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: In the January issue, Washingtonian magazine spotlights its critics 100 Very Best Restaurants list 2008 and readers 100 Favorite Restaurants 2007 list, with L’Auberge Chez François in Great Falls topping the readers best restaurants list, and Central Michel Richard in Penn Quarter voted Best New Restaurant. … Michael Landrum, proprietor of Ray’s […]

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