This Under-the-Radar Pop-Up Puts a Bay Area Twist on Colombian Cuisine
Juan Melendez and Stephanie Nguyen started their pop-up, Mezclá Eats, in 2019 to share their love for Colombian cuisine. Melendez was born in Colombia and has more than twenty years of cooking...
View ArticleRasa, D.C.’s Go-To Destination for Indian Bowls, Enters the Handheld Game
Fast-casual Rasa adds stuffed wraps to the mix this spring, marking the local hitmaker’s first big menu makeover since its start in late 2017. Three options (chicken tikka, spicy chicken, or tandoori...
View ArticlePortland-Born Women’s Sports Bar the Sports Bra Is Going National
Before it even opened, the Sports Bra was an international sensation. Jenny Nguyen had spent years chatting with friends about opening a sports bar that exclusively screened women’s sports, ideally to...
View ArticleEater Video Wins 2024 Webby Award
On April 23, Eater Video won a Webby Award for Best Food and Drink Video for an episode of Mise En Place. The video was produced by Daniel Geneen, directed by Geneen and Murilo Ferreira, shot by...
View ArticleSteak Au Poivre Is Staging a Comeback
At Le Clown, the French pop-up from St. Jack alumnus John Denison, a past steak preparation came as a two-plate dish: A crock of silken whipped potatoes surrounded a marrow bone filled with demi-glace,...
View ArticleTurkey Leg Hut’s Lyndell Price Charged in Connection With Houston Bar Fight
Turkey Leg Hut co-founder Lyndell “Lynn” Price has been accused of assaulting an unidentified man during a bar fight earlier this year, according to court documents obtained by the Houston Chronicle....
View ArticleCool Convenience Store Chain Foxtrot Closes All Austin Locations
Chicago-based trendy convenience store chain Foxtrot has closed all of its locations, which includes four Austin stores, per Eater Chicago. Parent company Outfox Hospitality filed for Chapter 7...
View Article22 Great Metro Detroit Mexican Restaurants to Eat at Right Now
Mexican food remains one of the most beloved styles of cuisine for good reason. Tacos, burritos, nachos, botana — they’re culinary icons that all provide a source of comfort. But Mexican continues to...
View ArticleFoxtrot, Dom’s Kitchen & Market Closing All Locations
Five months after Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market merged, the new company appears headed to bankruptcy and all its stores in Illinois, Texas, and the D.C. area are closing on Tuesday, April 23....
View ArticleOnce Sourced Out-of-State, Shrimp From New York Is Becoming a Status Ingredient
Americans eat more than 1.5 billion pounds of shrimp a year, making it by far our most popular seafood. Most of the shrimp we buy at the fish market, grocery store, or at a restaurant comes from...
View Article15 Outstanding Mexican Restaurants Around D.C.
In the past 15 years or so, the Mexican food scene in D.C. proper has undergone a major come-up. Just look to the stretch of 14th Street NW between Columbia Heights and Petworth, where Taqueria...
View ArticleA Humboldt Park Restaurant Needs Help Recovering From a Fire
Heritage Restaurant and Caviar Bar, a Humboldt Park restaurant that serves everything from ramen to paczki, is closed after a fire on Sunday that destroyed its kitchen. The fire began the night of...
View ArticleThe First F1 Arcade in the U.S. Slides Into the Seaport With Lobster Rolls...
Sip cocktails, slurp oysters, and crash (virtual) cars at the Seaport’s new F1 Arcade, which opens to the public this week. The vibe is arcade, but make it luxury: The menu includes a full-on seafood...
View ArticleA New Highland Park Bakery Just Leveled Up LA’s White-Hot Croissant Scene
AJ Kim and Scott Sohn, the founders of Kumquat Coffee in Highland Park and Glassell Park’s Loquat Coffee, recently opened a bakery specializing in croissants in Highland Park. Fondry (a combination of...
View ArticleA Logan Square Bar Copes With The Tragic Death of a Chef Days Before Opening
After years of working at restaurants, Felipe Hernandez was brimming with excitement about finally opening his own. Hernandez was a partner and co-chef at Common Decency, an upcoming bar in Logan...
View Article12 Great Places to Eat and Drink in Bellingham
Bellingham combines small-city accessibility and a college-town independent streak that imbue this northern Washington town with a personality all its own. Add to that Bellingham’s geographic good...
View Article16 Essential Mexican Restaurants in Austin
Texas is a fantastic place for truly fantastic Mexican food — our proximity and shared border with the country means that that state is full of amazing restaurants serving some of the best Mexican...
View ArticleBurgers With a Side of Rooftop Skydiving Crashes Onto Fremont Street
The newest restaurant at Neonopolis is now open — and this summer its rooftop will become home to a new skydiving attraction on Fremont Street. Located on the third floor of the Neonopolis — a small...
View ArticleCharleston’s KJ Kearney Partners With PBS to Explain That Food Is Political
“Food has always been political.” That’s how Charleston community organizer KJ Kearney begins the first episode of his PBS series Citizen Better. He goes on to explain activism through food, especially...
View ArticleElastika Brings Modern Dining to the Historic Moore Building
The Moore building in the Miami Design District is back after being closed for renovations — and is now set to be home to Elastika, a new modern-American restaurant, alongside a private members club,...
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