Try Fernet Branca Ice Cream Sandwiches at Red Apron This Weekend
Booze geeks and ice cream sandwich fanatics, prepare yourselves. This weekend, Red Apron Butcher at Union Market will debut a Fernet Branca ice cream sandwich. The herbaceous Italian spirit, which has...
View ArticleBrew Hub: New Brewery Bluejacket Is a Laboratory for Food-Centric Beers
The folks behind Bluejacket want to make one thing clear: It’s not a brewpub. Beer Director Greg Engert and Head Brewer Megan Parisi are adamant about distinguishing the soon-to-open brewery from the...
View ArticleWhat to Expect From Bluejacket’s Restaurant, Now Called The Arsenal (Updated...
With a full-scale production brewery onsite, it's no wonder all the talk about Bluejacket, opening in Navy Yard next Tuesday, has centered on the beer. (Just read this week's Y&H column.) But...
View ArticlePastry Chef Tiffany MacIsaac Steps Down From Neighborhood Restaurant Group
Local pastry chef all-star Tiffany MacIaac, who introduced the Luther to D.C. and is responsible for some of tastiest desserts in the city, is leaving Neighborhood Restaurant Group next month....
View ArticleTiffany MacIsaac’s Buttercream Bakeshop Pops Up at Cork Market on Friday
If you've been missing Tiffany MacIsaac's sweets since the pastry chef left her high-profile gig at Neighborhood Restaurant Group, you'll have the chance to try them tomorrow and next Friday at Cork...
View ArticleIce Cream Shops Prepare to Battle the Polar Vortex
Not a seat at the gelato shop remains on a recent gray,45-degree Sunday afternoon. Except no one is actually eating gelato. Instead, the tables at the Logan Circle Dolcezza are dotted with lattes and...
View ArticlePop-Up Culture: Behind the Scenes in D.C.’s Temporary Bars and Restaurants
Bartender Jason Strich is gluing $100 worth of plastic human skulls to the inside of a black box—for the second time. The heads nearly rolled away earlier when a gust of wind knocked them over while...
View ArticleButtercream Bakeshop Will Host Pie Pop-Up In Union Market
You can stop drooling over pastry chef Tiffany MacIsaac's cake and cookie-filled Instagram page. In advance of the February opening of her Buttercream Bakeshop in Shaw, the former Neighborhood...
View ArticleDGS Delicatessen Brings Back Jewish Christmas With Minibar and Maketto Chefs
“Hello and Welcome to Moviefone.” In the age before Fandango, that booming, recorded voice was closely associated with Christmas for some American Jews. After choosing a movie showing on December 25,...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Anticipated Restaurant and Bar Openings of 2016
New restaurant and bar openings show no sign of slowing down in 2016. Chefs behind some of the area’s top restaurants are expanding with new concepts, while other industry veterans are finally getting...
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