Chef Ruta, Palena Top ‘City Paper’ Best of D.C. Poll

IN THE NEWS: Highlights of Washington City Paper’s Best of D.C. 2008 include Frank Ruta and his Palena restaurant, as Best Chef and Best Restaurant, respectively. washingtoncitypaper.com … A new restaurant owned by a contestant on the “Top Chef” television series is slated to open on Capitol Hill in late May, with plans to open […]

Reviewers Rate Mio, Thai Pavilion, Gordon Biersch

IN THE NEWS: The Post’s Tom Sietsema gives two and a half stars to Mio (1110 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, DC 202-955-0075) and has a first bite at Meridian (5832 Georgia Ave. NW, 202-722-8882). … Sietsema also reports, “If the new guy in the kitchen at Hudson Restaurant & Lounge (2030 M St. NW; 202-872-8700) […]

Reviewers Rate Hudson, Mojito’s, Cork, Bistro d’Oc

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, […]

Historic Nightclub Childe Harold Closes; Waffle Shop Moving

IN THE NEWS: The Washington Post’s Paul Schwartzman reports on the closing of longtime nightclub/restaurant the Childe Harold on 20th street NW in Dupont Circle, where Bruce Springsteen, Emmylou Harris, The Ramones and Bonnie Raitt once played. … Schwartzman also reports that developer Douglas Jemal, in need of land to construct a downtown office building, […]