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The Carry-out Critic Finds Tender Ribs and Savory Sides at Supreme Barbeque
Supreme Barbeque serves Texas-style barbecue at its restaurant located on the edge of Eckington in Northeast. Filipino-American father and son Juan and Jeremy Canlas opened their first location ten years ago in Lanham, with the D.C. store being their second. They took over the former New York Pizza spot at the busy intersection of North…
Young & Hungry Writers Digest a Quarter Century of Eating
City Paper staffers have never been high-class gourmands. We appreciate a nice meal as much as the next person, but as most people who’ve passed through its offices will tell you, the most anticipated meal of the week was often the snacks and beers shared after an issue closed on Wednesday night. As broke alt-weekly…
Manifesting a Bakery
After two years of running a bakery out of their home, Rick and Tyes Cook now refer to their dining table as a “murphy-table.” It might make an appearance at dinnertime, but otherwise, it’s moved to make room for what’s become the family’s bread and butter—their cottage bakery, Manifest Bread. Today, the couple announced that…
Good Taste: Donisima Crafts “Super Doughnuts” Rich With Latin Flavors
Doughnuts aren’t simple pastries; they are complex joy makers. Bite into a great one and you will feel a deep happiness, a childish (in the best way possible) pleasure that rockets you back through time. No matter your age, you will feel like a kid again for one giddy moment as you stuff your mouth…
Good Taste: Newland Blends Forward Thinking Cuisine With Nostalgic Throwbacks
At Newland, the soundtrack is all ’80s all the time. The Outfield’s infectious “Your Love” came on several times the night I visited, and Richard Marx’s treacly power ballad “Right Here Waiting” and The Cure’s heart-on-sleeve machismo takedown “Boys Don’t Cry” also made appearances. It’s all fun and familiar, and not necessarily what you’d expect…
A New Black-Owned Spirits Subscription Service Is Bringing Luxury to D.C.’s Doorsteps
Inspiration for Sip+Tipple, a D.C.-based Black spirits membership program, came to its founder while she was scrolling through her Instagram feed in 2020. While in quarantine, Kimberly Hall, who also serves as the company’s chief curator, came across a post from Angel Anderson, the owner of Spice Suite in Takoma. Her post promoted Blackleaf Vodka,…
The Carry-out Critic Balances Jerk Chicken Heat with Mac & Cheese at LuvPlates Soul & Grill
LuvPlates Soul & Grill is a Black-owned carryout restaurant that serves soul food with a Caribbean influence. Owners Jamar Johnson and Jacob Vcelik started booking catering events and serving lunch from a food truck in downtown D.C. in 2016. Their first food stand opened at the Savor Food Hall (now miXt Food Hall) in Brentwood…
The Carry-Out Critic Wants All the Crab Rangoon from Lucky Danger
Lucky Danger is an American Chinese takeout restaurant located in Arlington’s Pentagon Row. Chef and owner Tim Ma started the concept in November 2020 as a pop-up in Mount Vernon Triangle. Its name is meant to be playful. “Lucky” was often used in the names of old school Chinese restaurants in the U.S., and “Danger”…
Good Taste: “Little Guy” Piccoletto Fuses Big Italian and Asian Flavors
Good Taste is a new bimonthly column offering opinionated looks at the best new places to eat in the D.C. area. The Block food hall in downtown D.C. is no stranger to mashups. Rose Ave Bakery adds Asian flavors to French pastries, while Pogiboy jubilantly marries inspiration from Filipino fast-food joint Jollibee and McDonald’s. As…
Coming in Hot, an Alternative to Third-Party Delivery Apps—Bring It!
“People don’t think that you can take 25 pizzas on a bicycle,” says Chris Rabadi. “But a Bring It! courier can.” Rabadi leads operations for Bring It!, a bicycle courier service for local restaurants and other food and beverage businesses. During work hours, he helps run things from the Bring It! office in Naylor Court,…
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