Category Archives: Washington, D.C.

The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2015

Posted on January 1, 2016 by docsconz

With two long, culinary focused trips to Spain in 2015, it is no surprise, to me at least, that this list is dominated by Spanish restaurants. While my travels may not have been as geographically diverse as in some years, […]



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The Docsconz 15 Most Transcendent Restaurant Dishes of 2014

Posted on January 2, 2015 by docsconz

This is an extremely difficult list to put together. I’ve had so many wonderful dishes over the past year, I hate to exclude the many outstanding dishes that I enjoyed. Many a meal had more than one or even a […]



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The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by docsconz

This list is entirely subjective as they always are. Food is certainly the biggest single factor in my rankings, but ultimately the rankings are determined by the entire experience from food to service to ambiance to the mood that I […]



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Yirgacheffe and Olives at Mockingbird Hill

Posted on December 1, 2014 by docsconz

This was entirely unintuitive to me. During a tasting of three different Ethiopian Yirgacheffe brews at Washington DC’s Mockingbird Hill, a fantastic sherry and coffee bar from Derek Brown and company, I was given a plate of olives to go […]



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Rose’s Luxury – A Capital Treat

Posted on November 26, 2014 by docsconz

Major awards and honors can undermine what caused success to begin with. Bon Appétit Magazine recently named Rose’s Luxury, in Washington, D.C., the Best New Restaurant for 2014 in the entire United States. While certainly gratifying, that creates a lot […]



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Daikaya – DC’s Delectable Duo

Posted on June 24, 2014 by docsconz

Katsuya Fukushima is used to running two essentially different restaurants within the same building. He did it for years at José Andres’ Cafe Atlantico/minibar duo. For that set of restaurants, minibar was set within Cafe Atlantico, occupying not more than […]



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The Docsconz 2014 Wish List

Posted on December 26, 2013 by docsconz

2013 was an unparalleled year for me in hitting restaurants on the top ten of my annual wish list. I managed to dine at a full 60% or 6 out of ten of them. Though I would love to return […]



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Lest We Forget…

Posted on May 27, 2013 by docsconz

Memorial Day is a holiday that we all in the United States have come to enjoy thanks to the sacrifices of so many Americans who have come before us. May their sacrifices never be for naught and may they always […]



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CityZen – A Reunion With Class

Posted on January 9, 2013 by docsconz

The only thing better than a great meal for its own sake is a great meal shared with friends. I recently had an opportunity to do that in Washington D.C. when I organized a mini-reunion dinner with some college classmates […]



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The Docsconz Top 25 Restaurant Meals of 2012

Posted on January 2, 2013 by docsconz

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For the past few years, at the end of each year,  I have composed a list of my favorite restaurant meals of of that year. Obviously, this is a totally subjective list based upon my experience at the time […]



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