If you’re hungry (which is likely) and you want to eat out, you basically have four options for restaurants in DC: small plates, southern food, burgers, or pizza. Throw in a random Belgian or French place and that pretty much sums up dining in the District. More of an observation than a complaint really — who doesn’t love chicken and waffles, creative pizzas, and large, juicy burgers? (The small plates we can do without.) And of the pizza places, Matchbox Pizza offers some of DC’s best. MORE »

For whatever reason, the phenomenon of eating multiple small plate dishes (also know as tapas) as a meal has taken over dining in the District. There are some food trends that we moderately enjoy: Cupcakes, we can deal with those. Wine bars, they work for impressing dates and for the wining and dining of summer associates from big law firms (lucky bitches). And we can even deal with the influx of fro-yo shops. But this fascination with small plates is just beyond us. Either the city is (not so) subtly trying to convince everyone to be anorexic, or someone needs to come up with a new, more filling, and less expensive food trend, fast. MORE »

Co Co. Sala is supposed to be the perfect place for a first date or a ladies’ night out. There are chocolate desserts, a bar stocked with girly cocktail drinks and sexytime mood lighting. So why is this place so lame? MORE »