Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Eight days of barbecue festivities wind through DC, MD and VA.
With the new year comes a new cycle of “weeks”: DC Restaurant Week, Bethesda Restaurant Week and now Meat Week. The fourth annual meat extravaganza begins Sunday and continues through Feb. 3, featuring the DMV’s most popular barbecue restaurants, food truck face offs and lots and lots of sweet, smoky meat. Events begin at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Rockville’s Urban Bar-B-Que. For eight days festivities will wind through DC and Virginia suburbs. Some host venues will be offering Meat Week specials. DC’s Meat Week began with a meet up in Rockville, DC Meat Week founder Mike Bober, of the Capital Spice Blog, told Del Ray Patch. For more information on 2013’s Meat Week, including a list of vendors, check out the event Facebook page here. Several of …
Saturday, August 25, 2012
We want you to tell us what recipes are best to share for the last hurrah of summer.
It's been a long, hot summer, and although by Labor Day the kids will be back in school in Prince George's and Montgomery counties, it doesn't mean you can't celebrate. You may be staying closer to home this holiday and grilling out with family and friends. So, we want to know: What will you be serving? Share your recipes with us below, including a link to where they may be listed on the web. What's kid-friendly, for adults only, or is the perfect meal to end the summer?
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
This Bowie "Mom and Pop" restaurant in Fairwood is a hidden gem.
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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Drive west on Route 450 just outside Bowie and you might not even know you are passing some of the D.C. area’s best barbecue. But true 'cue connoisseurs know. Sandwiched between two empty storefronts in the Fairwood Green Shopping Center, KBQ Real Barbecue does not look like the place to go for some really great pulled pork or rack of ribs. The 25-seat dining area with its sunny and spotless interior is a far cry from what you would think of as a traditional southern barbecue joint. Absent are the picnic tables and greasy squeeze bottles of sauce on the tables. Florida native Kerry Britt, along with wife Lya, and sister-in-law Shana Wesley, opened KBQ in November 2007. Recognized by restaurant critics and local food bloggers, KBQ has an …
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Peggy Anne
10:45 am on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I wonder if there will ever be a triple bypass week, or a Colon cancer awareness month ?   more ›