A number of small cooking-related start-ups have opened up shop on Capitol Hill in recent years, and Ciao Chow, which started delivering small batch Italian dinners in October, now belongs to this mouth-watering fraternity. Owners Danielle Brasure and Jessica Lowther bring together years of experience in professional kitchens to offer high-end yet homestyle effortless meals […]
The restaurant on the east end of Lincoln Park, which was for many years the Park Cafe, should be the most neighborhood-y of neighborhood spots. So when we went to check out the new incarnation, Ninnella, we did so with our neighbors in tow. Let’s first dispense with the obvious, Ninnella: you’re open now, so […]
If you’ve taken a stroll up 8th Street recently, you may have noticed that Starfish Café is officially closed. Some new owners recently came in and will be turning the space into Trattoria Lavagna, an Italian restaurant based in New York City. The folks behind the new restaurant shared with me, “With a clean slate […]
A little while ago, on the occasion of my visit to Bistro Italiano and Trattoria Alberto before then, a reader pointed me in the direction of Toscana Cafe, on the corner of 2nd and F streets, NE. I’m happy to say, I have finally fulfilled my mission. The details: Toscana Cafe is a restaurant and […]
Food is among the most primal creature comforts, and among the more hotly debated ones. Some people gravitate toward things that became the childhood trauma of others: I cannot explain what people would ever find delicious about marmite or kimchi; at the same time, I cannot believe that anyone would hate cilantro, fried blood sausage, […]