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DC Restaurant Among 'Best In The Country,' List Says

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11 hours ago

September 13, 2024

DC Restaurant Among 'Best In The Country,' List Says

WASHINGTON, DC — Bon Appétit revealed its 20 Best New Restaurants of 2024 list — which boasts nearly two dozen top dining spots across the country — and one Washington, D.C., venue made the cut.

“Whether we were immersed in a rack of ribs inspired by Flamin’ Hot Cheetos or a ‘Progressive Mexican’ tasting menu informed by a chef’s travels, we found teams working together in exciting ways,” the foodie editors said.

Representing cuisine in the District is Bar Del Monte, located at 3054 Mount Pleasant St. NW. The venue is open from 5:30 to close Thursday through Monday.

The restaurant opened in March 2024 in Mount Pleasant and is run by the team at 2 Amys, Washingtonian reported. “We have fried things, salad-y things, anchovy things, some little sausages,” 2 Amys owner Peter Pastan, whose son Oliver Pastan is heading Bar Del Monte, told the publication. “It’s supposed to be simple, neighborhoody, low-key, friendly. Just have a normal meal, if this makes any sense in Washington, DC.”

Here’s what Bon Appétit writer Amiel Stanek said about the restaurant:

“The pizzas at DC’s Bar Del Monte are excellent, which should come as no surprise. After all, chef-owner Oliver Pastan grew up in the kitchen at 2Amys, his parents’ iconic Neapolitan spot. But Bar Del Monte is not a pizzeria. Rather, it’s a celebration of the kind of rustic, ingredient-driven cooking found at the best Italian trattorias and Basque pintxos bars. … For the arrosticini, a specialty of Abruzzo, Pastan breaks down whole Virginia lambs into bite-size nubbins, then painstakingly alternates fatty and lean bits on skinny skewers before grilling them gently. The dish is not flashy, but it astounds: quality meat, aged and butchered with care, seasoned and grilled to taste like sweetgrass and fat and the barest whisper of smoke. When so many chefs are playing to phone cameras, this kind of salt–pepper–olive oil cooking feels especially bold—a reminder that simple food can be the hardest to make, and every bit as exciting to eat.”

Bon Appétit celebrated the restaurant industry with four awards. Its Chef of the Moment is Chuck Charnichart, the 26-year-old pitmaster of Barbs B Q in Lockhart, Texas. In Seattle, the Cambodian restaurant Sophon boasts our Best Beverage Program. This year’s Sustainability Stewards are Kate and Gustavo Romero, the duo behind Oro by Nixta, a Minneapolis tortilleria. And, the Best Dessert Program belongs to the bite-size Indonesian delicacies at Pasar in Portland, Oregon.

“Each honor, accompanied by a story digging deeper, goes to a restaurant that serves stunning food and a team that never loses sight of its mission,” the editors said.

See the full list at Bon Appétit.

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WATCH: Valley veterans take a trip of a lifetime to Washington D.C.

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4 hours ago

September 13, 2024

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WATCH: Valley veterans take a trip of a lifetime to Washington D.C.

PHOENIX — More than 30 veterans are returning to Phoenix after taking a trip of a lifetime.

Honor Flight Arizona has taken about 3,000 veterans on a trip to Washington D.C. over the past 15 years. It’s free for the veterans, thanks to the generous donations from the people of our community. It allows veterans to see the memorials honoring them, along with those who lost their lives, during World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Korean War.

For information about how to sponsor a flight, volunteer, or sign up a deserving veteran, click here.

Hear more from the veterans who got to take flight in the player above.

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DC officers sentenced in man's scooter crash death

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18 hours ago

September 12, 2024

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DC officers sentenced in man's scooter crash death

Two D.C. police officers were sentenced for causing the death of a man on a moped nearly four years ago. The judge sentenced Officer Terrence Sutton to five and a half years in prison, and Lieutenant Andrew Zabasky will serve four years.

The officers plan to appeal their conviction and sentencing.

This all began in October 2020, when Officer Terence Sutton started pursuing 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown.

Hylton-Brown was on a moped, crashed into a vehicle and died.

Sutton was convicted of second-degree murder in 2022. Sutton and his supervising officer, Lt. Andrew Zabavsky, were both convicted of obstruction of justice.

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Surveillance video and police body camera video on Oct. 23, 2020, showed the 3-1/2-minute chase up and down a neighborhood street. The chase ended when Hylton-Brown ran into an oncoming vehicle and was killed. His death sparked a protest that turned violent outside the Fourth District police station.

Two D.C. Police officers were convicted in the death of a man who crashed his scooter after police chased him. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

Sutton is the first D.C. officer convicted of murder in the line of duty.

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2 teens shot, run to school for help in Southeast DC

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1 day ago

September 12, 2024

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2 teens shot, run to school for help in Southeast DC

Two teenage boys were shot in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, and ran to a school to get help, police said.

Officers found the teens with gunshot wounds after responding about 9:50 a.m. to the 3900 block of 8th Street SE in the Washington Highlands area, police said. The KIPP DC Legacy College Preparatory school and a recreation center are in the same block.

The shooting happened on 8th Street and not at the school, police said. Preliminarily, investigators believe the teens ran to the KIPP school for help.

The teens, believed to be 16 and 17 years old, were conscious and breathing when they were taken to local hospitals, police said. They are expected to survive.

A woman who lives near the school says she was sitting on her walker, then got down on the floor to make sure she stayed safe.

“I saw the kids running over there to the school,” she said.

Police are looking for a black SUV with California tags in connection to the shooting. D.C. police said their Real Time Crime Center identified photos of the suspect vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to call 202-727-9099 or text 50411.