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How Did Local Restaurants Stay Open During the Recent D.C. Snowstorm?new

Murat Uzuntepe admits to making a trip to the co-op just down the street to buy produce that he can’t get his hands on now. His suppliers simply can’t navigate the streets. Then he tells us about a woman who walked into his restaurant and wanted to buy eggs and bread.
Washington City Paper  |  Tim Carman  |  02-25-2010  |  Food+Drink

D.C.'s Obama Cuisine Tops Out with Spam Sushinew

Local restaurateurs' inaugural pandering-cum-marketing plans span the gamut, from kitschy promotions tied to Obama's place in presidential history ($44 bottles of wine, anyone?) to one serious-minded effort at fyve restaurant lounge to create an all-Hawaiian tasting menu.
Washington City Paper  |  Tim Carman  |  01-15-2009  |  Food+Drink

D.C.'s Museums Had a Hard Time Sculpting Greatness in 2008's Down Marketnew

The state of D.C.'s art museums at the end of 2008 presents a quandary not unlike the one currently on everyone's mind in the financial sector: Should troubled institutions be rescued or allowed to fail?
Washington City Paper  |  Jeffry Cudlin  |  01-08-2009  |  Art

Who Has the Better Cookie: NYC or D.C.?new

Although both cookies represent cities that occasionally indulge in comparison to each other, the salty oat and the black-and-white defy comparison. So let's not quibble about which city has the better cookie (we do) and start instead from the beginning.
Washington City Paper  |  Jule Banville  |  06-13-2008  |  Food+Drink

S.F. Hosing Authoritynew

San Francisco city government officials promised victims of Hurricane Katrina a haven, then gave some of them the shaft.
SF Weekly  |  Matt Smith  |  10-26-2005  |  Commentary

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