
Tierney Plumb
Senior Associate Editor at Eater DC
Senior associate editor @Eater_DC (part of @voxmedia) Also ✒️s for @spicycandyDC Formerly @Bisnow, @WBJonline, @sddt Freelance gigs: [email protected]
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D.C.’s Carlos Delgado of Causa and Bar Amazonia Wins a James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic
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dc.eater.com | Missy Frederick |Tierney Plumb
Carlos Delgado of Causa and Bar Amazonia has taken home the illustrious James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic. The James Beard Foundation announced the winners of its 35th-annual Restaurant and Chef Awards during a glitzy Monday night gala at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Well-dressed hospitality professionals were crowned coveted medals across dozens of categories in what is largely considered the Oscars of the food world. Read the full list of winners here.
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2 weeks ago |
dc.eater.com | Tierney Plumb
Desert 5 Spot’s original location in LA. Desert 5 SpotThis embedded content failed to load. A country Western bar with roots in LA is coming to D.C. in “early fall,” per a newly created Instagram account teasing photos of sparkly disco boots. Named for a colorful flower blooming across the Mojave, Desert 5 Spot slides into the two-story industrial space that formerly housed short-lived global plates spot Palette 22 (400 Morse Street NE).
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ny.eater.com | Tierney Plumb
Visit another Eater city siteIt’s early days for the Danny Bowien-Stephen Starr team-upNearly two decades after pan-Asian clubstaurant Buddakan made its flashy Meatpacking District debut, Starr Restaurant Group is turning to a big-name chef to reinvent it. Mega-restaurateur Stephen Starr tapped Danny Bowien, of Mission Chinese Food fame, “to revitalize the menu at Buddakan and give it a fresh look,” a Starr rep tells Eater.
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ny.eater.com | Tierney Plumb
Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for IMDb Chef Eddie Huang, an author, TV personality, and filmmaker who jump-started his culinary career with his Taiwanese bun shop BaoHaus in 2009, is back cooking in the neighborhood where it all started. This month, Huang is headed to the Flower Shop, a Lower East Side pub, located at 107 Eldridge Street, where he will serve a comeback modern Chinese menu through the summer.
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3 weeks ago |
dc.eater.com | Tierney Plumb
Turns out, our KFC-loving president does have a food following. As an ode to his flip-flop tariff trade tendencies known as TACO (“Trump Always Chickens Out”) — an acronym coined byFinancial Times in May — a food truck celebrating Taco Tuesday was an apparent lunchtime hit on Capitol Hill yesterday. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) booked the truck from Pittsburgh-based Vagabond Taco, which drove down to sling — What else? — grilled chicken on soft corn tortillas.
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