Kids eat free if they enter Water & Wall‘s Junior Chef recipe contest. [details above]
What it’s like to be a female bartender. [WaPo]
Cosi files for bankruptcy. [Nation’s Restaurant News]
The team behind A-Town and Don Tito might open a barbecue restaurant or a pub in the former Hard Times location. [ARLnow]
A guide to fried foods (and a pork parfait) at the State Fair of Virginia. [WaPo]
Award season // Taste Talks, a rival to the James Beard Foundation Awards, announced its inaugural round of winners of best restaurants, chefs and food media. Saveur still thinks blogs are relevant. [more, more]
