@capitalweather An hour ago in Ballston at SER Restaurant on Glebe. It started raining inside and the roof started falling in. Luckily I don’t believe anyone was hurt. pic.twitter.com/m6mXcTL8L7
— Tracy Hardaway (@TracyMHardaway) July 25, 2018
Please welcome international Japanese barbecue chain Gyu-Kaku to Northern Virginia. [Washington City Paper]
Above: Watch water pour into SER. Reps say the Spanish restaurant should be reopening this weekend. [SER]
Thompson Hospitality (Hen Quarter, American Tap Room) will run Matchbox Food Group, pledging to slow expansion, build smaller restaurants and refresh existing locations. [Washington Business Journal, Eater]
Everest Kitchen, taking over the former Suvai space in Ashburn, will focus on food from the Himalayas. [The Burn]
The best new restaurants in America, with a nod to D.C.’s already much-lauded Maydan. [Eater]
Silver Diner launches Kids Club: for every five visits, there’s a free meal (and a bonus meal and shake for birthdays). The kid’s menu includes a salmon quinoa bowl and gluten-free quinoa coconut pancakes, among chicken tenders and macaroni and cheese. [Silver Diner]
Jonathan Gold, the Los Angeles food writer and the only restaurant critic to win a Pulitzer Prize, died at 57 from pancreatic cancer. He was best known for his serious treatment of global, strip mall dining and stunning prose. [Los Angeles Times; New York Times; The New Yorker; Eater]
