Restaurant Week 2.0 & Other Food News

I am pleased to inform you that Restaurant Week has been extended an extra week. Only a hand full of restaurants are complying with this so I would call the restaurant before hand to find out.

Last week I went to Bourbon Steak, Farmers and Fishers, and Bodega. All were good in their own way. I will be posting my review in the near future.

Lastly I would like to give you some quick news in the DC food scene. The latest issue of the Washingtonian Magazine lists the 100 Best Restaurants in DC, it is a must buy for any food lovers. The highest rated restaurant I have been to is #13 - Vidalia, I plan to try at least 3 top 10 places this year now that I have a constant stream of income.

I leaned through City Stream that Churchkey's Luther Burger was rated #1 on America's Top 10 New Sandwiches . I will make it my mission to try this burger ASAP, FYI I made this burger, you can look at it here.

Washington DC: A Top 10 Restaurant City

I just came across this today on City Stream. This year Washington DC ranked #8 in Esquire Magazines "Americas Best Restaurant Cities" 2010 Edition. The District of Columbia ranks behind superstar cities like New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Los Angeles which boast tremendous populations and titanic economies. Their standings make sense because of the shear demand.

I will have to question some of the cities we fell behind, specifically Houston and New Orleans mainly because there is a lack of culinary variety in these cities. Also southern "comfort food" has it's limits.

What also makes our ranking spectacular is that DC is a small city in comparison to all the others. For example DC has a population of 601,723 making it the 27th largest city where as New York, Los Angeles and Chicago rank 1,2 and 3 respectively in terms of population all boasting at least 2.8 million people. So on a per capita basis we must rank in the top 5.

Some notable honors for DC, we have the countries best Spanish and Indian restaurants and a hand-full of great Italian restaurants. The future will only look brighter as this is a city that is growing in terms of both population and jobs. The growth in population is concentrated mainly in young highly educated professions that have a demand for sophisticated fine dining.