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July 9, 2013
Members in the News | Restaurant Takes Home Best Al Fresco Dining from Northern Virginia Magazine and Debuts New Garden Fresh Menu Reston, VA [July 10, 2013] – The summer months are a time to savor nature’s bounty at Vinifera Wine Bar & Bistro. Reston’s favorite outdoor patio is open for brunch, lunch and dinner featuring new seasonal menu items inspired by Chef Bo’s blossoming...
June 30, 2013
Members in the News | By Jasmin Sun, Eater July 1, 2013For its 10-year anniversary, José Andrés' tasting menu-only DC Minibar will be introducing José's Table, a new "up to" six-person private dining room concept within the restaurant. The table, "positioned behind a white curtain," will cost $3,000 for the table. The price tag includes food and beverage pairings, and...
June 12, 2013
Members in the News | At the end of May, RAMW Member Silver Diner Awarded $20,000 to three local schools which designed innovative nutrition and physical fitness programs. From a press release: ROCKVILLE, Md., May 23, 2013 - Silver Diner has an active community school program, Eat Well Do Well, and has contributed more than $350,000 to date for nutrition or physical fitness programs at local schools. This year,...
May 15, 2013
Members in the News | May 16, 2013 (FALLS CHURCH, VA) – Available during dinner service Monday through Friday now through June 28th, 2013, 2941 restaurant (2941 Fairview Park Drive, Falls Church, VA; www.2941.com;703-270-1500; @2941Restaurant) located in the heart of Falls Church, VA in Northern Virginia is inviting dine-out loving duo’s to experience a spring-inspired 3-course prix fixe tasting menu...
May 15, 2013
Members in the News | WASHINGTON, D.C.—Occidental Grill & Seafood (www.occidentaldc.com), the capital’s premier restaurant known for providing the best in food and hospitality, is set to take advantage of the sunniest days of the year ahead with a new dinner menu that captures the richness and flavor of the season. Guests are enjoying favorites such as Pan Roasted Halibut and Grilled Filet Mignon along...
May 12, 2013
Members in the News | QSR Magazine May 13, 2013 NCR Corporation announced that Shake Shack has implemented the NCR Pulse Real-Time smartphone application, joining the 5,500 others already using the app.Available for iOS and Android devices, NCR Pulse Real-Time is a SaaS-based mobile analytics engine that helps restaurant operators solve the everyday challenges of low visibility into current operational performance,...
May 12, 2013
Members in the News | Baltimore, MD ‐ May 13, 2013 ‐ Foodem, a revolutionary B2B online wholesale food marketplace and business intelligence solution for the $650 Billion U.S. wholesale food distribution industry, announced today the launch of its new platform and the investment of $600,000 in angel funding. Foodem 2.0 provides users with a seamless food purchasing and selling experience because it...
April 25, 2013
Members in the News | EatWell DC today announced that Chef Michael Bonk would be taking the helm of the kitchn at the restaurant group's The Pig Restaurant in Logan Circle. Prior to his arrival at The Pig, Bonk served as the executive chef of Sonoma, on Capital Hill, and Chef Consultant at the Queen Vic Pub, on H Street. Chef Bonk worked in the finance business for many years before turning to his real passion,...
April 22, 2013
Hot Topics | By Rebecca Cooper , Washington Business Journal April 22, 2013After several years working in various areas of the food and beverage industry around D.C., Alisia Kleinmann had an idea. What if some of the local food and beverage industry's biggest guns shared their war stories with aspiring restaurateurs and entrepreneurs?As it turned out, the concept was pretty popular. Kleinmann organized a...
April 19, 2013
Members in the News | By Nycci Nellis, specil to WTOPHungry for something new? Nycci Nellis dishes on a handful of restaurants that just opened their doors in the D.C. area. Read the full story.
April 16, 2013
Members in the News | By Alexandra Greeley, Special to The Washington Examiner April 17, 2013Running one pastry kitchen would overwhelm most of us. Running three must take grit, savvy and creativity, and that about sums up Beverly Bates, baker par excellence and pastry mastermind for chef Jeffrey Buben's Bistro Bis, Vidalia and -- the newest -- Woodward Table. And now recognized for her professional talents, Bates was...
April 16, 2013
Members in the News | By Jim Shahin, The Washington Post April 16, 2013The Lone Star-themed Hill Country Barbecue Market and the National Building Museum will be waltzing across Texas this summer.From May 3 through the end of summer, the Penn Quarter restaurant will throw Hill Country’s Backyard Barbecue on the museum’s west lawn, along Fifth Street NW between G and F streets, one block east of the Verizon...
April 16, 2013
Hot Topics | By Rebecca Cooper, Washington Business JournalApril 15, 2013It is still be more than a year from opening, but the Marriott Marquis at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center has already been booking event and hotel room space into 2015.The sales team is "on track" with bookings, said Dan Nadeau, who started as the hotel's general manager last month."I'm feeling very good about...
April 11, 2013
Hot Topics | From the National Restaurant AssociationApril 12, 2013Restaurant sales registered a solid gain in March, according to preliminary figures from the U.S. Census Bureau. Eating and drinking place sales totaled $45.6 billion in March on a seasonally-adjusted basis, up 0.7 percent from February’s level and the first increase in three months. The March uptick gained back some of the losses...
March 22, 2013
Members in the News | Award Winning Chef Lineup to appear on Viking Cooking Stage (National Harbor, MD) – A great summer tradition will return to the National Harbor Waterfront on the Potomac with the much anticipated 6th Annual National Harbor Wine & Food Festival on Saturday, May 4th and Sunday, May 5th from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm each day.The event is totally tent-covered in a beautiful outdoor setting on...
