Category: Reviews

Have You Done a Progressive Dinner?
[ 0 ] October 6, 2016 |

Have You Done a Progressive Dinner?

Feeling nostalgic after a summer of vacation after vacation and loads of food, I decided to visit a vision from my past.  That vision happens to be at Potomac Mills where I spent countless weekends during my time at Howard University (HU) undergrad perusing the aisles for whatever big event that called for new, “fresh” […]

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Products to Watch:  Ketchung! Barbecue Sauce
[ 0 ] September 28, 2016 |

Products to Watch: Ketchung! Barbecue Sauce

I used it all summer and finished a bottle at a time.  Ketchung! Sauce is the truth.  At first I had my reservations because every other sauce out there boasts how unique theirs are from the rest and then they end up tasting like Sweet Baby Ray’s or Heinz.  Ketchung! has broke the code on […]

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Add This To Your Cellar:  Bodega Ruca Malen
[ 0 ] September 1, 2016 |

Add This To Your Cellar: Bodega Ruca Malen

French business partners Jean Pierre Thibaud and Jacques Louis de Montalembert, alongside Argentine winemaker Pablo Cuneo, have brought the flavors of Mendoza to the District.  Their boutique winery, Bodega Ruca Malen, recently gave the District a taste of their signature Malbec at Rural Society, located inside the Loews Madison Hotel.  The Yauquen Malbec 2014, which […]

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Happy Hour?  STK Lip Service.
[ 0 ] August 31, 2016 |

Happy Hour? STK Lip Service.

STK has launched a new happy hour that fits right in with my schedule.  The new “Office Hours” is weekdays from 5-8 pm.  The deals include Buy One, Get One Cocktails, Beer and/or Wine and $12 bar bites, which include Tuna Tartare (JKGF Fave of the Night) and Oysters ($2 each).  The thing I like […]

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There’s a Log Cabin in City Center.  And it has a happy hour.
[ 0 ] August 5, 2016 |

There’s a Log Cabin in City Center. And it has a happy hour.

BOE has changed the looks of things from the sleek, sexy all white décor that used to take up the space at 777 9th Street, NW.  This, however, still is the sexiest log cabin décor I have ever layed eyes on.  Far from thinking smores when I enter the place, the menu does nothing to […]

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