Big food week for D.C.: The city’s first Michelin Guide announced its honored restaurants, including two stars for our boldest name: José Andrés. Also, Tom Sietsema‘s Fall Dining Guide is now out, with only a few plugs for Virginia, including two newcomers: Afghan Bistro and Field & Main. [Eater, WaPo]
Oh science. It’s now reported that eating chocolate for breakfast can help people lose weight. [Elite Daily]
Virginia breweries, including Ornery Beer Company and Public House, Ocelot Brewing, Sweetwater Tavern, Port City Brewing Company, Spencer Devon Brewing and Lost Rhino, picked up a slew of awards at last weekend’s Great American Beer Festival. [WCP]
Happy Tart hopes to add a restaurant concept to its storefront in Del Ray. [WBJ]
To Do // Tomorrow the first Food, Wine & Art Festival at Halstead Square Dunn Loring Metro is featuring an outdoor gallery from Workhouse Arts Center and food from Ovvio, Passion Fin and Blackfinn with wine from Mattaponi Winery, Philip Carter Winery and Blue Valley Winery. [more]
To Do // Philly’s Kristina Erfe Pines of Spoonful Magazine, a quarterly publication on cooking and entertaining, is hosting a round table with Mike Murray of MurLarkey Distilled Spirits, Cary Kelly of The Cookery and Prastavna Sinha Mehta, founder of Classic and Modern Indian Cooking Classes about fall food inspiration at the Barnes & Noble in Tysons Corner this coming Tuesday. [more]
