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CureCo. founder Neil Bodenheimer behind the bar at Dauphine s, a New Orleans-inspired restaurant opening in DC. Photography by Jen Chase
Dauphine’s, the New Orleans-inspired restaurant from the team behind Salt Line, opens Friday, May 7 in downtown DC with some big names from the Big Easy at the helm. Executive chef Kristen Essig joins Salt Line talent Kyle Bailey in the kitchen; prior to moving to Washington she spent two the past two decades cooking at spots like Emeril’s and running her own Southern restaurant, Coquette. Behind the bar program is partner and native New Orleanian Neal Bodenheimer, the owner of three award-magnet cocktails bars in his hometown: Cure, Cane & Table, and Vals. The challenge for both: how do you take a food and drink culture as rich, storied, and entrenched in place as the one in New Orleans and translate it to a brand new 145-seat restaurant in downtown DC?
Washington City Paper Try shrimp remoulade, duck jambalaya, and oyster spaghetti from Chefs Kristen Essig and Kyle Bailey.
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A restaurant that pays tribute to New Orleans cuisine using Mid-Atlantic ingredients opens for dinner on Friday in D.C. Dishes like seafood gumbo, rockfish amandine, and duck jambalaya just might lure diners back to a deserted downtown.
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St. Patrick s Day may mean big party, depending on where you are in Washington. Photograph via iStock
In a normal year, Gavin Coleman would spend weeks leading up to St. Patrick’s Day planning for a multi-day celebration at his family’s 47 year-old Capitol Hill pub, the Dubliner. He’d book Irish dancers and musicians, order over 100 kegs, and hire extra staff and security to accommodate the throngs of revelers coming through the door including, one year, President Obama, who dropped in for a pint. And now?
“I think a lot of the St.Patrick’s Day business will go out to Virginia,” says Coleman, who’s planning a more modest celebration here in DC. He’ll offer seated indoor and outdoor streetery reservations, plus a morning sandwich pop-up. “DC has more strict regulations,” he says. “The Dub is known for live Irish music we haven’t had it in a year. We won’t be able to use our bars. It’s tough it’s been tough during this whole pandemic.”
John Katko’s guest at Biden inauguration: A Coleman who runs an Irish pub
Updated Jan 19, 2021;
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The 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is on Wed., January 20, 2021. (Photo by Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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Washington – Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday will include at least two guests who know all about the soon-to-be 46th president’s links to Syracuse and Central New York.
Rep. John Katko, who like Biden is a graduate of Syracuse University’s law school, plans to attend the inauguration with Gavin Coleman, whose grandfather opened Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub in Syracuse in 1933.
Inauguration Day: Joe Biden to become 46th president today (Good Morning CNY for Jan. 20)
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Preparations are made prior to a dress rehearsal for the 59th inaugural ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Monday, January 18, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.Patrick Semansky | Pool via The Associated Press
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Inauguration Day: Katko’s guest has Syracuse ties: Joe Biden’s inauguration today will include at least two guests who know all about the soon-to-be 46th president’s links to Syracuse and Central New York. Rep. John Katko, who like Biden is a graduate of Syracuse University’s law school, plans to attend the inauguration with Gavin Coleman, whose grandfather opened Coleman’s Authentic Irish Pub in Syracuse in 1933.