Critiques
American Indulgence: Farmers Fishers Bakers Georgetown
Food photography by Nile Mansky Farmers Fishers Bakers (FFB) is the newest Georgetown waterfront restaurant designed for you to truly gorge the way America has always intended. It is the pinnacle of American abundance with large portions, a vast beer/cocktail … Continue reading
Volt Restaurant: Hold onto your hat
To all who travel not for food, read this. There comes a time when one wants to hunt to eat. Jump into the car, big sunglasses, ADORE the change of seasons, then find a killer restaurant. * * * You’ve … Continue reading
British Pub-licity: North London’s The Flask
The Flask is of the many gems folded between the windy streets of Highgate Village. On the menu mulled wine and a Sunday’s roast gathers quite a crowd on resting day, and whenever I have the opportunity to visit, … Continue reading
Seasons for Imagination: A Brunch
In the film adaptation of the novel, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” by Roald Dahl, actor Gene Wilder opens the door for a group of lucky odds and ends to explore a land of endless, edible gems. And as the … Continue reading
Chef Scott Drewno is The Source for Modern Chinese in the District
Chef Scott Drewno is the man behind Wolfgang Puck’s The Source, adjacent to the Newseum in Penn Quarter. On the surface, Chef Drewno is the epitome of the all-American man: 6 feet 5 inches, handsome, happily married to his high … Continue reading
On the Rogue with Chef R.J. Cooper III
Photos by: Maria Bryk Kerouac once wrote, “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved.” Yet, what Jack failed to scribble onto his snarky scroll … Continue reading
Toki Has a Character
First thing first: You walk upstairs to get to Toki Underground. This could be found a bit confusing and certainly uncomfortable for the archetypical fine diner, but Toki, like Wonderland, is an Alice-esque culinary adventure. Toki lends itself as a … Continue reading
Great Italian Elegance in a Low-Lit Hotel Lobby
Obelisk should not be confused with your fixed menu, avant-garde, molecular wonderland where Foie gras meets cotton candy. Obelisk is a culinary journey exploring flavors of seasonal Italian cooking with an elegance many Americans have not yet experienced. Obelisk is … Continue reading
Una Marea of Compliments
Sitting outside at a Café Metro on the corner of 51st and Lex, wiping the blasts of city dust from my eye and inhaling the occasion smell of public restrooms, I think back on my late Saturday night meal. A … Continue reading
Napoleon Bistro: Short and Obscure
Perched on Columbia Road above Adam’s Morgan sits Napoleon Bistro & Lounge, sister to Bonaparte Café in Georgetown. Overlooking the squalor that many under-aged kids call a “great Saturday night,” Napoleon suffers to no inferiority complex. The interior design breaks … Continue reading