The Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington named Rose Previte, co-founder of the No White Plates collective and owner of the Kirby Club in Fairfax and two DC restaurants, Restaurateur of the Year during its 41st annual RAMMY Awards Sunday night.
The awards honor the accomplishments of the restaurant and foodservice industry in the DC metro area.
Kirby Club, which recently participated in Northern Virginia Magazine‘s Taste of NoVA, serves festive Lebanese food. Rose Previte also owns Compass Rose and Michelin-starred Maydan, both of which are in DC. The aim of No White Plates is to showcase the stories behind food that’s created.
Two other Northern Virginia restaurants received 2023 Honorary Milestone RAMMY Awards. The association recognized Artie’s in Fairfax for being in business 45 years and the now closed Four Sisters restaurant in the Mosaic District for 30 years. Artie’s is a modern American eatery that’s part of the Great American Restaurants group, and Four Sisters was a Vietnamese restaurant that originally opened in the Eden Center in 1993.
Other RAMMY Winners
Here the other winners of the RAMMY Awards, according to the association (*indicates a publicly voted category*):
Joan Hisaoka Allied Member of the Year: Saval Foodservice
New Restaurant of the Year: Causa/Amazonia
Cocktail Program of the Year: Service Bar
Beer Program of the Year: Shelter
Wine Program of the Year: Reveler’s Hour
Rising Culinary Star of the Year: Marcelle Afram, Shababi Palestinian Rotisserie Chicken
*Favorite Gathering Place*: Tiki on 18th/The Game Sports Pub
*Best Brunch*: Urban Roast
*Best Bar*: Exiles
*Favorite Fast Bites*: RASA
*Hottest Sandwich Spot*: Compliments Only
Employee of the Year: Nabil Moussa, Le Diplomate
Manager of the Year: Brittany Dye, Circa Foggy Bottom
Service Program of the Year: Lutèce
Casual Restaurant of the Year: Pennyroyal Station
Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year: L’Ardente
Pastry Chef or Baker of the Year: Teresa Velazquez, Baked and Wired, A Baked Joint
Formal Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year: Xiquet by Danny Lledó
Chef of the Year: Kevin Tien, now-closed Moon Rabbit
Other 2023 Honorary Milestone RAMMY Award recipients:
- Filomena Ristorante — 40 years
- The Grill From Ipanema — 30 years
- Old Europe — 75 years
- Cafe Milano — 30 years
- Jaleo — 30 Years
- National Democratic Club — 70 years
- Annie’s Paramount Steakhouse — 75 years
Michael F. Curtin Jr., chief executive officer of DC Central Kitchen, received the John G. Laytham Exceptional Leadership and Impact Award for his “significant contribution to the region’s foodservice industry and giving back to the community,” while Ris Lacoste, chef/owner of RIS Restaurant, received the Duke Zeibert Capital Achievement Award, “for her excellence and community leadership,” the association said.
Feature image of the Kirby Club by Alice Levitt
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