We have a longtime love for the minestrone soup at Paolo’s Ristorante, so it’s nice to see the homey dish get celebrity approval. Grammy Award-winning musician Carlos Santana and two bodyguards dropped by the stalwart Georgetown Italian for a bowl on Monday while in town for Wolf Trap concert. May we suggest the tortellini rose for a follow-up visit?
Food Editor
Anna Spiegel covers the dining and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held various cooking and writing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.
