Naomi Gallego - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:50:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-washingtonian-favicon-gigantic-138x138.png Naomi Gallego - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Social Beast and Mijita’s Tex Mex Are Closing in Glover Park https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/11/22/social-beast-and-mijitas-tex-mex-are-closing-in-glover-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=social-beast-and-mijitas-tex-mex-are-closing-in-glover-park Mon, 22 Nov 2021 17:47:21 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1558738 Social Beast and Mijita’s Tex Mex just became the DC food scene’s latest pandemic-induced loss. The two-in-one Glover Park restaurant concept announced its final day of business will be Tuesday, November 30. In a social media post over the weekend, the restaurant invited customers to stop by the indoor/outdoor Glover Park space and say goodbye […]

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You Can Now Find Ex–Bad Saint Chef Tom Cunanan in a Food Hall. Here’s How He’s Adjusting to Fast-Food Life. https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/07/30/you-can-now-find-ex-bad-saint-chef-tom-cunanan-in-a-food-hall-heres-how-hes-adjusting-to-fast-food-life/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-can-now-find-ex-bad-saint-chef-tom-cunanan-in-a-food-hall-heres-how-hes-adjusting-to-fast-food-life Fri, 30 Jul 2021 14:00:08 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1542081 Tom Cunanan gained national praise and lines down the block for his modern take on Filipino cooking at Bad Saint in Columbia Heights. Since parting ways with the restaurant during the pandemic, he’s been serving up Filipino-style burgers and fried chicken alongside fellow chef Paolo Dungca at Pogiboy, inside the Block food hall in downtown […]

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An Ambitious Tex-Mex Spot Brings Frito Pies and Frozen Palomas to Glover Park https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/05/04/an-ambitious-tex-mex-spot-brings-triple-pork-tacos-frito-pies-and-frozen-palomas-to-glover-park/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=an-ambitious-tex-mex-spot-brings-triple-pork-tacos-frito-pies-and-frozen-palomas-to-glover-park Tue, 04 May 2021 16:35:39 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1514388 Naomi Gallego has long been one of DC’s top pastry chefs. In the last two decades, she’s created desserts at Blue Duck Tavern, Le Diplomate, the late PS7’s and Vidalia, and the entire Neighborhood Restaurant Group. Now, she is turning her attention from Valrhona chocolate and panna cotta to queso and tacos. Tomorrow, May 5th, […]

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“The Scary Part Is That You Can Have Cancer Growing All Over Your Body and Not Know It” https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/02/06/cancer-survivors-share-their-experiences/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cancer-survivors-share-their-experiences Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:00:13 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1002655 Six cancer survivors share their experiences—the first inklings something wasn’t right, the treatments they underwent, and how they maintained their mental health. Larry Hogan, 63 Maryland Governor “I had two kinds of cancer. The really serious one was non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. I started to experience pain in my back. I thought I’d pulled a muscle. Turns […]

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Detroit-Style Pizza Topped With Hot Dogs and Pierogi Coming to Red Light on 14th Street https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/07/23/detroit-style-pizza-coming-to-red-light-on-14th-street/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=detroit-style-pizza-coming-to-red-light-on-14th-street Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:49:46 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=784126 Washington’s pizza diversity has greatly expanded in the past year with new places serving Sicilian slices, cheffy Domino’s-style pies, rustic Roman squares, and more Neapolitan rounds. (So. Much. Neapolitan.) One niche that’s underrepresented? Detroit-style pizza. That changes on July 24 when Red Light launches a new menu from Little Beast chef Naomi Gallego, who recently became […]

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Hazel Opens in Shaw with a Garden Patio, Duck Dinners https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/06/27/hazel-opens-shaw-dc-garden-patio-duck-dinners/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hazel-opens-shaw-dc-garden-patio-duck-dinners Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:12:50 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=195426 Sometimes the simplest things can inspire a new restaurant. For Hazel, that thing was a lazy Susan. Chef Rob Rubba—formerly of Tallula/Eatbar—was visiting the Alexandria Farmer’s Market when he spotted a selection of lazy Susans from local woodworker K.C. Cromwell. The turntables sparked visions of a restaurant built around fun, shareable meals like at dim sum […]

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