who is going to turn down a free martini at what has already […]

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Most days, I muster up the energy to throw something in my bag to satisfy my hunger come lunch time.  Somedays I’m lucky and have leftovers from cooking or a good dinner out, others I slum it and heat up a trusty lean cuisine.  (You really can’t beat paying $2 for an entire lunch, some […]

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