Tag Archives: Bourbon

Rye Bar, Capella Hotel, Georgetown

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Don

On an absolutely *frigid* Monday evening, I drove to Georgetown, only to find K Street blocked off, and I was diverted onto the Whitehurst Freeway, where I was spit out near the Key Bridge. Turning right on M Street, I … Continue reading →

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Corduroy: Minibites, January 15, 2012 – January 21, 2012

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Don

Minibites are delicious samplings of Don’s culinary adventures, condensed, distilled, and always meant to be savored with your Monday morning coffee. The DCDining.com Restaurant Guide, i.e., Le Grand Champ, is located exclusively on donrockwell.com. (For an extra shot, click on the link … Continue reading →

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Bourbon, Glover Park

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Don

On what I suppose will be the saddest Mother’s Day ever, with neither mother nor grave to visit, I found myself alone at the bar at Bourbon late Sunday evening in search of liquid comfort. And I made the best … Continue reading →

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Bourbon, Adams Morgan

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Don

After a mob-scene launch party at Fiola, my friend and I took off for Adams Morgan where we met Bill Thomas and Jake Parrott at Bourbon – he was doing a television segment on Bourbon (the drink, not the restaurant), … Continue reading →

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Acadiana, Mt. Vernon Square

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Don

(See the December 6, 2010 Review here.) I was invited to a (Jim Beam) Bourbon Dinner at Acadiana with the extremely colorful Master Distiller from Jim Beam, Fred Noe (who was hilariously hurling the F-bomb around in front of about … Continue reading →

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Acadiana, Mt. Vernon Square

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Don

It was a bitter cold night in the city, with restaurants closing early all over town because DC was a dead zone. And it was just a perfect night to think back a few years to this article I wrote … Continue reading →

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