Shaw Bijou - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com The website that Washington lives by. Tue, 17 May 2022 12:34:22 +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 Shaw Bijou - Washingtonian https://www.washingtonian.com 32 32 Kwame Onwuachi on His First Cookbook, DC Restaurants, and Chef-Friendly Nail Polish Line https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/05/17/kwame-onwuachi-on-his-first-cookbook-dc-restaurants-and-chef-friendly-nail-polish-line/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=kwame-onwuachi-on-his-first-cookbook-dc-restaurants-and-chef-friendly-nail-polish-line Tue, 17 May 2022 12:34:22 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1582145 Chef Kwame Onwuachi wears a lot of hats these days—more than your average celebrity toque. The 32 year-old, who started his DC restaurant career with the short-lived Shaw Bijou and Wharf hit Kith and Kin, now lives in Los Angeles. His lauded 2019 memoir, Notes From a Young Black Chef, is being turned into a feature […]

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The Quarantine Questionnaire: Chef Kwame Onwuachi of Kith and Kin and Philly Wing Fry https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/05/08/the-quarantine-questionnaire-chef-kwame-onwuachi-of-kith-and-kin-and-philly-wing-fry/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-quarantine-questionnaire-chef-kwame-onwuachi-of-kith-and-kin-and-philly-wing-fry Fri, 08 May 2020 13:30:53 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=1105178 What’s the best thing you’ve streamed? Most useful thing in your freezer? Dream day when this is all over? In search of inspiration—and, let’s be honest, a bit of voyeurism—we’re asking Washingtonians (current and recently former) how they’re passing the time and getting through quarantine. Here’s Kwame Onwuachi, the chef behind Kith and Kin and […]

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10 Restaurant Closures This Year That Totally Bummed Us Out https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/12/29/10-restaurant-closures-this-year-that-totally-bummed-us-out/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-restaurant-closures-this-year-that-totally-bummed-us-out Fri, 29 Dec 2017 15:42:37 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=260893 The restaurant boom in recent years isn’t without its victims. With competition more fierce than ever, many businesses called it quits this year. Here are 10 we were sad to see go. ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen The Southeast Asian Chipotle spin-off had great potential when it first launched in Dupont Circle in 2011. If things […]

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The Shaw Bijou Cancels Plans for a Private Club https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/12/15/the-shaw-bijou-cancels-plans-for-a-private-club/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-shaw-bijou-cancels-plans-for-a-private-club Thu, 15 Dec 2016 16:59:35 +0000 https://www.washingtonian.com/?p=212659 When the Shaw Bijou opened in November, co-owner Kelly Gorsuch told Washingtonian that the restaurant would also operate as a 24-hour private club—a kind of “social experiment” for select entrepreneurs and creatives. The wait-list was purportedly almost 1,000 people long, even as it drew ridicule on social media. “The dues won’t be much—just enough to […]

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