Around Town: Dine-N-Dash @ Penn Quarter + The Wharf — 6/12/19

Posted on 06/21/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged charity, DC, Dine N Dash, food festival, Jose Andres, Penn Quarter, The Wharf, World Central Kitchen.

World Central Kitchen serves paella to guests checking into Dine-N-Dash 2019 at the National Union Building on June 12, 2019. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Nonprofit World Central Kitchen, established by Chef José Andrés to feed people after global disasters, held its top fundraising event recently, drawing hungry hoppers to more than 30 DC restaurants in Logan Circle, Penn Quarter, and The Wharf to dine and dash through curated meals and drinks.

As ever, this event was a lot of fun, and everyone left with full tummies and high spirits.

Preview: Dine-N-Dash @ Penn Quarter/ 14 St./ The Wharf, 6/12/19

Posted on 05/27/2019 by Parklifer in Around Town, Food Talk, Preview and tagged 14th Street NW, charity, Dine N Dash, food festival, Jose Andres, Logan Circle, Penn Quarter, The Wharf, World Central Kitchen.

Kabir Amir, owner and sommerlier, pours at Flight. (Photo courtesy Dine-N-Dash)

José Andrés and World Central Kitchen have recruited 30 restaurants to participate in the annual Dine-N-Dash fundraising event to benefit the nonprofit global charity as restaurants at The Wharf, located in Southwest DC, join the event for the first time on Wednesday, June 12.

Around Town: SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience @ National Building Museum — 5/17/19

Posted on 05/21/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged beer festival, Brewers Association, Craft Beer, food festival, National Building Museum, SAVOR, SAVOR 2019.

Tomme Arthur of The Lost Abbey presented some lovely takes on popular sour beers at SAVOR 2019 on May 17, 2019.

Presented by the Brewers Association, the 12th edition of the Savor Craft Beer and Food Experience recently welcomed more than 90 small and independent craft breweries, many serving two or three of their beers, from around the country.

Around Town: Live Music @ Marvin

Posted on 04/22/2019 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged Eliot Seppa, Eliot Seppa Trio, food, jazz, Marvin, soul.

Eliot Seppa and friends entertain dinner guests at Marvin on April 15, 2019.

Marvin (2007 14th St. NW, DC), long favored for one of most DC’s relaxing decks, a sophisticated ambiance, and creative cocktails, has grown to add free live music to its appeal.

Around Town: Vote for Your Favorite Restaurant @ The Rammys, Thru 4/30/19

Posted on 03/27/2019 by Parklifer in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged food festival, RAMMY Awards, Washington Convention Center.

Ambar accepts the Rammy Award for Casual Brunch of the Year on June 10, 2018. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

The Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington will announce The Rammy Awards on June 30! Meanwhile, the voting public will decide the winners in four categories. Cast your votes online for those categories through Tuesday, April 30 at 5pm.

Around Town: Grand Opening @ Notti 824 — 1/17/19

Posted on 01/23/2019 by Parklifer in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged Arc the Hotel, Foggy Bottom, food, Notti 824, Taib Akiremi, tapas.

Arc The Hotel at night

Boutique inn Arc The Hotel hosted a reception in Foggy Bottom recently to showcase the opening of its restaurant Notti 824, now the closest dining establishment to the Kennedy Center (outside of the Kennedy Center, of course).

Around Town: RAMMY Awards @ Washington Convention Center — 6/10/18

Posted on 06/18/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged Ambar, Amy Brandwein, Andrea Tateosian, Ari Gejdenson, Bourbon Steak, Buttercream Bakeshop, Centrolina, CHIKO, Chris Morgan, Clarity, Commissary, Compass Rose, Craft Beer, Daniel Coleman, Espita Mezcaleria, gala, Gerald Addison, Greg Engert, Heidi Minora, Initiative 77, Ivy City Smokehouse, Jose Andres, Masseria, Maydan, Mindful Restaurants, minibar, Moby Dick House of Kabob, Muriel Bowser, Neighborhood Restaurant Group, Osteria Morini, Owen's Ordinary, Patricia Fernandez de la Cruz, RAMMY Awards, RAMW, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, Right Proper Brewing Company, Scott Drewno, The Daily Dish, The Dubliner, Thor Cheston, Tiffany MacIsaac, Tony and Joe's, Tony Cibel, Urbana, USI Insurance Services, Washington Convention Center, Winn Robertson, World Central Kitchen.

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser, who opposes DC Initiative 77, presents at the RAMMY Awards on June 10, 2018.

Some of the best and the brightest received recognition lately from the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) at the annual RAMMY Awards, held as a black tie gala at the Washington Convention Center.

While the lavish awards program was the focus of the day, many awardees and the association itself spoke in opposition to DC Initiative 77, which would eliminate tipped wages at restaurants in favor of a universal wage by 2026 if enacted in a vote on Tuesday, June 19.

Around Town: Dine-N-Dash @ 14th Street + Penn Quarter — 6/6/18

Posted on 06/10/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged Barcelona, Bresca, charity, Dine N Dash, El Centro DF, Estadio, food festival, Jose Andres, Logan Circle, Penn Quarter, World Central Kitchen, Zaytinya.

Friendly faces from World Central Kitchen reminded us we were supporting a good cause, not simply having the night out of the year, during Dine-N-Dash 2018.

Thirty of DC’s best restaurants banded together in a night of revelry and charity to benefit World Central Kitchen, the feed-the-world nonprofit founded by Chef José Andrés, with bottomless food and drink on Wednesday for what must ever be the best time in DC.

Don’t Miss: Dine-N-Dash @ 14th Street NW DC, 6/6/18

Posted on 06/05/2018 by Parklifer in Around Town, Food Talk and tagged 14th Street NW, charity, Dine N Dash, food festival, Jose Andres, Logan Circle, Penn Quarter, World Central Kitchen.

Chefs Fanny Slater and Jose Andres with Adam Richman onstage at DC Central Kitchen’s Capital Food Fight on November 16, 2017 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. (Photo by Larry French/Getty Images for DC Central Kitchen’s Capital Food Fight)

Enjoy food and drink from 30 top DC restaurants — all in one night! Limited tickets are still available for Dine-N-Dash on Wednesday, June 6. With your ticket, you check in, claim a wristband and *dash* between locations to *dine* to your heart’s content.

At Dine-N-Dash, you’ll party with Chef José Andrés and friends to benefit his charity organization, World Central Kitchen.

Interview: Chef Adam Dulye of the Brewers Association (@ SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience 6/1-6/2/18)

Posted on 05/28/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Food Talk, Interview, Stars and Bars and tagged Adam Dulye, beer festival, Brewers Association, Craft Beer, Interview, National Building Museum, SAVOR, SAVOR 2018.

Adam Dulye (Photo courtesy the Brewers Association)

The Brewers Association will present the 11th edition of SAVOR as the premier craft food and pairing event in the United States at the National Building Musuem, Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2. With each brewery offering at least two beers, SAVOR 2018 will feature more than 180 beers from across the country. (VIP tickets have sold out, but general admission tickets remain for both nights.)

And each of those beers is accompanied by a food pairing, devised by Chef Adam Dulye and his team. SAVOR recently published the list of food and beer pairings, and Parklife DC caught up with Adam to get more insights into how food and beer come together to make SAVOR such an exciting experience.