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December 8, 2010
| Click to view the photo gallery of the RAMW Holiday Bash hosted by Lima Restaurant and Lounge.
November 18, 2010
Tidbits | Looking for someone else to do the cooking this Thanksgiving? Book your lunch/dinner at one of the following restaurants serving on Thanksgiving, November 25th. {mosimage} ...
November 9, 2010
Members in the News | The Washington Post Tuesday, October 19, 2010Maureen McDonnell was on a mission. Chagrined that Virginia wines are hard to find on retail shelves and restaurant wine lists, the commonwealth's first lady spent time in late August introducing Washington area retailers and sommeliers to wineries in Loudoun and Fauquier counties.Her message: Forget what you remember about Virginia wines...
November 8, 2010
Tidbits | (ARA) - As the nation gears up for yet another winter snow season, it's important to remember that large snowstorms aren't just an inconvenience - they cost money. If the roads are not properly cleared of snow and ice in a timely manner, people can't get to work. If people can't get to work, they can't produce the goods and services that everyone has come to rely on every day. The American...
November 1, 2010
| Click to view the photo gallery of the RAMW October Social hosted by The Dubliner.
October 28, 2010
Members in the News | "The MITSITAM CAFE Cookbook" Now in Bookstores EverywhereWritten By Executive Chef Richard Hetzler The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, together with Fulcrum Books, has released “The Mitsitam Cafe Cookbook”—a collection of favorite recipes from the museum’s renowned restaurant— at bookstores nationwide. A unique...
October 27, 2010
Tidbits | Nation's Restaurant NewsD.C. restaurant group separates from NRAOctober 27, 2010 | By Paul FrumkinThe Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington said it will ceaseto affiliate itself with the National Restaurant Association and convert to an independent organization beginning Jan. 1.The Washington, D.C.-based RAMW board of directors made the decision after the NRA introduced a new dual-...
October 27, 2010
Press Release | A New Era for Restaurant Association Metropolitan WashingtonWashington, DC – October 27, 2010 – At the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) quarterly Board of Directors meeting Monday, the Board unanimously voted that, effective January 1, 2011, RAMW will become an independent association and no longer a National Restaurant Association (NRA) state affiliateNRA...
October 26, 2010
Members in the News | The Washington Post In discarding food scraps, more restaurants are going green by compostingBy Danielle DouglasMonday, October 25, 2010 At Bar Pilar in the U Street corridor, wait staff no longer chuck uneaten food into the dumpster. Scraps are instead thrown into pails andtaken out back to a compost heap. Same thing across town at Restaurant Nora in Dupont Circle and Zola in Penn...
October 25, 2010
Legislation | To view the Heartland/USI/RAMW presentation on PCI click here .
October 20, 2010
Tidbits | The New York Times October 18, 2010 Seatmate, the Problem Wasn’t the Tequila ...I PROBABLY have one of the world’s most enjoyable jobs. I travel around the country talking about tequila. I don’t mind flying, and even like talking to seatmates. Invariably, theconversations turn to tequila. Everybody has a tequila story, and it’s usually that they drank too much...
October 19, 2010
Hot Topics | DC Chefs Move to DC Schools…What Chefs Need to Know About Adopting a DC SchoolYou have heard about First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Chefs Move! to Schools ” program, now you want to help and adopt a school. RAMW and Educated Eats have made the Move! to be a source of information to make this program a success in the DC Metro Area. What to do next? Well, we have the resources...
October 15, 2010
Tidbits | {mosimage} RAMW Supported D.C. Farm to School Week is here- October 12-15, 2010!During D.C. Farm to School week October 12-15, nearly 2,000 D.C. schoolchildren will have the chance to harvest seasonal produce on a local farm, and prepare it in the classroom with aprofessional chef. Additionally, schools across the District (nearly 200 in total) will serve and highlight...
October 15, 2010
Members in the News | Passion Food Hospitality Takes its Sixth Venture to the West End – Washington Circle PassionFood Hospitality has secured the first sidewalk-front restaurant on Washington Circle, the future location of the sixth establishment – sixth and seventh, to be exact – in association with and operated by therestaurant group whose concepts initially ventured to select corners inthe...
