Restaurants: Last News

Winter Restaurant Week kicks off Monday, Jan. 25, and runs to Sunday, Feb.

New Year’s Eve celebrations will be different because of COVID-19 — but those lucky enough to have a big bank account aren’t just sitting home — they’re booking heated glass houses on the East River or having caviar with their pals. Especially hot are restaurant-prepped DYI meal kits with a Zoom link that let people partying at home watch comedy shows, mixology sessions or DJs spin music all night long, Andrew Rigie, executive director of the NYC Hospitality Alliance, told The Post.

Nellie’s Sports Bar is usually a bustling beehive of activity over New Year’s. This year, the Shaw neighborhood bar will offer its menu of delicious, comfort food classics and boozy drinks, punches, and jello shots from three different carry-out windows spaced out on the first floor.

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It’s possible you don’t even recall — or know — a time before Georgia Brown’s was the go-to restaurant for gourmet Southern cuisine in Washington, D.C. Also known as a go-to spot for celebrating special occasions, the restaurant opened in 1993, well before Washington’s restaurant scene gained national recognition as a destination in its own right.Yet after all these years, the fine-dining fixture off McPherson Square, just two blocks from the White House and Black Lives Matter Plaza, remains committed to serving up high-quality classics from the Lowcountry.

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 winterization or COVID-19 preparation.“Our restaurants and other food establishments are essential to small business community, employing our residents and driving our local economy,” Bowser said in a press release. “We know times are particularly tough as our restaurants continue to make sacrifices and implement creative service adjustments.

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now-viral footage of his angry Sunday afternoon anti-twerking address. The #twerkgate clip had more than 2.3 million views as of Monday afternoon.“All this twerking s–t, don’t bring it here because we’re a restaurant,” an apparently incensed Kelley says, scolding female patrons for standing on the furniture of his establishment and jiggling their junk-in-the-trunk to songs like Megan Thee Stallion’s “Body” and Lil Ronny MothaF’s “Circle (Throw Dat A-s In A Circle).”Adding an extra dash of flavor to the TRUE’s lounge-like ambiance, both shake-inciting tracks, among others, were played by the venue’s in-house DJ for the customers’ entertainment.

coronavirus precautionary measures in Germany by filling his tables with dozens of stuffed pandas, in a play on the word “pandemic.”And last call doesn’t appear to be coming any time soon.German officials are expected on Wednesday to extend “lockdown light” through Dec. 20, Reuters reported.

Taqueria Xochi“When you go to Mexico City — that’s where I’m from — you have taco stands in the street, so you’re eating outside, standing up — which is kind of the idea of what we wanted to do here,” says Geraldine Mendoza, the director of operations at Taqueria Xochi, U Street’s hip new carryout spot. The authentic Mexican street food concept is a dream come true for Chef Teresa Padilla, who enlisted Mendoza’s help in launching the business after being furloughed during the pandemic.

Blue Duck Tavern‘s seasonal feast-to-go, but if you’re comfortable with socially distanced dining, you’ll find the tavern’s three-course, prix-fixe indulgence worth the splurge.

Any other year, “D.C.’s baddest night of doing good” is also one of the tastiest and best outings for local foodies, a chance to sample food and drink from the chefs and mixologists associated with more than eighty of the city’s most popular restaurants all under one roof.But that just won’t work in the virtual setting necessitated by the pandemic at this year’s Capital Food Fight. Instead, organizers of this benefit for DC Central Kitchen have assembled two special culinary packages that complement the main event, known as “The Fight.”The event’s dueling chefs have collaborated on a four-course dinner for two available for delivery as a Dinner Box along with champagne, wine, and a signature cocktail (Combo Package #1).

Paris’ newly imposed coronavirus curfew by adopting a decidedly taboo custom — eating as early as the English.“We said to ourselves we have two options: close in the evenings and turn off the lights, or do something positive,” said Pascal Mousset, whose restaurant, Chez Françoise, is a favorite among local lawmakers.In accordance, he’s offering a lavish “After Work” special until 8 p.m., an hour before the lockdown takes effect, from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m.

remain dark until at least June 2021, but on Thursday the West 46th Street restaurant will flip its lights back on, and its notorious wall of flops, honoring the Broadway productions that never made a buck, will be gawked at once again.“Joe Allen has to survive,” actor Nathan Lane, who likes to nosh on Joe’s comfort food between shows on matinee days, told The Post. “It’s too important a landmark.”Never a place to make a big fuss — the wood-paneled joint has a tucked-away exterior, with only a subdued green awning to announce itself — the reopening won’t have confetti cannons or a Champagne toast.

Outdoor dining is still the only legal option until Sept. 30, when indoor dining will resume at 25% capacity in the city.Enthusiastic diners said the tents, which can open on two sides, shield them from the wind without triggering their claustrophobia.“When we arrived, we were asked if we wanted to be sat under a bubble or just outside,” Naiara Parker, who dined at du Soleil on Monday evening, told The Post.

told Eater shortly after the spot opened in July.Vodega has five sandwich options — a vegan breakfast “sausage” sandwich ($8), a jackfruit Cuban ($13), Impossible ground beef chopped cheese ($14), seitan Philly cheesesteak ($14) and the Mac Stack, a Philly cheesesteak including smoked mac and “cheese” ($18). (Some vegetarian ingredient alternatives are available.)All sammies are made on locally made bread from Carroll Gardens’ Caputo’s, Gothamist reported, and are impressively greasy, successfully serving more as an homage than an upgrade on classic bodega sandwiches.

Summer Restaurant Week kicks off Monday, Aug. 17, and runs to Aug.

What could say summer in London more than a table by the Thames? Whether you want your food to come with a side order of iconic views in the centre of town or you hunger for a more tranquil setting in a quieter corner of the capital, here are our favourite waterside restaurants in London.While sister ship The Prince Regent sets sail down the Regent’s Canal, the Grand Duchess is moored permanently by Paddington station – not as scenic a berth perhaps, but easier to make a dash for the last train to Oxford without getting your feet wet. Big windows look over the water where coots and moorhens paddle by, while the kitchen stays true to the aquatic life with some accomplished handling of British fish and seafood.

Never let it be said that London can’t do al fresco dining every bit as well as our continental neighbours – you just need to know where to go. From sitting in a suntrap courtyard to admiring the skyline from on high, here are our favourite restaurants for eating outside this Bank Holiday weekend.This D&D London restaurant is housed in a boutique five-star hotel in the heart of the Square Mile: so far, so corporate.

Jamie Oliver rakes in a staggering £87,000-a-day despite his restaurant chain Jamie’s Italian going under last year owing £83million.