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Recently I checked out El Pulpo in Cleveland Park. El Pulpo opened this past summer in the space formerly known as Tackle Box and the pop-up locale for Bandolero (before moving to Georgetown). El Pulpo is not your traditional Spanish tapas restaurant.  It puts its own spin on traditional Spanish tapas by infusing them...
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Happy Frankenstorm and greetings to you from my couch.  I’m thankful for Sandy because she’s giving me an opportunity to return to food writing after a long sabbatical.  What have I been up to you ask?  Settling into a new job and eating a lot of tacos. Tacos.  They’re everywhere.  Restaurants, food trucks, food...
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I knew I’d found the one when I couldn’t stop thinking about . . . it. Yes, “it”.  I’ve found my new favorite burger in the city, but it’s not served at any of the numerous burger joints around town, some of which I’ve already reviewed.  (Check out those reviews here.)   It’s called...
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Here’s the latest in my food truck adventures. **** I tried Tasty Kabob’s lamb platter, which came with rice, side salad, and chick peas.  The portions were generous.  I liked the chick peas.  I was a little disappointed with the lamb which was actually gyro-style meat, cut into cubes so as to look like...
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Today is the last day to check out Current as they are shutting their doors permanently! Times are tough as reflected by the number of restaurant closings in the last month – Casa Nonna, Heritage India, and Fruit Bat, to name a few. Eater DC has been compiling a list of closings taking place...
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