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16 Jan Where You Should Be Drinking on Capitol Hill: the Return to Acqua al 2 + Parola Finale Cocktail Recipe

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The Return to Acqua al 2 One of us was raised in California; the other in Chicago. Because of this, while in most regards our tastes are quite similar, we have very different comfort foods. For the Californian, it's sushi, smoothies, and juice; for the Chicagoan,...

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07 Dec Eatbar Shows Us Whiskey’s Bright Side

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Eatbar Shows Us Whiskey's Bright Side Ever since our first entirely delightful visit for apps and drinks shortly after Eatbar opened, every time we pass by--which is all the time since it's right around the corner--we say, 'We should go back there to try their burger...

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09 Nov Decoding the Cocktail Menu for Cook’s Cook + Where You Should Be Drinking: Hank’s on Capitol Hill

Posted at 16:06h in Blog, Liquor 101, Where to Drink, Where to Drink: DC by Roberts & June

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How to Read a Cocktail Menu on Cook's Cook We're excited to announce that our main content for the day is actually over at Cook's Cook, an international collection of food writers, chefs, and recipe testers. We're excited to be in the company of such an eminent...

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12 Jan Where We’ve Been Drinking: Eatbar on Capitol Hill

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Where We've Been Drinking: Eatbar on Capitol Hill An uneasy truce exists on Barracks Row in our neighborhood of Capitol Hill. From D to E, chain restaurants and fast food rule. From E to I, it's funky ethnic restaurants (like the all you can eat, small plate,...

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11 Jan Where We’ve Been Drinking: Rose’s Luxury

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Where We've Been Drinking: Rose's Luxury In our eighteen months here, we've learned that there are two bedrock realities to life in DC: friends move, and a table at Rose's Luxury is impossible to get. Last Thursday, we grieved the truth of one of these tenets...

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22 Sep Where You Should Be Drinking: Cava Mezze on Capitol Hill + Goodbye Yellow Basil Road Cocktail Recipe

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Where We've Been Drinking: Cava Mezze on Capitol Hill Back in May, we went with a few friends to a fantastic event with a silly name, The Lamb Jam. The Lamb Jam was all-you-can-eat samples of lamb dishes designed by about fifteen local chefs, accompanied by...

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12 Sep Where We’ve Been Drinking: Bearnaise for Brunch + Bardot Sling Cocktail Recipe

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Where We've Been Drinking: Bearnaise for Brunch We love brunch. I know, who doesn't? But we love brunch in the way that only late converts can. Until recently, both of us worked on Sundays. When we shifted to a more standard Monday through Friday work week,...

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11 Mar Drink Local Drink DC: Harold Black

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Drink Local Drink DC: Harold Black 'Have you been to the speakeasy on 7th?' our neighbors asked. 'There's a speakeasy on 7th?' was our reply. We'd actually read a brief mention of said speakeasy, Harold Black, in the Washingtonian's Capitol Hill neighborhood guide when we first moved in....

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15 Feb Where We’ve Been Drinking: Beuchert’s

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cover photo: washingtonpost.com Where We've Been Drinking: Beuchert's  When we moved to DC, it was hard for us to believe that we'd land in a neighborhood we would like as much the one we left in Boston. Union Square was an old, overlooked, even rundown neighborhood that...

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04 Feb Where You Should Be Drinking: Nooshi

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Where You Should Be Drinking: Nooshi Before we moved to DC, everyone consistently told us about one thing: happy hour. The happy hour scene is great! It's what everyone does. Just you wait. Comments like these made us think we would get along with DC just fine, and...

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