José Andrés and Some of DC’s Best Chefs Are Making Food for This Year’s Citi Open Tennis Tournament

The Citi Open in Washington, DC, is an thrilling alternative to see a few of the world’s greatest tennis gamers hit the court docket. This yr, it’s additionally an opportunity to bask in some scrumptious meals and drinks—positively not your typical concession-stand fare.

Operating by way of August 7, the 2022 event is spotlighting a few of the greatest names within the native culinary scene. After all, which means the DC famous person José Andrés is readily available to assist out: He’ll be cooking up Spanish sandwiches in his Pepe meals truck, and it was his concept to serve $80 caviar units with potato chips on the upscale Citi Lounge, in accordance with Eater DC.

“My mindset is that that is as a lot of a meals and wine pageant as it’s a tennis event,” Mark Ein, who manages the Citi Open, informed Eater. “It’s actually one of the best of DC Yearly, it’s much more about celebrating tennis in DC, and the DC neighborhood.”

To pair with the caviar at Citi Lounge, you’ll additionally have the ability to take pleasure in freshly shucked oysters from King Avenue Oyster Bar. The DMV seafood spot will moreover be promoting fish and chips, lobster rolls, oyster po’boys and tuna tacos in Market Sq., the headquarters for the foods and drinks choices. There, you’ll have your decide of much more native favorites, with dishes from Duke’s Grocery (burgers), Roaming Rooster (fried hen) and Oro Pizza, which might be firing up pies in a pizza oven embellished with a tennis-ball sample.

Elsewhere, chef Nicholas Stefanelli of Philotimo and the Michelin-starred Masseria might be serving Sicilian arancini rice fritters and lasagna alla Norma with eggplant and tomato basil ricotta. You may even see a few of the athletes becoming a member of in on the meals enjoyable, with cooks corresponding to Victor Albisu (Taco Bamba) and Kevin Tien (Moon Rabbit) internet hosting cooking demos with a number of of the professionals.

Drinks-wise, there’s the Chandon Backyard Lounge, a beer backyard, and a frosé stand in Market Sq.. For a extra particular expertise, Actual Azul tequila, which you’ll’t but purchase in DC, might be holding free tastings every single day from 4 to six pm And to fulfill your candy tooth, Ice Cream Jubilee is making a particular gin-and-tonic sorbet the colour of a tennis ball.

The game has by no means tasted so good.