Food Reviews
Brick House Diner: Everything from Scratch
Photos by Rebecca D’Angelo
Six things a great diner make: all dishes made from scratch, heaping helpings of the best comfort food, signature dishes, pleasant servers, reasonable prices, and a bright and open dining area with a good diner vibe:the hustling and bustling tht comes with friendly, efficient servers. Brick House Diner has it all in spades.
By Orion Hughes 10.2024
Ellie’s Hot Dogs & Ice Cream
It was a Thursday afternoon like any other. Work ended at 4, errands had to be done, dinner was a distant mystery, and it was a steamy 97 degrees in the late afternoon. One of those days when a walk was out of the question, the car was as cold as I could get it, and outside seemed almost dangerous with heat. I’d dropped my pup off at home to lie on the couch in the ac, and had set off down Arthur Ashe Boulevard towards Broad Street with Lowe’s in mind.
By Anne Jones 09.2023
Ruby Scoop and the “Essence of Ice Cream”
Jonathan Gold, Giles Coren, Pete Wells - all famous food critics known to those who follow such matters. But when it comes to ice cream, they've got nothin' on me. Embarrassing truth be told, I've devoted a phenomenal number of hours of my life thinking about and savoring ice cream.
By Anne Jones 08.2021
Eat My Eggroll
Eat My Eggroll bills itself as VA's first and only Egg Roll Shake Shop, with “Big dope Egg Rolls & other things you can bite, the Ultimate Munchie Truck.” Exactly. But local chef and owner Bradley Gallier creates much more than snack food in his tiny metal truck.
By Anne Jones 05.2021
Brookland Park Market: A Neighborhood Gem
After this unthinkable year of extreme take-out dining, I was ready to try something new, and I remembered the many enthusiastic recommendations from several friends about Brookland Park, starting last fall.
By Anne Jones 04.2021