IN THE NEWS: The Post’s Tom Sietsema reports that two-time James Beard Foundation award winner and former Oprah Winfrey chef Art Smith (Table 52 in Chicago) is set to open his new restaurant, tentatively named Art and Soul, in August in the new, 343-room Liaison Capitol Hill, an Affinia Hotel (415 New Jersey Ave. NW). […]

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IN THE NEWS: Washingtonian.com’s Sara Levine reports details the opening of a basement wine bar at Mrs. K’s Toll House in Silver Spring (9201 Colesville Road, Silver Spring; 301-589-3500; mrsks.com), while Todd Kliman reviews ACKC Cocoa Bar (1529-C 14th St., NW, Washington, DC, 202-387-2626) and Cynthia Hacindli considers Domaso Trattoria Moderna (1121 N. 19th St., […]

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IN THE NEWS: The Washington Post’s Tom Sietsema gives two stars to Hudson (2030 M St. NW, Washington, DC, 202-872-8700) and has a first bite at Peruvian restaurant La Canela (141-D Gibbs St., Rockville; 301-251-1550). … Jane Black’s Good to Go column considers the box lunches from Indique Heights (2 Wisconsin Cir., Chevy Chase, 301-656-4822, […]

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