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Video FeedBack: Next Door

By Kate Nerenberg , Alejandro Salinas

Brothers Nizam and Kamal Ali recently opened Next Door, a new bar and restaurant next to their famed Ben's Chili Bowl. How are diners taking to chef (and Hell's Kitchen winner) Rock Harper's cooking? Do the crab cakes and mussels hold a candle to Ben's vaunted half-smoke? We set up our camera to find out.

Have you been to Next Door? What were your thoughts? Let us know in the comments!

Chew on This: Where’s Your Favorite Spot to Grab a Beer?

By Kate Nerenberg

Imbibe magazine recently combed the country for the 101 best places to get a beer. In case you missed it, beeradvocate.com has posted the list, broken down into ten categories, including best Irish-style pubs, best bottle list, and best beer shops. We know Washington is full of places to down a draft or crack open an unusual brew, and we’re glad to see that Imbibe agrees. The list gave the thumbs-up to Birreria Paradiso, Rustico, the Brickskeller, Brasserie Beck, Granville Moore’s, and Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits.

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Chew on This: What’s Your Favorite Foodie Gift?

By Ann Limpert

Holiday gift deadlines are (eek) drawing near. And we, and probably some fellow readers, are in need of some ideas. So we’re asking you: Is there a culinary present—an ingredient, homemade confection, cookbook, kitchen tool, something from a local restaurant, whatever—that you love to give, or are hungry to get?

Let us know in the comments!

Related: A Foodie Gift Guide 

Video FeedBack: Posto

By Kate Nerenberg

Every Thursday, FeedBack asks you, the diner, for a restaurant critique on the street.

We staked out Logan Circle’s Posto (1515 14th St., NW), the just-opened Italian trattoria from Tosca chef Massimo Fabbri that took over the space formerly known as Viridian. Diners told us how the wood-fired pizzas compare to others in town, whether Fabbri was able to fix Viridian’s notorious noise problems, and whether they thought the place was a good value.

Have you been to Posto? What are your impressions? Tell us in the comments.

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Chew on This: What’s the Most Overrated Restaurant?

By Kate Nerenberg

Even though the economy’s down, there’s always cause for a splurge, especially around the holidays. But you want to make sure you’re getting the best bang for your buck—there’s nothing worse than dropping more than $200 on a meal only to walk out hungry or unsatisfied. So we want you to tell your fellow readers which restaurants don’t live up to the hype: What’s the most overrated restaurant out there?

Leave your answers in the comments! 

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Chew on This: Who Makes the Best Hot Chocolate?

By Kate Nerenberg

We’re embracing the cold with memories of last winter’s rich, hot cocoa. Since then, chocolate-centric cafes have popped up all over town, which means the list of warming mugs just got longer. So we want to know where you’ve found your favorite hot-chocolaty treats to ward off the chill. Let us know in the comments!

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Video FeedBack: 1905

By Kate Nerenberg , Alejandro Salinas

We waited outside of 1905 (1905 Ninth St., NW; 202-332-1905), a second-floor restaurant in Shaw brought to you by the owners of Sticky Rice, to find out what diners thought of the cozy, speakeasy-like vibe, pan-European menu, and absinthe-spiked cocktails. 

Have you been to 1905? What was your impression? Let us know in the comments below.

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Video FeedBack: Next Door

We stopped diners exiting the new bar and restaurant next door to Ben's Chili Bowl to find out how chef Rock Harper's crab cakes compare to the famous half-smoke. more

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Cynthia Hacinli

When she's not seeking out the best ouzo bars in Athens, bottarga in Sardinia, red chili enchiladas in El Paso, and lobster shacks in Maine, Cynthia Hacinli is a restaurant critic and a wine and food editor for Washingtonian magazine. more

Ann Limpert

Though Ann Limpert graduated from Connecticut College with a degree in art history and creative writing, she spent most of her time in New England debating the merits of warm, buttery lobster rolls vs. cold, mayo-y ones. She spent two years covering the internet for Entertainment Weekly magazine (highlights include interviewing the Beastie Boys and dancing to "Livin' la Vida Loca" with Penn Jillette), then left to hone her kitchen skills at the Institute of Culinary Education. She has worked as a cook at several New York restaurants, researched and edited cookbooks, and now writes about food and restaurants for the Washingtonian. more

Sara Levine

DC native Sara Levine is an assistant editor at the Washingtonian. While at the University of Pennsylvania, she covered the Philly food scene for the student-run weekly magazine and wrote dining and nightlife reviews for AOL City Guide Philadelphia. Back in DC, she enjoys experimenting with cooking in her small Dupont Circle kitchen, but is completely inept when it comes to making popcorn in the office microwave--just ask the interns. more

Rina Rapuano

Rina Rapuano's English degree from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond put her on the path to becoming a managing editor of a weekly business magazine; a freelance copy editor; and assistant managing news editor—and later the lifestyles editor—at a weekly paper in Maryland. But she realized her true calling when her descriptions of meals to friends and colleagues always seemed to end with the same statement: “You're making me hungry.” Frankly, it was making Rina hungry, too. She chucked her day job in 2006 to become a full-time freelance writer focusing mainly on food, and now works as assistant food and wine editor at The Washingtonian. more