The crowd settles in with burgers and shakes. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery
Local Top Chef alum Carla Hall poses with a fan. Photograph by Keith Lane
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Guests waited for up to 60 minutes for Chef Spike’s burgers. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery
Madness at the ordering counter. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery
Speciality sodas and baskets of fries covered the Washingtonian table. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery.
One couple celebrated their wedding anniversary on the same night! Good Stuff, a family run business, reserved them a special table with cheery yellow flowers. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery
The crowded restaurant watches as Top Chef takes on DC. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery
Good Stuff Owner—and former Top Chef contestant— Spike Mendelsohn talks with a guest. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery
News crews came out to capture the good time. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery
Seating was hard to find— many guest stood along the banisters. Photograph by Keith Lane
Top Chef Premiere at Good Stuff Eatery
The audience cheered (and jeered) at all corners of the restaurant as chefs won and lost the opening challenges of the season. Photograph by Keith Lane