Restaurants

New Restaurant, Provost, Coming to Woodridge

By Prince Of Petworth

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2129 Rhode Island Ave, NE

Thanks to a reader for sending:

“Signage and building permits for a new restaurant, across the street from Nido.”

Back in 2013 RIA Insider posted:

“The theme of the restaurant will be “Food for Thought” and will feature American style cuisine, using local and fresh ingredients, that Nina describes as “healthy dining” with made from scratch foods…they are currently working on the menu, which will contain several signature dishes including gluten-free and vegetarian options.”

Updates when they get closer to opening.

Check out the new Jazz Dinner menu at Henry’s Upstairs

By Prince Of Petworth

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601 Pennsylvania Ave, SE

From a press release:

“Mr. Henry’s, iconic Hill restaurant, bar, and music venue is bringing a touch of something more to its live jazz upstairs on Friday and Saturday nights. Beginning September 25th, the Jazz Dinner menu, prepared in our upstairs kitchen, will be available from 6:00 to 10:00, with a reservation system now in place on our website (www.MrHenrysDC.com) for reserving tables between 6:00 and 8:00. Reservations are not required to take advantage of this menu but will guarantee seating for the live music. Live Music begins at 8:00 both nights.

Our aim with these dishes, devised by Chef Thomas Bach, is to prove a welcome addition to those looking for a romantic night, a reunion with old friends, or any situation calling for a touch more.

Upstairs Fri Sat Menu (PDF)

Our live music runs four nights a week, Wednesday through Saturday, with the doors opening at 6:00 and the music running from 8:00 to 11:00. Our downstairs dinner service runs daily from 4:00 to Midnight, with lunch served from opening (11:15 weekdays, 11:00 Saturday, 10:30 Sunday). Mr. Henry’s additionally serves brunch on the weekends, opening through 2:00 Saturday and through 3:00 Sunday. Wednesday and Thursday nights we serve our Bar Menu at Henry’s Upstairs.”

Judging New Diners – Olivia’s

By Prince Of Petworth

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1120 19th Street, NW

Olivia’s opened up in July in the former G Street Food space just south of Dupont. Their website sounds awesome:

“Two dudes. Best friends. Sitting beachside 22 years ago with a dream of opening a diner together. Name of the restaurant was easy to pick since it’s the daughter and God-daughter of these two dudes. Olivia.

We have absolutely no idea what we are doing. But here we are. And we have found our love and passion…food and more food! Finding fresh and local produce & meat and turning into a culinary masterpiece is what we do. Creating home made dishes with simple ingredients. Nothing fancy, nothing foo-foo…just delicious food.”

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You can see their menus here.

Anyone check them out yet?

And the inside looks pretty sweet too:

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via Olivia’s Facebook page

Beef ‘n Bread Deli from Owners of Wiseguys Pizza Soft Opens in Chinatown

By Prince Of Petworth

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6th and H Street, NW

Back in July we learned:

“Beef n Bread is a fast casual down to earth sandwich shop inspired from living in Boston (what pizza is to New Yorkers, Roast beef is to Bostonians).”

They had their first soft opening on Tuesday and will have another starting at 11:30am on Wednesday. They’ll be open until they “run out of meat and bread”. Stay tuned for regular hours next week from 11am to 10pm. And in the future we’ll see Breakfast and Late Night hours too. In the meantime – looking forward to hearing what folks think of the sandwiches!

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UPDATE: Power Out Again – Closed Tonight. Slash Run: “To make up for the loss of burgers tonight we are running some crazy specials”

By Prince Of Petworth

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201 Upshur Street, NW

Update– “power out again. We will be closed for the evening. See everybody tomorrow. Sorry for any inconvenience.”

From an email:

“Slash Run had a power surge yesterday that knocked out some of our kitchen equipment. To make up for the loss of burgers tonight we are running some crazy specials:

Sloppy Joes $6
Pasta Bolognese with Garlic Bread $9.95

Rail Drinks $3.5

Drafts:
Boulevard Radler $3
Bold Rock Cider $3
Devils Backbone Vienna Lager $3
Ommegang Cooperstown $3
Smuttynose Finest Kind IPA $3.5

Plus $2 off all other drafts!”

Holy Moly – 70 People May Have Gotten Salmonella from Fig & Olive in CityCenter

By Prince Of Petworth

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934 Palmer Alley, NW in CityCenter pre-opening

Last week we heard that Fig & Olive was temporarily closed by the Health Department over concerns for those who got sick with salmonella-like symptoms. More news from the Washington Post on the extent of problem:

“She’s now one of 70 possible cases tied to Fig & Olive, according to Marcus A. Williams, a spokesman for the health department. Six patients have been confirmed to have salmonella infection.

Fig & Olive remained closed Monday and has not set a date to reopen.”

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