Category: Washington D.C.

This Weekend:  2016 DC VegFest
[ 0 ] September 19, 2016 |

This Weekend: 2016 DC VegFest

Organized by Compassion Over Killing, the annual DC VegFest is back on September 24 from 11am-6pm at the Yards Park (adjacent to Nationals Stadium). With more than 100 vendors and exhibitors this year, a few festival favorites will be returning such as Vegan Treats, Dr. Bronner’s soap makers, Craft Kombucha, and Daiya. Lookout for Savory […]

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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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Dining Cliff’s Notes As We Creep Up on September…
[ 0 ] August 22, 2016 |

Dining Cliff’s Notes As We Creep Up on September…

1. The second annual Dine Out Tysons Restaurant Week, presented by the Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce, will run from Monday, August 22 – Sunday, August 28, 2016.  Local favorites such as Wildfire will participate. 2. Sakerum, a new sushi bar, Asian-Latin restaurant and cocktail lounge from Stephanos Andreou, will open a few blocks away from the intersection […]

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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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