I saw this article in the Washington Post on Friday and it made me instantly hungry. Tucked in with a Lowest Price gas station near U Street is, apparently, a delicious restaurant. Fast Gourmet was founded by brothers Juan and Manuel Olivera. They picked the gas station site because they didn't have the money to rent a more conventional space. It's an entertaining, feel-good article and, as the someone interviewed for the story points out, is something you would expect more from a place like Brooklyn than D.C. Hopefully an indication of more great things to come from the D.C. food scene. I rarely visit the U Street area, but this might just be a good reason to plan a journey.
Another note on food - I walked to the farmers' market for the first time in at least a month today and was pleasantly surprised by the bustle of activity. In addition to the year-round staples and the holdover apples from last fall, there were herbs, lettuces, and strawberries everywhere. I bought some garlic scapes - spindly green stalks that grow out of the top of garlic bulbs - with which I plan to make some pesto. I'm seemingly incapable of visiting the farmers' market without buying goat cheese and a baguette, but today I augmented those old stand-bys with a tub of sugar snap peas, a pint of fresh chocolate milk, and two tomatoes - the reddest, most enticing I've seen since, well, last summer. Phenomenal.
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