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First some local stuff, then we just talk about BEER.
- Inox in Tyson’s Corner has closed. They are looking for jobs for their staff to move on to.
- Equinox has reopened downtown, after a fire that ravaged their kitchen and dining room 5 months ago.
- Have you tried Agora, the new Turkish restaurant on 17th in the former Jack’s location? Capital Spice has good words about it.
- Cork Market s picked by Bon Appetit magazine as one of the top 10 places to get fried chicken in the US.
- Being rich doesn’t keep you from choking in your own restaurant.
Speaking of beer…
- Serious Eats picks their beers for summer. On the list, Bell’s Oberon, Goose Island Summertime, Blue Point Summer Ale.
- Friday, June 4th, is National Doughnut Day. Birch &Barley is celebrating by offering a $5 plate of chocolate, lemon-poppy and toffee-bacon doughnuts. For $12, they’ll also do 3 4oz beer pairings.
Speaking of more beer…
This Saturday is Savor, an American craft beer and food event at the National Building Museum. It has been sold out for a while, but that doesn’t mean you can’t participate in a week’s worth of pretty amazing beer events. Here’s some highlights from the schedule which can also be seen here.
Wednesday, June 1, 2010
- Elephant and Castle Heavy Seas Beer - Feature on Heavy Seas and glass giveaway.
- Pizzeria Paradiso (both locations) 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Happy Hour Glassware Giveaway - Featured brewers include Ommegang, Flying dog, Southampton, Victory, Smuttynose, and many more.
- Palace of Wonders 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Magic Hat Night - $3 Magic Hat products all night. Happy hour promotion and giveaway followed by a Magic Hat-themed burlesque show.
- 19th 5:00 pm – Close Flying Dog Night - $3 Flying Dog bottles all night, meet the people of Flying Dog, t-shirt and pint glass giveaway!
- Churchkey 6:00 pm Anchor Humming Ale Release Party - New seasonal release by Anchor Steam. Will feature Humming Ale on draft and multiple other Anchor offerings.
Thursday, June 2, 2010
- RFD 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm Pre-SAVOR event (Tickets $30) - Featured breweries include: Dogfish Head, Sam Adams, Ommegang, Sierra Nevada, Saranac, Harpoon, Heavy Seas, Anchor Steam, Magic Hat, Flying Dog, Southampton, Stoudts, Peak Organic, Hook & Ladder, Cisco, and Otter Creek.
- Granville Moore’s 10:00 pm – 12:00 am Late Night & Pints - Select Ommegang draughts, bottles and glassware promotion as well as launch of GM’s new late night menu. Ommegang staff & Chef Teddy.
Friday, June 4, 2010
- Churchkey 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Meet & Greet w/ Ken Grossman - Featuring 5 Sierra Nevada Cask Conditioned ales & glassware giveaway.
- D’Vines 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Sam Caligione book signing and beer sampling - Come meet the owner of Dogfish Head Brewery and sample a few great Dogfish Head beers.
- Scion 5:30 pm Harpoon Beer Dinner - Five different Harpoon draft offerings and great food pairings that can be ordered a la carte. Features new beers 100 bbl Single Hop ESB and Leviathan Big Bohemia Pilsner.
- Policy 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Magic Hat Beer Dinner - Renee and Alan Newman will be hosting a beer dinner upstairs.
- The Brickskeller 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm ReunuLESS Meet & Greet - Featuring multiple craft brewers—Sierra Nevada, Dogfish Head, Odell, and more.
- Pizzeria Paradiso 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Meet the Brewers - Featuring Phil Markowski of Southampton and Mike McMannus of Brewery Ommegang.
Someone at Cork can either swallow a footlong or gave up the anal because I’ve tried their fried chicken and, just like the Washingtonian, was completely underwhelmed.
I’m guessing that whomever wrote this for Bon Appetit didn’t sample chicken at places that looked like there were more darkey than whitey customers.
Now a whole lot of rich honkeys are going to go and try it and think that’s how fried chicken should taste. Shame.
I think General Store serves up the best fried chicken in our area far and away. Anyhew – what it doesn’t say is that is a list of the 10 best “southern revival” style fried chicken restaurants which means it eschews the South entirely and that full on traditional style. Still a crap list though.
They probably eat fried chicken with a knife and fork.
Nice beer news Alex……i just wish i could drink half liters of Augustiner Helles on the Metro home from work.
Speaking of fried goodness….i would like a good country/chicken fried steak in DC. do i have to go to Chiles? this makes me sad.