Hardworking Small Business Owners Bring Variety to Chevy Chase Restaurant Scene
Restaurants and bakeshops work together to offer residents more options for eating out.
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
Hardworking Small Business Owners Bring Variety to Chevy Chase Restaurant Scene
Restaurants and bakeshops work together to offer residents more options for eating out.
Step out of the Friendship Heights Metro station in Chevy Chase and you will find a variety of familiar restaurants such as The Cheesecake Factory, Maggiano’s Little Italy and P.F. Chang’s. But, beyond these national chain restaurants, there are also small and local establishments that bring variety and distinction to the Chevy Chase food scene. These establishments include Frosting, A Cupcakery (1 Wisconsin Circle), which sells 6- and 8-inch cakes and Illy coffee and espresso along with the bakeshop's signature cupcakes. Husband-and-wife team Michelle Snow Bracken and Todd Bracken, along with Michelle Snow Bracken’s mother Ann Snow, opened the store in 2010. Michelle Snow Bracken had the desire to turn her baking hobby into a business, …
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Chevy Chase's Blue 44 Wins Over Local Diners and Critics Alike
New restaurant attracts praise from diners, local restaurant critics and columnists.
When I wrote about Blue 44’s opening in April 2011, it was obvious that the new eatery was a customer favorite. Now, as it approaches its first anniversary, Chevy Chase’s popular Blue 44 restaurant is finally getting some serious attention from the food critics. First, the readers of the City Paper selected the Connecticut Avenue NW eatery as “the best new restaurant” in all of DC—a major upset (and a shock) given the downtown (and decidedly non-suburban) focus of that publication. Then, Washington Post food critic Tom Seitsema offered a generally favorable review that included an outright rave for Blue 44‘s $19 Monday night blue plate special featuring fried chicken. “Most dishes on the menu aren’t so compelling but if you know how to …
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Laura L Thornton
6:49 pm on Wednesday, April 11, 2012
I still need to try this place, too! So many good restaurants, so little time...! more ›