By Alexia
The Torches, photo by Tara Welch
Ever secretive with releasing lineup/show information, Fort Reno just announced the lineup for Monday, June 25th on their website.
And it is:
The Torches (featuring yours truly!)
Show starts at 7pm, over by 9:30pm. Free!
Fort Reno Park is at Chesapeake Street and Nebraska Avenue NW. All ages, dogs, and food are welcome. No glass bottles or alcohol!
Carnivore BBQ Food Truck
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Who’s got two thumbs and is getting a food truck lunch? THIS GUY! And by this guy, I mean you, champ.
And if you haven’t gotten your fill today, perhaps you’d like to head to charm city tomorrow for some more food truck fun. The Maryland Mobile Food Vendors Association is hosting the first “A Taste of Two Cities,” in which 20 food trucks from Baltimore go head to head with 20 food trucks from DC. A Taste of Two Cities runs from 11 AM to 7 PM on Saturday, June 23 in South Baltimore at the Westport Waterfront. According to a press release, local celebrity judges and event goers (that means you, DC) will help determine a winner. So get out there and show your food truck support and tell Baltimore whose food trucks reign supreme.
By Tom Bridge
As you get ready for the weekend series between the Orioles and the Nationals, this might just be what you’re looking for to get your rivalry on. No, it’s not the same as when Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski traded barbs over their Red Sox and Yankees last year, or when Nick Offerman and Craig Robinson did the same with the Cubs/White Sox feud.
No, the Nats and O’s aren’t quite the hated rivals that those teams are, but this was pretty damned funny. Personally, I liked the “you lost the ALCS to a twelve-year-old.”
Future All-Stars
courtesy of MudflapDC
Left-handed starter Gio Gonzalez had a shaky start to Thursday night’s interleague game between his Washington Nationals and the Tampa Bay Rays. Gonzalez faced seven batters in the second, allowing the Rays to take an early 1-0 lead, but the Nats came back from behind for a 5-2 victory.
Gonzalez had a lot of trouble, according to Manager Davey Johnson, due to “missing the plate” or at least that’s what home plate umpire Cory Blaser thought of his performance. He threw 98 pitches, 58 for strikes, over six innings and gave up seven hits, two runs, and two walks while striking out four and throwing one wild pitch. The minor setback was to no avail for Tampa Bay, though, because the Nats regained a temporary lead in the third inning before taking it all back in the sixth.
Second baseman and switch hitter Danny Espinosa went 2-for-4 and had a hand the two plays that put the Nats ahead to beat the Rays. Rookie left-handed starter Matt Moore gave the Nats some trouble but they still managed three hits and two runs off of him over five innings pitched. Moore’s struggles in the third came directly after Gio’s shaky second inning. That’s when Espinosa and outfielder Bryce Harper scored to take the Nats’ first lead of the night. Continue reading
CapMac
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Been slaving away all week? Put a little pep in your step with a food truck lunch.
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Lots of people will look at this game against the Nats and Rays and say the Nats should have scored more runs against a pitcher who was struggling in the minors, but here is the thing it is hard to give much credence to minor league stats. There are a lot of unknown variables that going into how those stats are compiled. Archer had a 4.81 ERA in the minors but he also had a 10.6 K/9.
Archer who was ranked by Baseball America as the 79th best prospect in the country coming into this season was producing his own outs but his ERA points to his fielders letting him down. He also had a BB/9 of 5.3 so it could be that he also struggled with control and while he didn’t give up too many hits when he did men were on base. That is another one of those deceiving things about looking at stats to judge a player.
Pickle and B&W Cookie
courtesy of Mr. T in DC
Middle of the week. Not that that’s really any reason to indulge, but go ahead and find a food truck to partake in.
courtesy of Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie
Good things come to those who food truck. You know, like empanadas or kabobs or mac ‘n’ cheese. Go out there to find where the good things from the food trucks are.
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By Mickey
The Hundred In The Hands – 25.05.2012 #11
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Brooklyn-based dream-poppers The Hundred in the Hands have a second album, Red Night, and they are touring on it at the Rock and Roll Hotel tonight. They have what I consider perfect symmetry: one man on a guitar and one woman on a synthesizer. And they appear to have added more layers and textures to their sound since their first album release two years ago.
Tickets are available online or at the door for $10. Openers include DC-based Dance for the Dying and vorhees of New York City.
By Alexia
The Fort Reno concert series is a DC institution. I have fond memories of the series from when I was in high school- getting to see Fugazi (and other cool acts) for free, outdoors in the summer. The threat of rain is always looming, but the reward is a unique concert experience.
The concert series is an all volunteer enterprise, which has presented free shows in the park for more than 40 years. The season goes from mid-June through August, with shows on Monday and Thursday evenings starting around 7pm and going until dark. It features only bands based in the DC/metro area. All ages are welcome.
The series is notorious for announcing their lineup last-minute, and this year is no different. So far only the first two shows have been announced, and only on the Fort Reno facebook page. Tonight, (6/18) the first night of the season, features Teen Mom, Alarms & Controls, and Upforth.
Thursday’s (6/21) lineup features Edie Sedgwick, Art Sorority for Girls, and BRENDA.
Fort Reno Park is at Chesapeake Street and Nebraska Avenue NW. All ages, dogs, and food are welcome. No glass bottles or alcohol!
Fort Reno has a weather hotline! 202-355-6356 You can also check their twitter feed, or facebook page!
*update- as of this afternoon, the weather line is not up and running, but you can still go to Fort Reno’s twitter feed or facebook for updates on the weather situation*
Zimmerman
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By the end of the 4 hour 49 minute, 14-inning Nats-Yankees game at Nationals Park Saturday afternoon, it was easy to forget that right-handed pitcher Jordan Zimmermann even started the game. The Nats took a 5-3 loss, their fourth extra inning loss this season, after reliever Brad Lidge gave up a two-run double to Yankees first baseman Mark Texeria in the fourteenth. Continue reading
Derek Jeter
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While the Nationals were busy mopping up wins against the bottom of the AL East the Yankees were busy dominating the middle of the NL East. With both teams in first place in their respective divisions and each riding a six game winning streak a sellout crowd was on hand to see if the Nationals could hang with the big boys. For six innings that is what the Nationals did, but the power and the patience of the Yankees was too much for the Nats to overcome.
Over the years the Yankees have made a habit of frustrating pitchers by refusing to swing at any pitch that may be close to the strikezone. The Yankee batter would rather make a pitcher go to 3-2 and strikeout than ground out on the second or third pitch. In this way they or one of their teammates will be able to get that pitcher later, and that is what the Yankees were able to do to Gio Gonzalez.
By Tom Bridge
Paf Poker Challenge Final Table 2012
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National Harbor and MGM Casinos have today announced plans to bring a 4,000 slot, 250 table games luxury casino to Prince George’s County in the shadow of the Wilson Bridge. This is by no means a done deal, thanks to the gaming laws of the State of Maryland. While the plan represents a $1B investment in the National Harbor area, it hinges on an act of the Maryland legislatures, which must approve all casino developments including the new slot online casino.
Maryland currently has five casinos, the newest is Maryland Live! which was packing in the visitors during its opening weekend recently. The Post’s Michael Rosenwald recently visited the newly opened venue amid the outlets and declared it “the strangest location in America for a large gambling venue,” between the TJ Maxx and the Burlington Coat Factory. National Harbor, which already sports a number of destination restaurants and convention opportunities, might be a better fit for the glitz and glamor of the James Bond casino image, with its Baccarat tables and snappy croupiers.
The table games would likely be a bigger draw for the DC area than the video slots. DC’s poker options were, for a long time, limited to jaunts up, at least until the HUD for PokerStars came in to the picture. the coast to Atlantic City’s shabby and sad poker parlors.
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Within the last few years, West Virginia’s expanded table games options made a card game a closer possibility by enabling the online gaming at https://casinofair.com/, but anyone who’s sat in that traffic knows better than to want to head out there for the weekend. Having a good close option for a card game might be a solid boost for the National Harbor development, but there are many opponents to gambling in the Maryland legislature, so look for this one to be a hard sell for a Fall emergency session of the Maryland body.
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It’s a food truck Friday, y’all. Which means you should ditch the desk and take a little longer lunch break today. Have a happy weekend!
Pleasant Pops Food Truck
courtesy of Mr. T in DC
Be vewwy, vewwy quiet. We’re hunting food trucks. See where they all are.
embossed menu
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It’s not everyday that a restaurant turns the big 5-0. 1789 is celebrating their 50th anniversary, making it one of the oldest restaurants in the city.
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The restaurant first started when Georgetown alum Richard McCooey purchased the Federal home in the 1960s and opened The Tombs in the basement as a casual spot for university students and faculty. Eventually, McCooey purchased the adjacent properties and the evolution of 1789, The Tombs and F. Scott’s (the former art deco nightclub) began.
“A lot of the credit goes to Richard. He set the place up for all the right reasons,” says Tom Meyer, president of Clyde’s Restaurant Group, adding that McCooey wanted the restaurant to be a welcoming place for Georgetown residents, the university population and out of town guests. “It was designed classically and smartly from the beginning. [1789] is quintessential Washington. It’s a genteel, wonderful environment to dine in.”
But just because 1789 happens to be older than some of its peers, doesn’t mean they’re keeping the status quo. “We’re not of the ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ mentality,” says Meyer. He adds that the restaurant has adapted to the public’s changing tastes, while maintaining respect to the original concept. “Nobody gets off a plane or out of a cab and says, ‘What’s the oldest restaurant?'” says Meyer. “Just because you’re one of the oldest [restaurants] doesn’t automatically mean people like you. You almost have to try harder if you’ve been around longer.”
When I asked if Meyer could pinpoint any specific memory or cool moment in the restaurant’s history, he wasn’t able to pick just one. Instead he rattled off a list of former presidents and dignitaries that had dined at 1789–further proof of the restaurant’s staying power.
To celebrate the restaurant’s 50th, 1789 is offering a five-course tasting menu for $50 per person (excluding beverages, tax and gratuity). You can select any three dishes from the soups, salads, cheese and pasta sections of the menu, an entrée and a dessert. The summer special menu is available June 4th through September 13th on Sundays from 5:30 to 10 PM and Monday through Thursday from 6 to 10 PM. Mention the special to your server.
CapMac truck
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In want of a wonderful lunch this Wednesday? Try a food truck.
This used to be Les Halles
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Who said DC was moving away from steakhouses these days? Del Frisco’s Grille, an American bar and steakhouse, announced yesterday that it will be opening its downtown location on Saturday, July 14. Del Frisco’s will occupy the old Les Halles space on 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.
The Penn Quarter restaurant will feature 100 seats on their outdoor patio and a “wall of wine” with more than 5,000 bottles from more than 400 types of wine to choose from.
Leading the kitchen is a familiar face: executive chef Rob Klink, who was previously at the nearby Oceanaire. “The Grille definitely comes from steakhouse roots, but our menu is about variety, with a twist around every corner. From our prime burgers to our fresh seafood dishes, the focus is on quality and flavor,” said Klink in a press release. “I’m especially excited to introduce DC to its new favorite crab cake. After 20 years in the area, I have to say, there’s a new sheriff in town.”
Del Frisco’s Grille menu will feature flatbreads, hearty salads, fresh seafood, sandwiches, prime steaks and “shareable sides,” according to a press release. At the bar, you’ll fine your usual beer, wine and cocktails along with signature shots on tap, such as the Honey Badger, a mix of Tuaca and pineapple.
Del Frisco’s Grille will be open for lunch Monday through Friday from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM and for dinner from Monday through Thursday from 5 to 11 PM, Friday and Saturday from 5 PM to midnight and on Sunday from 4 to 9:30 PM. The bar will stay open a little longer–until 11 PM on Sundays, midnight Monday through Friday, and 1 AM on Saturdays.
Takorean truck
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You’re trudging along through the work day, but you know what would make that better? Lunch from a food truck!
Red Hook Lobster Roll
courtesy of Mr. T in DC
What’s that a picture of? Lob-stoppin’ goodness, that’s what. And there’s a food truck out there that has one with your name on it. Go get one!
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