Patio Season is Upon Us

she was twelve years old in Cairo, Egypt, she promised her grandmother that one day she would own a restaurant and name it after her. She is looking forward to sharing her family recipes with everyone.

The menu boasts modern Mediterranean cuisine based on food found in Alexandria, Egypt. We were told that their unique style is best described as Middle Eastern with French, Greek, and Italian influences. The food we saw served while on our visit looked amazing and neither of us knows that much about middle eastern cuisine in general, let alone Egyptian. We are so looking forward to having a meal there soon.

My drink of choice – a glass of Woolpack Sauvignon Blanc – excellent wine.

“A Washington Post Capitol Cuisine Favorite”

e Very Best Alexandria has to o er in the Heart of Historic Old Town Famous for our She Crab Soup, Steaks and Crab Cakes

Best Brunch in Old

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Saturday & Sunday 9am- 4pm

Brazilian farmlands and recipes that are traditional and natural staples of Southern Brazilian cuisine. The National Harbor location features an outdoor dining patio with waterfront views of the river and an attractive indoor bar that is ideal for their allday Happy Hour. Yes. All. Day.

My drink of choice – Mango Habenero Caipirinha (Silver Cachaca, limes, mango, habanero peppers – yum!

Tom’s Watch Bar 200 American Way National Harbor 301-960-3936

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We trekked across the Woody Bridge to National Harbor to check out the latest Tom’s Watch Bar location that opened on March 23rd. The “All Sports, all the Time!” concept was launched in 2014 in Los Angeles by a guy named Tom Ryan who now has 5 locations across the nation including DC’s Chinatown and now the Harbor. For those of you familiar with the Harbor restaurants, Tom’s occupies the former Granite City Brewery space on the corner of American Way

Where Is It?

and Fleet Street. True to their hype, this place defines the ultimate sports watching entertainment experience. We didn’t count all of the TV’s in all sizes that are dispersed around the massive place but believe me, there are several. Promising “All the Sports, all the Time”, Tom’s Watch Bar’s programming covers all sports from collegiate to professional to international, big events and prize fights, even emerging obscure and outrageous sports. They also have two virtual golf stations with clubs available to hone your swing.

The menu looks mighty tasty and covers every sports fans tailgating favorites with some amazing entrée’s for the serious diner as well.

My drink of choice – Tom’s Bloody Mary – they use ZingZang so it was good!

While we encourage you all to patronize these new places, please keep in mind that they are all in the “working out the kinks” stage over the next few weeks and a little extra patience and understanding is in order. We are looking forward to making our reservations at Fogo and Elaine’s and hitting up Tom’s for a full experience after the “new” wears off.

Where Is This Mural?

Third time is a charm! Well…we’ve really stumped you all! Again…we received several guesses as to where the mural We originally featured a piece of the mural in the February issue and ran it again with a bit more showing in the March issuebut none were right. Here is yet another part of said mural that should give it totally away and as another hint…it is located in Old Town between Queen and Duke Streets. Be the first person to respond with the correct location and receive a $50 gift certificate to a local dining establishment of our choice. In order to participate, you will have to Like and Follow us on:

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Send a PM with your guess and we will contact the winner each month via PM to arrange for prize delivery.

— Mural Photos by Lee Moody.