Reviews, essays, and the occasional obsession.
A Michelin-starred four-course in Columbia Heights with the kind of flavor complexity that makes you put your fork down just to think about what you're eating.
June 23, 2026
"The Third Plate" makes the argument that everything wrong with how we eat traces back to the dirt — and the people trying to fix it are magnificent, quixotic lunatics.
June 16, 2026
La Tejana makes a convincing case for breakfast taco queues
June 9, 2026
Twenty-one courses of Edomae omakase from a Jiro Ono apprentice, a tuna flight that builds to something genuinely unrepeatable, and an o-toro that may be the single greatest bite of food I've ever had
June 2, 2026
The service is cold, the staff is silent, and the spicy beef noodle soup nearly claimed my eye. I've been back three times.
December 2, 2025
Dinner and a movie just got a serious upgrade if Short Pump gives this one a chance.
November 18, 2025
A Richmond institution built on a chili recipe that's been earning its keep since before most of us were born.
November 4, 2025
A decade of elevated food in an unpretentious room. Tail Up Goat earned every bit of what it built — and the closing felt like a celebration rather than a funeral.
October 28, 2025
A cramped DuPont Circle patisserie where everything in the display case is worth your attention. The coffee remains a personal mystery.
October 21, 2025
A Michelin star restaurant in a Georgetown alley, guarded by a cat named Poppy. It deserved a better ending.
October 14, 2025
Arby's steak nuggets are a fast food cosplay of burnt ends. The real thing has nothing to worry about.
October 12, 2025
The red chimichurri is potent, funky, and a little oily. My hand kept reaching for more anyway.
October 12, 2025