Few of us are conscious of living in history. History, rather, is something that happens in the past and is the realm of those that went before us. We read about it, watch it on TV, visit the sites, but it is, to abuse the old saying, a foreign country. Even when we witness something […]
If you are a baker or pastry chef serious about starting your own business or taking it from your home kitchen to a retail concept, Think Local First wants to help! They are now accepting applications for bakery and dessert concept business plans for the next StartUp Kitchen competition. The competition winner will get 8 […]
Inauguration time in DC is exciting but also crazy. In my line of work I’ve had the good fortune of covering inauguration activities from various vantage points – the Capitol, the Mall, from an Inaugural Ball. And while there’s no doubt that watching a president take the oath of office fills me with the pride […]
Some in our fair community would say that this is not a reopening. To quote resident curmudgeon Tim Krepp, this is “a Hawk ‘n’ Dove-themed bar.” Perhaps it’s not even that: the new Hawk ‘n’ Dove, brought to us all by Xavier Cervera of Senart’s, the Chesapeake Room, and many others, doesn’t have much left […]
Young & Hungry looks at the speakeasy trend and how the idea fed into the concept for Harold Black, and questions whether or not a secret number is the way to go, noting in a separate post that PX abandoned the idea. Red Palace is being replaced with Vendetta, an Italian restaurant. H Street Great […]