Washington, D.C
Washington, DC Area Celebrates Restaurant Week January 15–21
It’s the most wonderful time of the year — if you live in the Washington, D.C. area that is. That’s because from Janury 15–21, 2024, it’s Metropolitan Washington Restaurant Week, a bi-annual event held throughout the District of Columbia, Maryland and Northern Virginia each winter and summer. Whether you’re lucky enough to live in the DMV or are just passing through, it’s a great way to try out new restaurants and revisit old favorites for a fraction of the cost.
This season’s specials include $25 and $35 prix fixe lunch and brunch menus, and $45, $55 and $65 special dinner menus. Here’s a look at all the places that’ll be participating — pace yourselves, we’ve got a lot to work with this time around.
District of Columbia: 1789 Restaurant & Bar, Agora, Al Dente, Ala, Alhambra, All Purpose Pizzeria, Alta Strada, Ambar, Annabelle, Any Day Now, Astoria’s Kitchen, Balos Estiatorio, Bar Charley, Bar Chinois, Bar Spero, Belga Cafe, Bindaas, Birch and Barley, Bistro Bis, Bistro Cacao, Bistro Du Jour, Bistrot Lepic & Wine Bar, Bluejacket, Boqueria, Boundary Stone, Brasserie Beck, Brasserie Liberté, Bresca, Bronze, Buck’s Fishing & Camping, Cafe Berlin, Cafe du Parc, Cafe Milano, Cafe Riggs, Cane, Carmine’s, Casa Teresa, Ceibo, Central Michel Richard, Chaplin’s, Chef Geoff’s, Chiko, China Chilcano, Chloe, Circa, Code Red, Convivial, Cork Wine & Market, Cranes, Creole on 14th, Cuba Libre, Cure Bar & Bistro, Cut by Wolfgang Puck, Daikaya Izakaya, Dauphine’s, Del Frisco’s Double Eagle, Del Mar, Destino, Dirty Habit, District Winery, Dovetail, Due South, Duke’s Counter, Duke’s Grocery, Easy Company Wine Bar, El Centro, El Presidente, El Secreto de Rosita, Ellington Park Bistro, Enigma Cocktail Lounge & Wine Vault, Equinox Restaurant, Estuary, Ethiopic Restaurant, Farmers Fishers Bakers, Fig & Olive, Figleaf Bar & Lounge, Filomena Ristorante, Fiola Mare, Fireclay, Firefly, Fitzgerald’s, Flavio Italian Restaurant, Flora Flora, Floriana, Founding Farmers, Founding Farmers & Distillers, Fred & Stilla, Gatsby, Georgia Brown’s, Gerrard Street Kitchen, Gogi Yogi, Granville, Gravitas, Gypsy Kitchen, Hank’s Oyster Bar, Hard Rock Cafe, Hiraya Cafe & Restaurant, Ristorante i Ricchi, Il Canale, Il Piatto, Immigrant Food, Iron Gate, Irregardless, Ivy City Smokehouse, Jackie American Bistro, Jardenea, Joselito, Kaliwa, Kaz Sushi Bistro, Kingbird, Kyojin Sushi, L’Ardente, La Bise, La Chaumiere, La Collina, Lady Madison, Laos in Town, Le DeSales, Lima Twist, Lincoln, Little Coco’s, Lost Society, Lulu’s Wine Garden, Lupo Verde and Lupo Verde Osteria, Lyle’s, Makan, Makers Union, Maketto, Mandu, Mariscos 1133, Matchbox, Méli Wine & Mezze, Mercy Me, Mi Casa, Mi Vida, Milk & Honey, Mita, Modena, Moon Rabbit, Morrison–Clark Restaurant, Morton’s The Steakhouse–Downtown DC, Mozzeria, Muchas Gracias, Nama, Nama Ko, New Heights Restaurant, Nina May, North Italia, Ocean Prime, Oceanaire Seafood Room, Officina, Opal, Opaline, Osteria Morini, Ottoman Taverna, Oyamel, Palm Restaurant, Pappe, Parlour Victoria, Paste & Rind, Pearl Dive, Perry’s Restaurant, Petite Cerise, Philippe by Philippe Chow, Philotimo, Pink Taco, Pisco y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar, Pow Pow, Pupatella, Quattro Osteria, The Queen Vic, Rasika, Ris, Rosemary Bistro Cafe, Sababa, Sette Osteria, Sfoglina, Shilling Canning Company, Silver, Silver Diner, Silver Social, Sonoma Restaurant + Wine Bar, Sospeso, The Sovereign, St. James Modern Caribbean, Stable, Sticky Fingers Diner, Sticky Rice, Succotash, Supra, Sushi Taro, Taberna del Alabardero, Tabla, Takara 14, Taqueria Xochi, Teddy and the Bully Bar, The Bazaar by José Andrés, The Bombay Club, The Capital Burger, The Delegate, The Golden Age, The Grill, The Grill from Ipanema, The Imperial, The Little Grand, The Mayflower, The Monocle on Capitol Hill, The Park at Fourteenth, The Pembroke, The Point, The Royal, The Salt Line, The Smith, Tiki Garden Thai Street Food, Tiki on 18th and The Game Sports Pub, Tonari, Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place, Truluck’s Ocean’s Finest Seafood and Crab, Unconventional Diner, Urban Roast, Vagabond, Vera Cocina & Bar, Via Ghibellina, Via Sophia, Villa Yara, Xiquet by Danny Lledó, Yardbird Table & Bar, Zaytinya and Zeppelin.
Maryland: All Set Restaurant & Bar, Caruso’s Grocery, Charley Prime Foods, Diablo’s Cantina, Founding Farmers, J. Hollinger’s Waterman’s Chophouse, Lia’s, Matchbox, Milk & Honey, Morton’s The Steakhouse, Osteria Costa at MGM National Harbor, Pennyroyal Station, Spanish Diner, TAP Sports Bar at MGM National Harbor, The Daily Dish–A Neighborhood American Bistro, The Dish & Dram, The Melting Pot, The Salt Line and Wine Kitchen on The Creek.
Virginia: 2941 Restaurant, Agora, Alta Strada, Ambar, American Prime, B Side, Bastille Brasserie & Bar, Bellissimo Restaurant, Buena Vida, Celebration by Rupa Vira, Chart House Restaurant, Chasin’s Tails, Cheesetique, Chima Steakhouse, Circa, Corso Italiano, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse, Earl’s Kitchen + Bar, Ellie Bird, Epic Smokehouse, Evening Star Cafe, Founding Farmers, Hamrock’s Restaurant, Hen Quarter, Ingle Korean Steakhouse, Joon, Josephine, Kirby Club, La Cote d’Or Cafe, Laporta’s Restaurant, Lyon Hall, Makers Union, Matchbox, Milk & Honey, Morton’s The Steakhouse, Mussel Bar and Grill Arlington, North Italia, Nue Elegantly Vietnamese, O’Malley’s Pub, Osteria Marzano, PassionFish, Pisco Y Nazca Ceviche Gastrobar, Potomac Social Tavern, Rustico, Ruthie’s All-Day, Sabores Tapas Bar, Sfoglina, Spice Craft Indian Bistro, The Capital Grille, The Liberty Tavern, The Melting Pot, The Salt Line, The Wine Kitchen, TRIO Grill, Trummer’s, Tysons Social Tavern, Vermilion, Whino, Wildfire, Wren, and Yume Sushi.
Washington, D.C
Loved ones mourn boater who died after falling into water at District Yacht Club
Friends, family and members of the D.C. boating community are mourning the loss of one of their own.
Loved ones say Tracy Simpson fell off of his boat and into the Anacostia River Monday evening and never resurfaced. He was 62 years old.
“He enjoyed being down here, being on the water,” said Tyrone Tolson, a friend of Simpson’s. “And as long as he was here, I guess that was his happy place.”
Less than 24 hours after his tragic death, his good friend and dock mate, James Holley, showed News4 where the two of them spent most of the last decade at the District Yacht Club.
“He’s always on my boat or I’m always on his boat because we were always here,” Holley said. “We were avid boaters. When people are not here in the winter, we’re here in the winter.”
Loved ones described Simpson as a devoted father and grandfather known for his generous spirit and eagerness to lend a hand on and off the water.
“He’s one of the first people that I met when I first started boating, and he gave me a lot of pointers,” said Simpson’s friend, Cindy Pearson. “He taught me a lot of ins and outs of boating.”
Family members said the certified captain was born and raised in Prince George’s County and was an army veteran who spent the last 30 plus years doing what he loved. They also said he was one of the first Black captains to do charters along the Anacostia River.
“He loved the water and he loved his family,” Holley said.
Friends described Simpson as a fixture in the boating community, a familiar face at many marinas, mentor and the life of the party.
“Tracy was such a big personality and such a big spirit and just so much fun,” Pearson said. “He was very creative in how he did his charters, and he was also a chef so we always had good food whenever Tracy was around.”
There is still no word on what caused Simpson to go overboard, and while they wait for more answers, friends say they will do everything they can to keep his memory alive.
“Pray for the family and God give them strength,” Tolson said. “He will definitely be missed.”
Washington, D.C
Girl, 14, sentenced for role in fatal beating of DC man
A judge sentenced a D.C. teenager to about three-and-a-half years for her role in the beating death of a 64-year-old man last year.
Reggie Brown was battling cancer and weighed just 110 pounds when he a man in a blue coat attacked him in Northwest in October 2023.
Five girls, ages 12-to-15, joined the attack, kicking and stomping on Brown and whipping him with his own belt. He later died.
“What I don’t understand is when juveniles commit crimes like they did with my brother,” Brown’s sister Malda Brown said.
Two of the girls, ages 13 and 14, were found guilty of second-degree murder and other charges Monday.
Three of the girls pleaded guilty in the case, including a girl who testified they did it because they were bored.
A 14-year-old girl pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit assault. She kicked Brown a few times in the shoulder, then stood back, prosecutors said. A judge sentenced her to a juvenile facility until she turns 18. Under D.C. law, the maximum is age 21.
“This is hard,” Malda Brown said. “This is hard on any family. And it’s even harder — you know, death is hard — but it’s even harder in the way that they took my brother’s life.”
“The goal of the juvenile justice system is rehabilitation, not punishment,” the judge said. “I know that may not be what the [victim’s] family wants to hear.”
Brown’s sister said she understands but hopes to meet with D.C. councilmembers to change the laws around juvenile crime.
“Because if you get bored and you want to go out here and kill somebody, they need to stay in jail for life,” she said. “And that’s what gets me upset, when you hear that they were bored and they just wanted to go out and beat someone.”
In court Tuesday, the defense told the judge the 14-year-old girl expressed remorse, saying, “I feel bad because he was just an old man … He had a family. I think about him every day.”
The girl’s mother also spoke in court, saying, “I just miss my daughter. I know she’s a good person … I don’t think she was a criminal. She was misjudged.”
The girls found guilty at trial will be sentenced in December.
The man in the blue coat who started the attack hasn’t been identified.
News4 sends breaking news stories by email. Go here to sign up to get breaking news alerts in your inbox.
Washington, D.C
Person hospitalized with serious injuries after crash in DC
-
News1 week ago
Herbert Smith Freehills to merge with US-based law firm Kramer Levin
-
Technology1 week ago
The next Nintendo Direct is all about Super Nintendo World’s Donkey Kong Country
-
Business7 days ago
Column: OpenAI just scored a huge victory in a copyright case … or did it?
-
Health7 days ago
Bird flu leaves teen in critical condition after country's first reported case
-
Business3 days ago
Column: Molly White's message for journalists going freelance — be ready for the pitfalls
-
Politics1 week ago
Editorial: Abortion was on ballots across the country in this election. The results are encouraging
-
World1 week ago
Sarah Palin, NY Times Have Explored Settlement, as Judge Sets Defamation Retrial
-
Politics2 days ago
Trump taps FCC member Brendan Carr to lead agency: 'Warrior for Free Speech'