Two new bakeries are headed to the 14th and U neighborhood, and, this, according to some, means 14th and U is the new 18th and Columbia! Who wouldn’t want to be associated with crime, crowded streets, and large slices of pizza?! But if bakeries are a sign that you’ve made it, we thought we’d take the time to explore the best bakery (which also happens to be a deli) in Adams Morgan: So’s Your Mom. MORE »

Eating out is an enjoyable process because you don’t have to do anything besides decide what you want to eat and then eat it.  However, when eating out becomes a complicated ordeal, like it can be at Ulah Bistro, well then we may have a problem. MORE »

All the food buzz these days seems to about where the Obamas are eating, or the restaurants to avoid because they’re infested with interns, or where those kids from the Real World are going to eat their first meal in the big city. MORE »

With an aviation/travel motif, Cafe Saint-Ex is a bistro in the newly-cool 14th street corridor between U street and Logan Circle. While many people know of Saint-Ex because of its weekend tradition of sweaty, crowded and dude-tacular basement dance parties, it actually has a decent brunch. MORE »

Speakeasies, once prevalent during the last run-up to a depression, are curiously popular again in our not-at-all-dry DC. Though it’s not always clear what distinguishes a “speakeasy” from some other empty, expensive bar, the Gibson on U Street is probably described as such more often than any other watering hole in DC. MORE »

On the corner of 7th St. NW and Florida Ave. NW, in the parking lot of the CVS, there is a makeshift photo booth where you can get your photo taken against the backdrop of a Cadillac, a grandiose staircase, Outer Space or a bottle of Ciroc vodka. Your Wonkette wasn’t going to take a photo, but then a gay couple said that she “had” to, because “this is gangster,” and gave her $10 to take one. MORE »

Every time a restaurant in DC opens up, your Wonkette prays that it’s not another lounge-y room with house music, small plates and overpriced drinks. Policy, on U Street, opened last Saturday — and it’s got all this and more. MORE »

Thursday, March 19: There will be delicious cocktails and hors d’ oeuvres at Bread for the City’s big fund raising event, “Art with a Heart.” Simply pay the $200 ticket, and you’re in. 6PM at the Capitol Hilton. [BFC] MORE »

Winter will end, one day, and when it does, you should go to Tabaq’s rooftop lounge to enjoy the lovely weather. The whole bar is wrapped in glass, with a retractable roof (!) they close in case of rain. Don’t let the stout buildings of its U Street locale fool you; Tabaq has one of the best views in the DC. MORE »

For most people in DC, going to a the local Asian food mart means shopping at the international section of Whole Foods. But not anymore! Because there’s a new Asian Mart in town, Hana Market, and it’s right on U and 17th. MORE »