Tom Sietsema
Food Critic at The Washington Post
Food critic for the Washington Post and James Beard award winner ("America's Best Food Cities")
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5 days ago |
washingtonpost.com | Tom Sietsema
What’s your ideal restaurant? Our D.C. dining quiz will help you find it. (washingtonpost.com) What’s your ideal restaurant? Our D.C. dining quiz will help you find it. By Tom Sietsema 2025050913304100 So many restaurants. So little time. It's a sentiment I share with fellow diners in and around Washington, which is blessed with some of the best places to eat in the country.
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1 week ago |
washingtonpost.com | Tom Sietsema
Ask The Post’s journalistsOur reporters and editors answer your questions. Join our live chats or ask a question in advance. Get advice: Carolyn Hax takes your questions about the strange train we call life. Find a dining suggestion: Chat with restaurant critic Tom Sietsema. Ask for cooking help: Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal are your guides to the kitchen. Chat with a columnist: Karen Tumulty discusses her columns, politics and more.
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washingtonpost.com | Tom Sietsema
Want to keep your favorite restaurant in business? Become a regular. (washingtonpost.com) Want to keep your favorite restaurant in business? Become a regular. By Tom Sietsema 2025050713463200 There are few drawbacks to a job that pays someone to eat and write. But allow me to pull out the world's tiniest violin and play this lament: I miss being a regular in a restaurant. I know I'll be a frequent customer at a handful of places I love — someday.
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flipboard.com | Tom Sietsema
8 hours agoA killer hid in plain sight for 23 years. This is how police found him. Eugene Gligor, 45, pleaded guilty Wednesday in a Maryland courtroom to the 2001 murder of Leslie Preer in her Chevy Chase home. Eugene Gligor took a seat on the steps outside his apartment building in Washington, D.C. He scrolled through his phone, drank a cup of coffee.
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washingtonpost.com | Tom Sietsema
The 20 best new restaurants in the D.C. area (washingtonpost.com) The 20 best new restaurants in the D.C. area By Tom Sietsema 2025050713001500 Every year around this time, I get to answer one of my favorite questions.
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“What’s new?” people often ask me. Right now, I’ve got 20 answers for them. Welcome to my spring dining guide celebrating the DC area’s best arrivals. https://t.co/3XuAOKzurH
Dining chat: Favorite restaurant gave us food poisoning. Do we return? https://t.co/WjEf8OWaHt
One of the many reasons I try to fly @AlaskaAir whenever I can: This morning, as I boarded my flight from SFO to DCA, I was behind two deaf passengers who were thanked by the gate agent in sign language. Just watching that small thoughtfulness made my WEEK.