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,…
Old & Full: Food Editor and Young & Hungry Columnist Laura Hayes Signs Off
I first put pen to paper as a City Paper staff member in July 2016, one month before Bon Appétit named D.C. the “Restaurant City of the Year.” Opening announcements flowed like Basque cider from a porrón. Tail Up Goat, Timber Pizza Co., Shouk, Espita, and HalfSmoke are just a few of the establishments that…
The First Food Hall in Prince George’s County Already Has a New Name and New Owners
When you enter a food hall and are overwhelmed with choices, follow your nose to the best smelling stall. At miXt, just over the D.C. border in Brentwood, your sniffer might send you to Spice Kitchen from Nigerian American Chef Olumide Shokunbi. Almost all the dishes offered, including some sizzling wings, are dusted with a…
Japan Courts D.C. Chefs With Dinners Starring Its Most Cherished Ingredients
There are no paying customers inside Sushi Taro on Nov. 15, but some of D.C.’s top chefs are huddled in the back room pouring themselves sake as they revel in a rare night off. Chef Nobu Yamazaki is in a festive mood while preparing rice dishes that have never appeared on the restaurant’s menu for…
How Perseverance Landed D’Angelo Mobley His First Executive Chef Job
“An Utz potato chip with caviar on it, that’s me,” D’Angelo Mobley says. But the metaphor the executive chef of La Jambe uses to describe himself has less to do with food than it does with fashion. He defines his personal style as refined rugged. “I’ll buy a $600 pair of jeans and put them…