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.

Around Town: No Mike Isabella @ RAMMY Awards, 6/10/18

Posted on 03/30/2018 by Parklifer in Food Talk, Stars and Bars and tagged Arroz, G by Mike Isabella, Mike Isabella, RAMMY Awards, RAMW, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington, Washington Convention Center.

The reception at RAMMY Awards in 2017 (Photo courtesy RAMW)

The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) announced yesterday the revocation of two nominations for restaurants owned by Chef Mike Isabella for the RAMMY Awards on June 10 at the Washington Convention Center in the wake of recent sexual harassment charges against him and other members of his leadership team.

Don’t Miss: SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience @ National Building Museum, 6/1-6/2/18

Posted on 03/21/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Around Town, Food Talk, Stars and Bars and tagged beer festival, Brewers Association, Craft Beer, National Building Museum, SAVOR, SAVOR 2018.

Beer aficionados gather for Savor 2017 at the National Building Museum.

Ninety small and independent craft brewery converge at the National Building Museum (401 F St. NW, DC) in DC on Friday, June 1, and Saturday, June 2, for the return of SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience. Tickets for the event are on sale as of today, March 21!

Don’t Miss: RAMMY Awards @ Washington Convention Center — 6/10/18

Posted on 03/13/2018 by Mickey McCarter in Food Talk, Live Review, Stars and Bars and tagged beer program, RAMMY Awards, RAMW, Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, Washington Convention Center, wine program.

Rose Previte, owner of Compass Rose, accepts the award for Best Casual Restaurant of the Year with her team at the 2017 RAMMY Awards on July 30, 2017. (Photo by Mickey McCarter)

Restaurant industry professionals gathered Monday at The Hamilton Live to hear the list of finalists for the 2018 RAMMY Awards, announced by the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW). The winners will ultimately receive recognition at the black-tie RAMMY Awards Gala at the Washington Convention Center on Sunday, June 10.

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

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

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

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

Around Town: No Mike Isabella @ RAMMY Awards, 6/10/18

Don’t Miss: SAVOR: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience @ National Building Museum, 6/1-6/2/18

Don’t Miss: RAMMY Awards @ Washington Convention Center — 6/10/18

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