People have flocked back to restaurants in the nation's capital as the COVID pandemic eases but not to work as cooks. And restaurant owners say that's making it harder to keep their doors open as tourists return to Washington's monuments and museums.
Chef José Andrés and his team were debating the dining room’s gold facade. Was it too shiny? Would the travertine limestone be preserved? It was June 2015, a year before the chef was to open his fine-dining restaurant in the new Trump International Hotel. Plans were being finalized. Tentatively called Topo Atrio, the restaurant would