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August 30, 2012
Members in the News | By Clinton Yates for The Root DC LiveAugust 31, 2012 At first sight, you might call it the Mount Rushmore of Half-Smokes. Or maybe the Four Horsemen of the Chili-pocalypse. Personally, I’ll go with the Ben’s Wall of Fame. Whatever you choose to nickname the new mural that adorns the outside wall of D.C.’s iconic Ben’s Chili Bowl, you have to admit: It’s beautiful....
August 28, 2012
Members in the News | The Future of Restaurants Morethan 350 gathered at the Park Hyatt hotel early on Wednesday, August 29for an two engaging panel discussions on the future of restaurants. Thefocus was local. RAMW President Lynne Breaux led the firstgroup through a great dialogue that touched on issues of sustainability, dining trends and the health of the DC area's restaurantindustry.Read more
August 27, 2012
Hot Topics | By Kendis Gibson, WJLA News August 28, 2012Despite the presidential election being months away, hotel reservations for next year's inauguration are already selling fast.Whether you're looking for a low-end or high-end hotel, rooms are running out quickly. And if a high-end room is a must for you, be ready to pay.Allen Haigh of Yorkshire, England wanted the chance to see the presidential...
August 24, 2012
Members in the News | By Missy Frederick, Washington Business Journal August 24, 2012Bart Vandaele was a trendsetter when he opened Belga Cafe on Barracks Row in 2004. It wasn’t just that he was staking a claim in a restaurant-starved neighborhood back then — at that point, Belgian restaurants in Washington were a rarity in and of themselves.Read the full article.
August 23, 2012
Members in the News | By Natalia Moreno , We Love DCAugust 24, 2012 It was a rainy, grey Sunday, which in my book usually means a day spent in bed, catching up on emails while watching some god-awful reality show that makes me question humanity as we know it. But the saving grace this Sunday was Anthony Lombardo, Executive Chef at 1789 Restaurant. He greeted me with a smile and a cup of coffee presented in a large...
August 23, 2012
Members in the News | By Mohana Ravindranath, The Washington Post August 24, 2012 R.L. Boyd, executive chef at Georgetown’s Mie N Yu restaurant, loves inventing new dishes.Most recently, he came up with an elaborate preparation of rockfish, set on a bed of crab fried rice—short grain brown rice, not white—with a red curry, ginger, carrot, and Tamari sauce. After he prepared it, he took a picture of...
August 21, 2012
Members in the News | By Gary Stoller, USA TODAYAugust 20, 2012Excerpt " . . .On the East Coast, Zagat recommends Washington's C.F. Folks, New York's Num Pang, Boston's Flour Bakery & Café, Atlanta's Rising Roll, Baltimore's Attman's Delicatessen, and Fort Lauderdale's LaSpada's Original Hoagies.C.F. Folks on 19th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C., is a "lunch-only hole-in-the-wall that's...
August 21, 2012
Members in the News | Post on Huffington Post August 20, 2012 WASHINGTON -- President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama dined with a handful of lucky grassroots campaign supporters on Monday evening, the latest iteration of the president's re-election "Dinner With Barack" fundraising contest series.While the president's schedule did not disclose the location of the "local restaurant," all signs...
August 19, 2012
Hot Topics | By Martin Austermuhle , dcistAugust 20, 2012There's little more sublime than sitting outside and enjoying a good drink and meal on a beautiful evening. Thankfully, there are more and more places to do so this year. Earlier this month the Downtown D.C. Business Improvement District reported that both the number of sidewalk cafes and outdoor seats had grown over the last year, and in the later case...
August 19, 2012
Members in the News | Original Article: 10 of America's Best Historic Restaurants , By Amanda Kludt, CNN August 20, 2012In an article published Monday, Old Ebbitt Grill kicked off CNN's list of 10 of AMerica's best historic restaurants. "...Washington icon the Old Ebbitt Grillhas been attracting the likes of presidents and beltway movers and shakers since its opening in 1856. It is the city's oldest bar and...
August 16, 2012
Members in the News | By Stephie Hass for Washington Life Magazine August 16, 2012In an ongoing series, Washington Life sits down with some of the area’s best pastry chefs to see where D.C. desserts are heading.Chef Fabrice Bendano was born in Paris and found himself drawn to the culinary field from an early age. He worked at several top restaurants in Europe before arriving in Washington in fall 1999 to work...
August 16, 2012
Tidbits | By Missy Frederick for The Washington Business JournalWednesday, August 15, 2012The General Services Administration's decision to freeze its per diem rates at fiscal year 2012 levels means the agency rejected a controversial alternative that would have affected many D.C. hotels.The GSA was considering an alternative that would recalculate the per diem rates used by government travelers...
August 10, 2012
Sustainability | Sustainable seafood lowers costs, adds flavor at restaurantsBy Fern Glazer for Nation's Restaurant News August 9, 2012Asthe sustainable food movement continues to grow, it’s spreading from the farm to the sea. And though it takes some effort to become educated about what to serve and what to avoid, many chefs and operators are finding that serving sustainable seafood can actually be less...
August 10, 2012
Members in the News | From FOODSERVICE MONTHLY'S Sauce on the SideAugust 10, 2012Rising star chefs from Washington DC representing the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW)and anchored by RAMMY Chef of the Year Vikram Sunderam from Rasika showed off their culinary skills with a stellar performance Monday nightat the James Beard House in New York City. Dinners at the old home of James...
August 8, 2012
Members in the News | By Missy Frederick for The Washington Business JournalAugust 8, 2012Ashok Bajaj has signed a lease for a new restaurant in Penn Quarter.The restaurant will occupy 8,300 square feet at 800 F St. NW, in the International Spy Museum building. The building is owned by Douglas Development Corp.Bajaj is the second tenant in as many days to sign a lease in the Douglas Development building. Shake Shack...
