• 01Jul

    In My Inbox: Dine Golden – Golden Triangle Specials

    Yet another installment of “In My Inbox.”

    -JAY

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    Dine Golden | Park Golden
    July 01 – August 14, 2010

    Over 25 restaurants in the Golden Triangle are offering food and drink specials after 5 p.m. during the Dine Golden | Park Golden summer promotion. To sweeten the deal, select parking garages are offering a $5 flat rate after 5 p.m. on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Take advantage of either or both of these promotions for a wonderful summer evening in the Golden Triangle; don’t forget Golden Triangle Summer Concerts are on Thursdays too! Visit the Dine Golden | Park Golden website to learn more and see our interactive map of participating restaurants and parking garages.

    Participating Restaurants
    Ask your server about Dine Golden specials
    • Aroma Restaurant – 1919 I Street NW
    Buy one entree, get one entree free
    • Blackfinn American Saloon – 1620 I Street NW
    Buy one seasonal entree, get one free
    • The Bombay Club – 815 Connecticut Avenue NW
    Buy one entree, get one dessert free
    • Café Lombardy – 2019 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
    Buy one entree, get a glass of wine free
    • Café Soleil – 839 17th Street NW
    Buy one entree, get one appetizer free
    • Current – 1215 Connecticut Avenue NW
    Buy one entree, get one appetizer free
    • Elephant and Castle Pub & Restaurant – 900 19th Street NW
    Buy one dessert, get one free
    • i Ricchi – 1220 19th Street NW
    Buy one signature cocktail, get one free
    OR Buy one entree special, get a dessert free
    • Kababji Grill – 1351 Connecticut Avenue NW
    Buy any one item, get one free (excludes spirits, wine and beer)
    • Kaz Sushi Bistro – 1915 I Street NW
    Buy $25 worth of food, get one drink free
    • Kellari Taverna – 1700 K Street NW
    Buy one drink, get one drink free
    • Luigi’s Famous Restaurant – 1132 19th Street NW
    Buy one appetizer, get one free
    • M Street Bar & Grill – 2033 M Street NW
    Buy one entree, get an appetizer or dessert free
    • Madhatter – 1319 Connecticut Avenue NW
    Buy one appetizer, get one appetizer free
    • The Melting Pot – 1220 19th Street NW
    Buy one entree for two, get a chocolate dessert for two free
    • Mezza Luna Restaurant & Lounge – 1140 19th Street NW
    Buy one entree, get one entree free
    • The Oval Room – 800 Connecticut Avenue NW
    Buy one entree, get a dessert free
    • Ozio Restaurant & Lounge – 1813 M Street NW
    Buy one classic martini, get one free
    • The Palm – 1225 19th Street NW
    Buy one appetizer, get one free in the dining room
    • Penang – 1837 M Street NW
    Buy any one item, get one free
    • Public Bar – 1214 18th Street NW
    Buy one entree, get a drink free
    • Recessions Lounge & Sports Bar – 1823 L Street NW
    Buy one entree, get one appetizer free
    • Sam & Harry’s – 1200 19th Street NW
    Buy one prix fixe set course, get one free
    • Science Club – 1136 19th Street NW
    Buy one entree, get a dessert free
    • Smith & Wollensky – 1112 19th Street NW
    Buy one appetizer, get one free with purchase of an entree
    • Taberna del Alabardero – 1776 I Street NW
    Buy one paella, get one free
    • Teatro Goldoni Restaurant – 1909 K Street NW
    Buy one prix fixe 3-course meal, get one free
    Restrictions may apply to food specials.
    Participating Parking Garages
    • 1625 I Street NW
    • 1050 Connecticut Avenue NW – Enter from 18th Street
    • 2021 K Street NW – Enter from 20th Street
    • 1225 19th Street NW – Enter through alley
    • 1901 L Street NW
    • 1700 K Street NW
    • 1150 Connecticut Avenue NW – Enter from 18th Street
    • 1015 18th Street NW – Enter via alley from Connecticut Avenue
    • 2025 M Street NW
    • 900 19th Street NW

    Golden Triangle Summer Concerts
    Thursdays | 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. | June & July | Farragut Square Park
    Four more concerts remain in the Golden Triangle Summer Concert Series! Be sure to come out to Farragut Square Park to join in the fun whether it is salsa dancing or listening to your favorite Dave Matthews Band tunes. Each week you can register to win a VIP Picnic Package to make the concerts even more fun. We’ll be giving away this six-person picnic spread at each show that includes soft drinks, sandwiches, and cookies compliments of Firehook Bakery, along with picnic blankets, coolers, and VIP tickets to the DC Improv Comedy Club.
    Check out the upcoming shows and weekly prizes for the concert series in July:

    July 1 – Cazhmiere (funk & soul)
    $100 to Elephant & Castle Pub & Restaurant
    $100 to Famous Luigi’s
    July 8 – Sin Miedo (salsa)
    $100 to Jos. A Banks
    $100 to Kellari Taverna
    Three month gym membership to Washington Sports Club
    July 15 – Crowded Streets (Dave Matthews Band Tribute)
    $100 to Beauty 360 ** new addition
    $150 to Morton’s The Steakhouse
    Free lunch for two people for a week at Roti Mediterranean Grill
    July 22– Kelly Bell Band
    $200 to Filene’s Basement
    $100 to the Madhatter
    $100 to Blackfinn American Saloon
    In the event of rain, check www.goldentriangledc.com after 2:00 p.m. on Thursdays to find out about cancellations. Learn more »[ad]

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  • 24Jun

    DCFüd Featured on Capital Cooking’s Website

    Thanks to Lauren DeSantis for featuring DCFüd (and…ok…me) on her site.   

    -JAY

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  • 18Jun

    Tofurky Vegan Franks for $1 Each All Summer Long

    Debbie Miller passed this to us.  We do have vegan readers too…or is that just Debbie? 😉

    -JAY

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    Dear PCRM supporter,

    Three hotdog vendors in downtown D.C. are selling Tofurky vegan franks all summer long and they’re only $1 each!

    Some of these vendors have been selling exclusively all-beef hotdogs for nearly 20 years and this is the first time they have ever tried vegan dogs. Please visit these vendors, and let them know how excited you are that they are selling veggie dogs and that they should sell them year-round.

    Here are the locations:

    • 734 17th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Cross street: Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.)
    • 82 Massachusetts Ave., N.E., Washington, D.C. (Cross street: 1st St., N.E.)
    • 304 12th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Cross street: Constitution Ave., N.W.)

    Once other vendors see that there is a high demand for veggie dogs, they will begin to sell them too—so be sure to take your friends, family, and co-workers with you!

    Have a healthy, happy summer!
    Andria Matrone
    Membership Assistant
    Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

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  • 09Jun

    Gossip Odds and Ends

    From Guest (Gossip) Blogger LMB
    Ed Witt, the New York City chef who came to DC over a year ago to serve as chef for a new Turkish restaurant being planned in Georgetown, finally got into the kitchen when Morso opened late last month.  Just weeks after Morso’s opening, however, Chef Witt has left that post; Morso is announcing that it is temporarily closed, although its take-out location, Morso Express, is still in business. Unconfirmed reports indicate that Chef Witt will be joining Knightsbridge Restaurant Group, but his tweet indicates that an official announcement will be coming soon.

    DCist is reporting that the D.C. outpost of Philadelphia/Orlando/Atlantice City Cuban restaurant Cuba Libre, to be located at 9th and H Streets NW,  is postponing its opening, originally slated for June, til September, despite the fact that the restaurant’s website still says Spring 2010 opening.

    Roberto Donna pled guilty last week to felony embezzlement in connection with his now closed restaurant Bebo, City Paper’s Tim Carman reports.

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    Editor’s Note:

    The Latest Dish by Linda Roth PR is a good source for restaurant happenings.  Here is the June, 2010 edition.

    -JAY

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  • 08Jun

    Want To Enter the Cooking Light Recipe Contest? You Have One Week!

    I just don’t have the time to work on it this week.  How about you? $20,000 prize!

    -JAY

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    Who will win the Cooking Light Ultimate Reader Recipe contest? It could be you! Enter your favorite recipe using one or more of our sponsor products and your recipe could appear in Cooking Light! Grand Prize winner will receive $20,000 and six other winners will each receive $500!

    Simply enter your contact information and recipe below for your chance to win!

    NO PURCHASE REQUIRED. Purchasing does not improve your chances of winning. Contest begins March 16, 2010 12:01:00 AM and ends June 15, 2010 11:59:59 PM. Open to all legal residents of the 50 United States, and the District of Columbia, age 21 or older at time of entry. Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received. Void outside the U.S., in Puerto Rico, and where prohibited by law. All federal, state and local regulations apply. See Official Rules for details and conditions.

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  • 02Jun

    So…I think I Can Grill. And, Recipe Contests.

    I made the finals in the “So, You Think You Can Grill?” contest (June 13th).  This is my first cooking competition.

    Also, check out these recipe contests and cooking contests (Safeway BBQ in DC is listed). You know you can do amazing things with Fillo. 🙂

    -JAY

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  • 27May

    DCFüd Wants You!

    The good news is, some of us are over-employed (that’s good, right?).  Some of us have even moved away from the DC area *gasp* to go to graduate school.
    But the bad news is a dry spell for the FUD at the moment.  So, to
    counteract this terrible state of affairs, we are looking for…..

    A FEW NEW WRITERS!!
    Were you annoyed by a restaurant?
    Do you have some random recipes to share?
    Have you discovered the best wine or restaurant in DC?
    Do you want to write a comparison article for a particular item or dish?
    Need some hipster cred? (Good, since that is how we are compensated. )
    Then we want you for DCFUD.  Send any sort of writing sample to
    jay@dcfud.com, along with a couple ideas you’d like to write
    about.  It’ll be crazy!

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  • 27May

    2010 Rammy for Best New Restaurant – A Poll and Contest

    Dining in DC is hosting a POLL to ask readers who they think the winner of the 2010 Rammy for Best New Restaurant will be.

    So which of the five finalists for Best New Restaurant is your favorite restaurant?

    Which restaurant do you think will win?

    In order to be eligible for the category of ”New Restaurant” a restaurant must have been opened between December 1, 2008 and November 30, 2009 and has already distinguished itself as a pacesetter in food, beverage and service. The Rammy 201o finalists for New Restaurant are:

    • Bibiana
    • Birch & Barley
    • Bourbon Steak
    • Eventide
    • Inox

    Enter the POLL here.

    PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT about WHY it is your Favorite and WHY You want it to win!

    If the restaurant that you voted for wins, you will be automatically entered into the drawing to win a dining Gift Certificate from the Winner! Good Luck!

    -Lisa Shapiro

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  • 20May

    Smith Meadows – The Lunch Truck

    Smith Meadows Grill is a Truck that cooks the meat from their farm (Smith Meadows Farm in Berryville, VA) with veggies from other Courthouse Farmer’s market vendors (like Toigo).  Look for them Saturdays at Courthouse. The halfsmoke and (especially) the relish were good, and the iced tea wasn’t sweet enough. I’ll try a burger and a cold ham biscuit next time.  Rashid (who runs the Grill) sent me the below email.

    -JAY

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    Jay,
    Thanks for coming by today for lunch.  After working alongside Forrest at markets for two years, I launched Smith Meadows Grill with Aminah (your quiet chef) in Arlington on Saturdays and Takoma Park on Sundays.  Our “halfsmokes” are Smith Meadows all-beef sweet italian sausages; our freshly-baked buns are whole wheat with unbleached white by Bon Matin Bakery in Berryville, VA.  We top them with our own green garlic pesto, grilled onions from market, and organic horseradish mustard.  Numma-numma, yeah?
    –
    Rashid (smithmeadowsgrill@gmail.com)
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  • 08May

    Aggressive Restaurant Waste Reduction

    http://cheezburger.com/View/3092898816An Aussie friend passed this article on to me, and I really do think it’s an interesting concept to be debated. Basically, Sydney chef Yukako Ichikawa got sick of patrons who didn’t met her standards, particularly those involving the clean-plate club. She posted rules on her restaurant’s door, stating that patrons are required to eat everything on the plate – except a few selected garnishes (for this, I question her commitment to Sparkle Motion) – or be forced to pay extra and/or be banned from returning. She turns people away for any number of a priori violations.

    Apparently, she remains in business.

    While I certainly applaud the idea of not wasting so much food – the quantities thrown out are staggering, even outside of oversize American chains like Outback, etc. – this seems a bit too precious. What do you all think?

    -MAW

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