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March 18, 2012
Tidbits |  Over 100 Restaurants Celebrate 100 Years of Cherry Trees withCherry Picks Cuisine and CocktailsTuesday March 20 - Friday April 27, 2012 Regional restaurants once againcelebrate the Festival by serving cherry-blossom and spring-inspired CherryPicks cuisine and cocktails throughout the nation’s greatest springtimecelebration.During the five-weekspecial Centennial Festival, diners will...
March 12, 2012
Members in the News | The New York Times  In Transit: A Guide to Intelligent Travel  March 10, 2012 Worth the Cost of the Trip for the Ropa Vieja Alone By Elaine GlusacCuba LibreIn the year since restrictions on travel to Cuba were eased for those on cultural exchange itineraries,new trips to the island have focused on art, history and music. Now there’s one for foodies.Guillermo Pernot, the...
March 9, 2012
Members in the News | The Washington PostAfter 5 eateries, restaurateurs go retail with ‘Society Fair’By Olga Khazan, March 2, 2012 Meshelle Armstrong and her husband Cathal operate five restaurants in Alexandria — ranging from the boisterous gastro-tavern Virtue to the four-star Restaurant Eve. So it surprises some loyal patrons that the team’s newest addition, Society Fair, isn’t a...
March 7, 2012
| Check out the photos from the "Tip Your Hat to RAMMY Volunteers" social held at Fuel Pizza.February 2012 Social photos
March 7, 2012
Hot Topics | New York Times  Bloomberg Defends Grading System Derided by Restaurateurs By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM and KATE TAYLOR Published: March 07, 2012 A cheer went up the other night at James, a popular Brooklyn bistro, as a triumphant waiter marched into the retro-tinged dining room bearing the new gold star of the New York City restaurant trade: a framed, blue letter "A."...
March 6, 2012
Press Release |       2100 Prime Participates in  Virginia's Love by the Glass Promotion Only Washington, DC Restaurant Participating   2100 Prime, home of the Capital Wine Festival...
March 1, 2012
Hot Topics | The Washington Post D.C.’s taxi squad By Editorial Board, Published: February 18 ANY ECONOMIST would say that the free market should determine the price and quality of goods and services. But, as any economist will alsotell you, there are exceptions. Cases of “market failure” — natural monopolies such as electric power utilities — call for government regulation....
February 29, 2012
Legislation | Comment period onvending regulations ends: Businesses, including restaurants, raise serious andsubstantive concerns about proposed regulations WASHINGTON, DC (March 1,2012) – Today marked the end of a nearly 6 week period during which theDepartment of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs (DCRA) accepted commentsconcerning proposed regulations to govern vending, including food trucks, inthe...
February 29, 2012
Members in the News | Noted Chef José Andrés to Host sofi™ Awards for Outstanding Specialty Foods of 2012Speaking Fee to be Donated to World Central Kitchen and DC Central KitchenNew York, N.Y. (Feb. 15, 2012) – Chef José Andrés will host the 40th annual sofi™ Awards to be presented at the Summer Fancy Food Show in Washington, D.C.  Named “Outstanding Chef...
February 29, 2012
Legislation | The New York Times  Even the A Students Sometimes Break Health Rules February 28 2012  By GLENN COLLINS FOR Sushi Yasuda,the exalted Midtown shrine to the pristine purity of raw sliced fish, posting anything less than the top grade of A from the city Department of Health and Mental Hygiene would seem like a skull and crossbones in the window.  But every time they...
February 27, 2012
Legislation | D.C. Council to Move on Bill That Would Make Food Trucks Charge Sales Tax   dcistFebruary 28, 2012 On the same day this week that a 30-day comment period for new rules on the city's food trucks closes, a D.C. Council committee will mark-up legislation that would force the city's increasingly popular four-wheeled vendors to charge sales taxes. This Thursday the Committee...
February 20, 2012
Members in the News | James Beard Foundation Announces 2012 Restaurant and Chef Semifinalists  Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Congratulations to all the James Beard Foundationsemifinalists in the 2012 Restaurant and Chef Awards — this being the"long list" before the list is winnowed down to the officialfinalists on March 19. Following are RAMW member James Beard nominees, many ofwhich are...
February 16, 2012
Sustainability | February 17,2012 (Alexandria,VA) – A newcomer whose dedication tothe environment, community and neighborhood history are ever present throughoutthe concept and its Local Craft American cuisine, Walker’s Grille (6909 Metro Park Drive, Alexandria,VA, 22310;703-­922-­6200;www.walkersgrille.com) became the recent awardwinner of the coveted LEED Gold Certification Award by the U.S...
February 16, 2012
Lynne's Lounge | The Washington FlyerJanuary/February 2012By John GreenyaEmpire MakersThere are art collectors. And then there are Donald &Mera Rubell, who share their art by building museum spaces- including one inDC. Mera and Donald Rubell do not dream about small things. Theydream about transformation, transcendence and the stuff of legacy.Artistic legacies, naturally. “We collect whatever theartist...
February 16, 2012
Lynne's Lounge | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Foodand More with John Kessler  A weekendin Washington, D.C. February 15, 2012, by Gene Lee It has beenten years since I last visited Washington, D.C., and to me it felt a lotdifferent back then. The city seemed vastly more residential with small,concentrated pockets of hip commercial activity in neighborhoods like AdamsMorgan, Dupont Circle,...

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