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Should be some kind of comment from someone about Flint Hill, VA and the great restaurant that was once there. -
Construction is under way in the old Pied Bistro space on M St. Their website is here -
A Bolivan bakery has opened up in my 'hood, replacing the sketchy Asian bakery next to the new Wild Chicken, and got a nice writeup in the WaPo here. The info: 3900 Pickett Rd. Fairfax, VA 22031 703-978-8021 Tues-Sat:10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sun: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Has anyone gone yet? Can't wait to try it out, especially the saltenas! -
I had half of a ham and cheese panini here (well, Gaithersburg actually) today. Note that I only had half. My stomach still feels as if I swallowed a brick coated with PopRocks. At least the pickle spear was good. -
Mrs. TJ works in DC and, in the past, she has come home with wonderful goodies from Marvelous Market. Sometimes brownies. Sometimes gingerbread. Sometimes these fruit and nut crisps (think really crisp 'bread' slices of this stuff -- with salt!). Their stuff in general used to be like food-crack. So she stops by there last night and is completely dismayed that they had posted a sign that they were now outsourcing their bread production, in part, to a 3rd party bakery. Apparently it is not just the bread. Grrrrr. -
Did you know there was an ethiopian restaraurant in Centreville? Neither did I. I was running errands with the boys a week ago when I decided to run into this place to get a menu. They had no carryout menus so I reviewed one of the normal ones, hoping that my 2 and 5 year olds wouldn't trash the place. On a lark I decided to get one of their combo meals, as I have never had ethiopian before. I'm no authority but my wife and I enjoyed everything. Here is where it is important to take note. They are also a bakery. I spoke with the owner and she takes pride in the deserts they make in house. I've been back twice, just for deserts, workign my way through their selections. The cheesecake and carrot cake were the stars. It is located in the same strip of mall as Bon Chon. Here is their site: mannabistro.com. It is fairly well hidden so I wanted to be sure to write them up because I think it is worth checking them out. Someone else can tell me how their other food rates, but their deserts are good (and reasonably priced). -
Pair some Pit Stop bbq with something sweet from Arno's Pastry. The former pastry chef for the FRENCH EMBASSY is now offering his world-class wares at GILBERTS CORNER. Wrap your head around that. Suggestion: see how the pulled pork tastes on one of Arno's brioche rolls.-
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Didn't see a topic for this place. AllSpice Cafe is on Oak Street essentially across the street from the new Heavy Seas Alehouse, kind of on the back side of the building, next door to Kanpai. It's a great little place when you're in the neighborhood. Good sandwiches (I've tended to the wraps like the southwestern wrap or bbq chicken).... mrs. rbh likes the chicken hummus veggie sandwich and swears by their breakfast wraps. They have apple fritters as big as a face - and they have Swings coffee. I've had their soups a couple times and was pleased. Soups and sandwich specials rotate daily. They also have a made-to-order salad station that I have to try sometime. Given the other choices around for take-out sandwiches, I put this over all the walking distance places (capriottis, subway, jimmy johns, etc). Particularly for the price. Basically if I'm working from home and want to wander out for a lunch sandwich, this is the default unless I feel like driving to Italian Store or Earl's. I hope that when the demolition starts on this bldg and the one next door in a couple years that they're able to find a new home. -
Hi all! I'm writing to make you aware that PAUL Bakery, a 120 yr. old upscale authentic French bakery, will be opening up its US Flagship shop on May 2, 2011 in Penn Quarter. PAUL is an authentic family-owned boulangerie (Bakery Café) that delivers the highest quality, freshly-baked bread & pastries in a traditional French bakery environment. It will be open 7 days a week from 7am to 7pm. In Washington, our breads will include traditional baguettes and country breads, whole grain breads, and fruit and nut breads. We will serve the flaky, buttery croissants and pains au chocolat that you can normally only find in France. PAUL will also offer a wide range of sandwiches "“ that are made on baguettes, quiches, salads and soups to be enjoyed in the bakery or to take away. At night, you'll also be able to enjoy a glass of wine to accompany a baguette with cheese and charcuterie plate. PAUL will be located in one of DC's most prime retail/restaurant locations: 801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, with its front doors opening onto the plaza of the US Navy Memorial, and directly across from The National Archives. A second PAUL store will open in Georgetown at the corner of Wisconsin Ave. and M St. later in the year. The opening of the PAUL stores here in DC are part of a joint-venture (PAUL DC VA MD Bakeries, LLC) which has been formed in partnership with the Capital Restaurant Concepts - the folks behind Paolos, JPaul's, etc. More info about PAUL can be found at http://www.Paul-USA.com
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Teo's Bakery closed awhile back, and has been replaced by Tarbouche. I'd gone there once or twice, and while the breads were nothing special, the Latino lunch items (pupusas, salteí±as) weren't bad, and often fed nearby workers who sat in the parking lot, eating their lunch. -
Here's Kinderhook's website. I picked up a pack of their Salted Chocolate Chip Cookies ($3.90 for 5 medium-large cookies) at Parts & Labor last week, and listen to me here: They go sooooo well with red wine. Gosh they do, and here are the ingredients: 1) Unbleached bread flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour) 2) Unbleached cake flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, unmodified cornstarch) 3) Cane juice sugar 4) Brown sugar 5) Butter 6) Eggs 7) Semisweet chocolate (chocolate liquor, sugar cocoa butter, lecithin, vanilla) 8) Vanilla extract 9) Baking soda 10) Baking powder 11) Salt A lot of ingredients, but nothing bad. And they taste like they're really well-made, with care. They are *so* good, and at only .78 cents a cookie full retail, they're a good deal, too. I polished these off over 4 different nights, breaking down this evening and having the final two. Every bit as fresh as last Tuesday when I bought the packet. I'm having them right now with the last of my 2006 Domaine Lignier-Michelot Morey Saint Denis 1er Cru "Les Faconnières," and this is a perfect food-wine pairing.
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Donnie Simpson Jr. (my next door neighbor and friend in Shaw) just opened up his shop. He is using Ceremony coffee and all muffins are made in the house. I love the chocolate/cheesecake muffin. I`ve been 4 times so far and the staff is very friendly and helpful. They also have sandwiches and wraps. There can not be a better location, you literally see the store when you come out of the metro escalator. Congrats Donnie!! http://www.uprisingmuffins.com -
Little Tokyo - More for its history than its wagashi, I like to stop at Fugetsu-do. According to Jennifer B. Lee's book, the fortune cookie was invented by them based on senbei. -
In that case, if you're going to be near Linden, stop at the Apple House and get an order of apple butter donuts. When they're hot and fresh, they're the best donuts ever. -
Twinsdaddy's post piqued my interest so I went on a doughnut mission. Milan Bakery & Miss Doughnut (7167 Lee Hwy, Falls Church) is in a small strip just down the road and on the other side of the street from Elevation Burger. Most of their yeast and cake doughnuts were standard varieties, but I did see a sign for pumpkin doughnuts in front of an empty tray. I also saw a sign for saltenas on the counter which sounded interesting, but that tray was also empty. There were other baked goods in a glass case. I bought (and tasted) five doughnuts: glazed, Bavarian cream, double chocolate, toasted coconut, and apple something (can't remember the second word). These aren't made to order or hot doughnuts, but they tasted fresh. The yeast doughnuts were fluffy, and the apple (a cake doughnut) had a dense, moist crumb with apple spice flavor. The apple and the toasted coconut (a yeast doughnut) were my favorites. The double chocolate (a chocolate cake donut with chocolate frosting) seemed a little drier and was my least favorite. I probably won't make special trips for the doughnuts, but I'd stop by if I'm in the area. For today, I combined it with lunch at Elevation Burger. -
Teo's Bakery (which served some pretty decent Bolivian snack food) has closed. I noticed the dreaded "brown paper" over the windows a few weeks ago. I often saw workers there, sitting in the parking lot and having their lunch - Teo's filled a need, and it's too bad it's gone (it was in the same tiny little strip shopping center as Sweet Rice).
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Finding ourselves near Taqueria Poblano, we decided to stop in for an early dinner, but I had no idea they're closed on Tuesdays. We couldn't bear to get back into the hot car, so we headed across the street and had a pleasant surprise of a dinner at the Caboose Cafe. They're kind of a bakery, kind of a sandwich shop, and oddly enough, they do Ethiopian too. My wife's simple spinach and mozzarella panini was full of fresh good-quality ingredients and came with crisp roasted potato wedges dusted with spicy seasonings of some sort. Never having had Ethiopian outside of DC, I went ahead and ordered a combo platter of doro watt, zilzil tibbs, and beef alitcha along with some gomen and miser watt. It wasn't Etete, but it was pretty damn good. So if you're on that side of the bridge and don't want to haul your ass to U St, this warm friendly joint might just do the trick. -
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I really like the espresso at Big Bear Cafe, although I mostly drink it as a machiato. It is Counter Culture Coffee, same roaster as Murky's. First and R Street NW. My favorite coffeehouse in DC. Simple, friendly place -- dark wood interior, LOOOONG espresso bar, huge windows, good sandwiches. -
The Batter Bowl Bakery. Keep in mind I am but one voice, and all of my neighbors publicly drool over it, but I am not a fan. Croissants made of phyllo dough, not flakey or buttery, but weirdly dense in the middle. illy coffee, eh. I am a big fan of the illy espresso cups, have a set at home, but we have better options in DC for coffee. Frenchie's during the H Street Farmer's Market is sooooo much better. Better isn't even the right word, the product is totally different. -
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I'd be interested in anyone else's opinion of Macaron Bee. I found the product too sweet and not very flavorful, but I only went once and tried just two.
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I stopped into the Sweet Lobby one afternoon, because it was such an unassuming storefront -- in the sense of, you almost don't even notice it -- that I had to see what was going on. Turns out a brother and sister team from a francophone country* were peddling, in order of increasing interest to me, delightful-looking cupcakes, colorful and creative macarons, and beautiful, perfect madeleines. Raspberry-rose? Orange and ginger? Green tea pistachio? Yes, please, to all of those. (It's possible I've read too much Proust.) I haven't tried the cupcakes, which nonetheless look lovely -- not the behemoths you see elsewhere, with a nice glisten to the cake in the case, but not oily-looking, and fresh enough frosting (appears to be traditional buttercream base) that it won't remain absolutely perfect over varied weather conditions. But the macarons reminded me on first bite of Ladurée: not overly tooth-rottingly cloyingly sweet, with as much reverence given the cookie as the pastry cream. And the madeleines...well, let's just say that at this point the girl working the checkout -- which is an iPad, I kid you not -- recognizes me and when I joked I should get a "Frequent Madeleine Buyer "Call Me Proust"" card, she agreed ... OK, look, I'm eating the frakkin' green tea-pistachio ones right now and I'm thisclose to running up to 8th Street to get another four-pack. Can't recall pricing of macarons or cupcakes, but $5.50 for a four-pack of madeleines? Oui, mes amies, and je vais vous rendre visite bientôt. -
Go back to Eden Center and try the sandwiches at Banh Mi So 1. They bake baguettes fresh all day long which makes a huge difference in the sandwiches. Compared with the bread used at Song Que, the fresh baguettes are longer and thinner, like a ficelle. The end result is a nice balance of bread and filling. -
BakeHouse, a new neighborhood bakery and coffee shop opening along the exciting and fast-developing 14th Street corridor, is hiring baristas, a supervisor, and a full time service manager. We're looking for a service manager who is a skilled barista and has managerial experience, a passion for coffee, extensive experience working in a busy coffee shop environment, and an in-date DC food manager certificate. This is a full time, salaried position. Applicants for the position of barista supervisor should have a minimum of 1 year's barista experience in a busy coffee shop or similar environment. Experience as a supervisor or key-holder is preferred, but not required. Baristas should be friendly and customer-service oriented, with an interest in coffee and baked goods. Experience is welcome, but not essential as training will be provided. If you'd like to apply, please respond to Lindsey@BakeHouseDC.com with a resume and a cover letter describing your skills, experience level, and why you think you're a great candidate for the position. Thanks!
