Fajitas, a special at Mijita s. Photographs by Evy Mages
Naomi Gallego has long been one of DC’s top pastry chefs. In the last two decades, she’s created desserts at Blue Duck Tavern, Le Diplomate, the late PS7’s and Vidalia, and the entire Neighborhood Restaurant Group. Now, she is turning her attention from Valrhona chocolate and panna cotta to queso and tacos. Tomorrow, May 5th, she’s opening Mijita’s Tex Mex inside Glover Park’s Social Beast , the mini-food-hall formerly known as Ghostline.
Mijita’s chef Naomi Gallego.
It’s not as left-field as it sounds. Gallego grew up in San Antonio, and once led the pastry team at the Four Seasons in Austin. Besides, she says, “this isn’t a far stretch from any educated cook’s background. I’m not doing French fine dining.” She’s spent the last year roaming Tex Mex spots around the country, seeking out brisket at Valentina’s in Austin, or sampling the award-winning flour tortillas at HomeState in LA.
“I love a good spicy marg because it offers something refreshingly different from the flavors you traditionally try to balance in a cocktail acid, sweet, boozy, and sometimes bitter,” Svetlik says. Many of the cocktails at his Truxton Circle restaurant incorporate ingredients from the kitchen, giving way to savory cocktails and shots. “Our customer base definitely doesn’t shy away from spicy food and apparently this also carries over to cocktails.”
Republic Cantina combines house-made tequila infused with fresh habanero peppers, blanco tequila, lime, and agave. You can swap in other agave spirits like mezcal and sotol and even ask to up the spicy quotient if you’re seeking more fire.
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It’s Noodle Week at Chiko, the trio of Chinese-Korean fast-casual spots.
Tonight, April 22, guest chef Spike Mendelsohn is honoring Earth Day with a special “Eat The Change” stirfry ($16). Daily specials range from $15 to $17, and will run through
Sunday, April 25. The Noodle Week menu is available for both pickup and delivery at all three locations: Capitol Hill (
423 Eighth St., SE), Dupont (
2029 P St., NW) and Bethesda (
7280 Woodmont Ave.).
today, April 22: Mendelsohn’s PLNT Burger is popping up at Sandlot Georgetown (
2715 Pennsylvania Ave., NW), which is set to open in May. From noon until 8 PM, there will be plant-based snacks from the burger shop, Soultarian Food Truck, and Soupergirl.
DC Selects Land Trust Team to Redevelop Langston-Slater Campus
Rendering of Lebanon Village . Click to enlarge.
The city-owned site that was the subject of DC s first EquityRFP may be redeveloped using an equity-focused model.
On Tuesday, Mayor Bowser s office and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) selected a co-development team for the Langston-Slater school campus in Truxton Circle: a team that includes the Douglass Community Land Trust (Douglass CLT).
The plan put forth by the Douglass CLT team would deliver 55 mixed-income units, including some for-sale units and units with permanent affordability, to the site of the Slater and John Mercer Langston Elementary School buildings at 33-45 P Street NW (map). More specifically, there will be 43 rental apartments and 12 infill townhouses, along with 21 surface parking spaces. Roughly 49% of the units in the Lebanon Village development will be affordable to households earning up to 30