Gov Gourmet

Wednesday’s lunch choice was Lincoln on Vermont Ave. in DC. The floor is made of thousands of copper pennies. The menu has changed from past years and included:
First Course: FIG & WATERMELON SALAD
mint, basil, baby kale, feta cheese,
pickled balsamic onions, melon vinaigrette
COUNTRY HAM DEVILED EGGS
pimento cheese, shaved country ham
LOBSTER…[Read more]

Monday of Restaurant Week we lunched at WATER & WALL in Clarendon. The name comes from their iconic former location at the corner of Water St. and Wall St. in NYC. The ambiance was industrial chic with a modern menu.
STARTERS:
Arugula Salad | strawberry | candied walnuts | chèvre | balsamic
Red & Green Tomato Gazpacho | fried capers |…[Read more]

Restaurant Week in DC starts Monday January 19th. What restaurants are you going to try?

And we finish the week at Lincoln at Vermont and L Street NW. American cuisine with the whole organic, local grown thing going. Starters included roasted Brussels sprouts with olive oil and garlic, an assortment of deviled eggs, and a red pepper crab bisque. Mains were a trout BLT, a pulled pork grilled cheese sandwich, and chicken pot pie.…[Read more]

Ici Urban Bistro is the restaurant in the Sofitel Hotel on 15th Street NW. The choices were limited but well executed. Starters consisted of an heirloom tomato salad or a chilled shrimp and corn bisque. Mains were a choice of swordfish with olives and an eggplant confit or a chicken breast with spinach in a lemon butter sauce. Dessert was a…[Read more]

Toro Toro at I and 13th Street is a Pan Latin Bistro with a great Express Exec Lunch which they offered for $20.14 fir Restaurant Week. It is a buffet featuring cold meats, cheeses, fruits, and breads along with a hot section with chicken, sausage, vegs, and a special meat of the day; Wednesday was leg of lamb. Great food and atmosphere. The bar…[Read more]

The Oceanaire Seafood Room was a very pleasant surprise. While many high-end restaurants serve “elf food” (tiny portions) for Restaurant Week, Oceanaire embraces the concept of wooing you to return. We all had the NE clam chowder as a starter. Mains were moule frites (mussels and French fries), a dirty (blackened) shrimp Cobb salad, and the steak…[Read more]

First day of this summer’s Restaurant Week in DC. Our first visit was to the Old Ebbitt Grill on 15th Street, NW. A restaurant in the local Clyde’s group, the Ebbitt is famous for it’s political relics as well as it’s menu. Our selections included the Italian beef sandwich (not part of their RW menu), the swordfish steak, and a fantastic mussels…[Read more]

Houston is offering their version of Washington Dining Week except it is for a full month Houston Restaurant Week(s)
Looking foward to the first and last week (will be on a 3 week vacation to Germany including a Rhine River Cruise from the 5th to the 26th