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March 19, 2012
Members in the News | Eater DC  Barack Obama Celebrated St Patrick's Day at The Dubliner Monday, March 19, 2012, by Amy McKeever The Dubliner is now the latest local establishment to get the Obama bump after President Barack Obama stopped into the Irish pubfor a pint of Guinness on St. Patrick's Day. He brought along his Irishcousin and the owner of the pub that Obama visited last year on a trip to...
March 19, 2012
Lynne's Lounge | The Washington PostPOST OPINIONS No one benefits from a food truck free-for-all By Lynne Breaux, Published: March 16 The sudden popularity of food trucksin the nation’s capital is a tribute to the hard work and ingenuity of anew breed of mobile vending operators who have added a dynamic dimension to urban life. The public perception that there is a battle underway...
March 19, 2012
Hot Topics | The New York Times  In Sit-Down Restaurants, an Economic Indicator  By Floyd Norris   March 16, 2012 Have you been eating more at restaurants with waiters rather than fast-food joints?  If so, you are not alone, and that in fact is an indication that the American economy is improving.  Over the 12 months through January, sales at what the...
March 19, 2012
Members in the News | Chef Brian Duffy, the reigning TODAY Irish cook-off champion, battles Chef Cathal Armstrong for this year’s challenge, in which they demonstrate their own take on the conventional corned beef and cabbage recipe. Watch it here.
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...

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