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A New Brewery for Alexandria Celebrating the City's History
May 24,2010

Bill Butcher has leased 21,000 square feet in Alexandria in order to launch a craft brew brand celebrating Alexandria’s history, Missy Frederick writes in The Washington Business Journal, A notable in wine business circles, Bill Butcher now intends to expand into another potent potable: beer.

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Latif Guler Appoints Ghassan Jarrouj as Executive Chef of Agora
May 24,2010

Latif Guler of GLAD, LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Ghassan Jarrouj as Executive Chef of Agora, the new 170-seat Turkish restaurant opening on May 24th at 1527 17th Street, NW.


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FOOD NOTES/Beer Floats at AGAINN
May 21,2010

Whisk Group LLC CEO Mark Weiss is pleased to announce a variety of new and exciting events at the popular British Isles-inspired bistro, AGAINN, which opened last October on the corner of 11th Street and New York Avenue, NW.

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WHISK AND QUILL/Anthony Bourdain's Restless and Curious Mind
May 20,2010

As the host of Travel Channel’s “No Reservations”, Anthony Bourdain is the consummate dinner guest. An endearing enfant terrible, with a peripatetic wanderlust to rival Darwin and a puckish swagger that would make Bluebeard seem as docile as a clam, he slurps and sups the world’s melting pot in dogged pursuit of ethno-gastronomic delicacies.


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The World's Best Barbeque? Alexandria's Pork Barrel BBQ Stakes its Claim
May 19,2010

Who would have thunk it? Some of the world's best barbeque is cooked right here, in a quiet suburb of the nation's capital? The Competition Team of Del Ray's own Pork Barrel BBQ sizzled its way into the history books over the weekend when it was recognized as one of the top teams at the 2010

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BUZZWORTHY/ It's Spring ... So it must be The Silly Season
May 19,2010

In Springtime the Brits have their Polo at Windsor and their Royal Regattas at Henley. Here in DC, we have our prom for White House Correspondents and, this Friday, our Opera Ball. The Brits fondly call it "The Silly Season." Silly Season last weekend kicked off at The Fairmont Washington,

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FOOD NOTES/Fashion-Forward Georgetown Celebrates Chick Flick
May 18,2010

Georgetown, recently named “Best Neighborhood for Shopping,” is hosting a week-long celebration in May in honor of the release of spring’s most highly-anticipated sequel, inviting style mavens to celebrate shopping, dine at Georgetown’s hottest restaurants and pamper themselves.

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WHISK AND QUILL/Healthy Snacks Fuel Local Garden Volunteers
May 18,2010

Under the guise of calling power bars and lemonade food reporting, I’ll relate last week’s triumph at Alexandria’s Del Ray Artisans Gallery’s gardens, which I have been curating with a small but dedicated group of gallery members for the past 10 years. The single-story clapboard gallery began its renaissance on a dirt-and-trash-strewn




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