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Mexican Taken Up a Notch at Oyamel

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With my friend Rishi visiting from NY last weekend, we embarked on a four-part DC eating tour: Part 1 — shrimp po’ boy at Eastern Market; Part 2 — chorizo and arepas from the Colombian tent at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival; Part 4 — The … Read More

A Taco Fix at Super Tacos & Bakery

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I’ve come to like Chipotle. The food is fast, fresh, consistent, moderately priced, and fairly decent tasting. It does the trick when you’ve got a burrito craving, and in my neighborhood of Woodley Park, it’s the only “Mexican” around, so you take what you can … Read More

First Taste at bartaco

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Ebb Tide Seafood in Port Chester is now a memory, replaced by the stylish and new, bartaco. Not since innocent, virginal Sandra Dee was made over into leather-clad, sexy Sandy in “Grease” has a transformation been quite so dramatic. Okay, that’s hyperbole, but still, the … Read More

SoNo: Tacos at Los Molcajetes

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I’m developing a fondness for this South Norwalk.  Back there once again, I couldn’t help myself from making a taco pit stop before heading home. You’d be hard pressed to find tastier, fresher tacos than the ones served up at Los Molcajetes. For a piddly … Read More

Portobello Cafe and Los Andes Bakery

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I’m tentatively dipping a toe back into the proverbial blogging pool, hoping not to blow up my web server.  One minute I’m writing about squash soup; the next I’m mired in CPU usage issues, caching and mySQL databases.  This has not been fun. (The blog … Read More