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Restaurateur Jeff Black is getting his own signature oysters called “Black Pearls” and “Old Black Salts” [Post]

Food porn from tapas spot Pulpo in Cleveland Park [Washingtonian]

Update on DGS Delicatessen [Eater]

Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar coming to North Bethesda Marketplace [Dining Bisnow]

Smoky desserts are in [WSJ]

A glimpse inside El Chucho’s Cocina Superior taqueria, opening in Columbia Heights on June 16 [PoP]

Three rooftop beehives, 150,000 honeybees, and 150 pounds of honey at Juniper in the Fairmont Hotel [The Plate]

Photos of Ripple‘s new “Grilled Cheese Bar” [BYT]

Oysters photo via Shutterstock