Archive for February, 2014
Downtown DC/Penn Quarter Link Roundup: Heard In The ‘Hood
Happy Friday all! Here’s what we’re reading recently about neighborhood news in DC. Have something to add? Leave it in the comments! Follow PQ Living via Facebook here and Twitter here. Our Flickr tag is pqliving. Have any tips? Send them in confidentiality to: pqliving [at] gmail.com Events/News Downtown – The community is requested to provide comments on the options for […]
Foodie Radar: JBF Nominees
Last week, the James Beard Foundation announced the semifinalists for this year’s awards. Congratulations to our neighborhood nominees: Columbia Room at The Passenger – Outstanding Bar Program Rogue 24 – Outstanding Bar Program Jaleo – Outstanding Restaurant Ashok Bajaj, Knightsbridge Restaurant Group (Rasika, 701, and others) – Outstanding Restaurateur Haidar Karoum, Proof – Best Chef: […]
*UPDATED* Red Apron Butcher/The Partisan Openeds This Week (709 D St NW)?
UPDATED (Feb 27): We stopped by Red Apron yesterday to confirm it opened (it had!) and make a purchase to support the local economy (can you say jerky?). Both the foods available and the space to eat it in are fantastic! All the usual DC media suspects covered the opening in one way or another. If […]
American Cool Exhibit Continues At National Portrait Gallery
A number of neighbors remarked to us that the American Cool exhibit at the National Portrait Gallery (8th and F St NW) is in fact one cool exhibition to see. From the NPG’s website: What does it mean when a generation claims a certain figure as cool? What qualities does this person embody at that historical […]