Washington DC

How is the dining scene right now around The Beltway? Missed our trips to the area during the pandemic. What are the protocols? What's new in the culinary? Will be staying with family in Fairfax, V...

I have noticed it more and more. Restaurants are posting up to a 3% processing fee to your final bill. I guess its an effort to defray some of the loss eateries incur to credit card companies. They...

This Market is on P Street and is Tuesdays from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. not a lot of vendors, and there seem to be less every week, but there's some unique ones including bureks, two fish vendors, c...

First post-vaccination meal out in public, and Thip Khao delivers on an excellent meal. Can't go wrong with the sai oua, beef jerky, nam khao, watertcress salad, and it was great to add the tom yu...

I was running errands today and felt like getting a Banh Mi sandwich so I stopped by Lee’s on Annandale Road, got #11 the Special Combo w extra pate. It was pretty good but the combination of the e...

by MikeR 18 days ago

This is one of my lunch favorites and they're finally serving at the indoor tables, but at this time, dining in is only for lunch 11:30 to 2:30. It seems that while it's still the same family and s...

Craving chicken wings? The price of wings is rising fast, according to industry sources. Almost double what they were just a few months ago. Restaurants and markets have had to adjust their menu pr...

by MikeR 1 month ago

I'm pleased to report that, contrary to my experiences re-visiting restaurants that I regularly visited pre-pandemic not being as good now, China Wok, which is now open for indoor dining, is as goo...

It's my anniversary and I need to pick a cozy/romantic restaurant in Alexandria or Arlington on the double. I would like something nice but not "fine dining" -- entrees in $18-32 range. Cuisine: fl...

by MikeR 2 months ago

It's not just chicken wings (and other parts of the chicken) that are getting expensive. Driving home around lunch time today and knowing that I'll be going past Lee's Sandwiches, thought I'd p...

Hi, We have a reservation for two people on Friday 6/25 at 8:30 for Jônt (newly awarded two Michelin stars). I learned we cannot make the reservation and am happy to sell/transfer it. If you a...

my first visit to Jerusalem Restaurant since they moved across Leesburg Pike into new digs. It is now a spiffy place, beautifully and evocatively decorated. Still doing takeout, but the chicken m...

Does anyone know of any Asian markets or other places in the DMV where I can buy one? I’m also trying to recall which market I was in in Virginia around this time two years ago, where they had a gr...

Fish Taco is the name of a four-location enterprise in the DC area: three in the Maryland burbs and one in the Tysons area. I have never met a fish taco I didn't like. The counter-service menu...

Three bbq pork sandwiches: One at Pig n Steak (a brick and mortar place in Madison) followed by two food trucks. Smokin' Billy's listed in Warrenton and just north a couple of blocks, Big B's fro...

by Melanie Wong 1 year ago

Last night Pim Techamuanvivit discovered that Grubhub, Seamless and Yelp delivery services have fake listings for her San Francisco restaurant, Kin Khao, to accept food orders on their sites. Her r...

Ok, same question now with cardoons. Where on earth do you find these? I called the Italian store in Arlington yesterday, I’ve looked online, nada. They’re supposed to be delicious and I’ve got a...

Kung Fu Kitchen is an expansion from NYC specializing in a focused menu of buns and noodles. I tried two kinds of buns: xiao long bao (soup dumplings) and sheng jian bao (fried on the bottom sou...