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Jessica Sidman

Washington, D.C.

Food Editor at Washingtonian

Food Editor, @Washingtonian. Proud member of @washguild.

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  • A Japanese Ice Cream Shop Is Coming to Hyattsville

    6 days ago | washingtonian.com | Jessica Sidman

    Chef Takeshi Nishikawa spent about three years as culinary director of Rose’s Restaurant Group, whose hotspots include Rose’s Luxury, Pineapple and Pearls, and Little Pearl. Last year, though, he broke out on his own to launch a Japanese-style ice cream company called Snow Crane. Nishikawa has hosted a number of pop-ups around the area, and now, he’s finally landed a permanent location, opening in the Hyattsville Arts District this winter.

  • New York's Cafe Fiorello Is Opening Soon in DC

    1 week ago | washingtonian.com | Jessica Sidman

    Café Fiorello has been a fixture across from New York’s Lincoln Center for 50 years. Now, the Italian-American restaurant is opening its second-ever location in another prime piece of real estate on 11th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue (formerly Tadich Grill). It’s set to open May 21 with a menu full of classics—from chicken parm to rigatoni alla vodka—plus a front-and-center antipasti bar.

  • Daily Immigration News Clips - May 7, 2025

    1 week ago | aila.org | Emily Peck |Jessica Sidman |Beatrice Peterson

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  • ICE Agents Are Targeting DC Restaurants

    1 week ago | washingtonian.com | Jessica Sidman

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are targeting DC restaurants today in what is shaping up to be one of the city’s most high-profile examples yet of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Millie’s in Spring Valley and Pupatella in Dupont Circle are among the businesses that immigration officials have visited seeking I-9 forms verifying employment eligibility. There are unconfirmed reports of agents at several other DC restaurants as well.

  • DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Pushes to Overturn Initiative 82

    1 week ago | washingtonian.com | Jessica Sidman

    While unveiling her budget proposal today, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that she wants to repeal Initiative 82, the DC law phasing out the tipped minimum wage. Instead of the base wage for servers, bartenders, and other tipped workers increasing to $12 per hour in July, the Mayor’s proposal would revert the wage back to about half that.

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8 May 25

Love this guide on DC dating from our team: https://t.co/aiy7HqKWtE

Jessica Sidman
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7 May 25

UPDATE: More than 100 DC-area businesses received “inspection” notices, according to ICE. No arrests were made as part of these “worksite enforcement operations.”

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BREAKING: ICE agents are targeting restaurants across DC today. https://t.co/eyxkYuMWcZ

Jessica Sidman
Jessica Sidman @jsidman
7 May 25

New York's Cafe Fiorello is about to open on Pennsylvania Ave. The Italian-American restaurant is known for its chicken parm, cracker-thin pizzas, and sprawling antipasti bar. https://t.co/TXuRYHAP3r