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December 2007 - Posts
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Dear Readers, Next week, Zagat Buzz is taking a brief holiday hiatus. But don't worry, we'll be back and buzzing in the New Year! In the meantime, why not read the 2008 wish lists of restaurant industry insiders , or check out some of the new Read More...
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2008 is shaping up to be another happening year for the DC restaurant scene with more wine bars and resto-lounges enlivening burgeoning neighborhoods, popular eateries cloning themselves and established talents cooking up new concepts. Agraria still plans Read More...
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Restaurant industry insiders weigh in on what they'd like to see more of – and less of – in the New Year See What the Pros are Saying: We Need More We Could Do With Less Culinary insiders have had it with the terms "celebrity chef" Read More...
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If you have no personality, this is the hangout for you. Read More...
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Right now you've got the holidays on your mind, but before you know it Restaurant Week 2008 will be here. Upwards of 150 eateries will offer special meal deals (three-course lunches and dinners for $20.08 and $30.08, respectively) from January 14th–20th. Read More...
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Chix photo: Mimi Le Tempting aromas of roasted birds draw customers to Chix, an eco-friendly chicken roost near U Street NW; customers order their meals at the open kitchen’s counter, and those who want to eat in then head upstairs to the sweet, Read More...
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French-Caribbean food and drink will be served in the glassed-in sidewalk terrace – as well as in the suavely redesigned dining rooms and bar/lounge – when Café Tropé (which was going to be called Onje ) opens shortly in the Read More...
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Calling all extreme eaters: fugu season is almost here! Fugu, or blowfish, is a Japanese delicacy that requires surgical precision and special training to prepare because certain parts of the fish are poisonous. Chef Kazuhiro “Kaz” Okochi Read More...
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Banish morning-after cobwebs with a hearty brunch at the classy Blue Duck Tavern where the à la carte menu will include its signature roasted lemon chicken and steak fries (11 AM–2:30 PM; 202-419-6755). The New Mexico location of Chef Geoff’s Read More...
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Got a dining question you're too embarrassed to ask your server about? Ask Zagat. With the king of all sparkling-wine-soaked holidays approaching – that'd be New Year's Eve – Zagat Buzz turned to a man who knows his champagne from Read More...
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Zagat Guides will help you find places where you can go to Eat, Drink, Stay and Play, but what about to Picket? Today, another spoof in the grand Zagat tradition has appeared online over at Nikki Finke's DeadlineHollywoodDaily (which remains the place Read More...
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Wildfire has spread to Tysons Corner. photo: Susan Kirby Wildfire, part of a mini-chain from the Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You group, features a contemporary take on a 1940s American steakhouse, serving hearty Midwest-sized portions of wood-fired Read More...
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Options for ringing in the New Year include plenty of stylish and over-the-top events. At Brasserie Beck , roasted goose will be a choice on its prix fixe menus (four courses for $95 from 5–7 PM; five courses for $125 from 8:30 PM on; 202-408-1717). Dig Read More...
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This beauty appeared at the Fairmont's tree-lighting ceremony . Feeling inspired? Do the winter holidays find you thatching the roof of an edible edifice with M&Ms and paving its walkways with gumdrops? If so, Poste Brasserie Moderne invites you to participate Read More...
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Châteaubriand for two could be the focus of a romantic Christmas Eve dinner at Marcel’s – it will be a special on the New French à la carte menu, which will be served until 9 PM (202-296-1166); meanwhile at his high-spirited baby Read More...
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The maitre d' made us wait to be seated, apparently for no other reason than because he could. Read More...
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Next week, Iron Chef Cat Cora is coming to Zagat to answer your questions. ZAGAT.com, that is. Crowned the first female Iron Chef on the Food Network's Iron Chef America in 2005, Cora's love of food began much earlier on in life. Her culinary aspirations Read More...
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The retail area at ACKC Cocoa Bar photo: Mimi Le Chocoholics can belly up to the ACKC Cocoa Bar – which stands for Artfully Chocolate/Kingsbury Confections – in Logan Circle for cocoa-based drinks enhanced with chile, lavender or plain old Read More...
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By Yoji Yamaguchi, ZAGAT.com staff editor In case your friends have already stocked up with the latest Zagat Guides , here are some books from 2007 about cooking, dining and food. Nancy Verde Barr, Backstage With Julia: My Years With Julia Child (Wiley, Read More...
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Santa will dispense treats from his big red bag and pose for photos at the Roof Terrace at the Kennedy Center 's holiday brunch on December 16th and 23rd featuring a special "kiddie" buffet table with mac 'n' cheese and chicken fingers, along with a sumptuous Read More...
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The suave, wood-paneled Peacock Grand Cafe, an offshoot of the Georgetown neighborhood haunt Peacock Cafe , should open by the middle of December in the former Legal Sea Foods space on K St. NW, which has since been outfitted with an expansive bar/lounge Read More...
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