D.C. Restaurant Gurus Forecast Foodstuff Information Headlines for 2021

Next an Eater tradition, we requested a group of cafe critics, journalists, bloggers, and — as a new twist this calendar year — a few market pros to weigh in on the yr in foods. Their solutions to an annual “Year in Eater” survey will be discovered in various posts this week. Future up, the dining gurus predict headlines for D.C. foodstuff information in 2021.

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Will José Andrés get a cabinet position?

Tim Carman, Washington Put up food items columnist: “Joe Biden Appoints José Andrés as National Foodstuff Czar to Rethink How America Does Disaster Relief”

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Jessica Sidman, Washingtonian foodstuff editor: I’m positive there will be no lack of depressing headlines future year, so I’m likely to present a handful of optimistic types (fingers crossed!):

“Congress Passes Legislation to Build a Significant Grant Fund For Unbiased Restaurants”

“DC Places to eat Entirely Reopen As Covid-19 Scenarios Plummet”

“The President Really Frequented a Restaurant”

Simone Jacobson, co-owner of Thamee: “Mutual Aid is D.C.’s Plat du Jour”

Anela Malik, Feed the Malik blogger: “Well-Acknowledged D.C. Cafe Announces New Coaching Method Soon after Allegations of Discrimination and Harassment”

Raman Santra, Barred in DC blogger: “D.C. Places to eat and Bars Absolutely Opened 2 Months In the past. So Why Was There a Staggering Wave of Closures Last week?”

“D.C. Officers Announce Pilot Entertainment/Open Container District Downtown to Revitalize Struggling Area”

Ann Limpert, Washingtonian foods editor and critic: “Sourdough Syndrome — Caused by the Ingestion of a Bread That Triggers Pandemic-Associated Flashbacks — Is Entered Into the DSM”

Lenore Adkins, freelance foods author: I’m hoping some of the areas that briefly closed, this sort of as Dio Wine Bar, Suns Cinema, and Bar Elena, reopen in 2021. Right here are a pair of headlines for my other predictions:

“D.C. Cafe Employees Put together for Photographs of Virus Vaccine”

“Masks No Lengthier Necessary in D.C. Dining establishments Just after The united states Crushes COVID-19”

Tom Sietsema, Washington Put up food stuff critic: “WE SURVIVED” adopted by “WE’RE NEW AND Enhanced!”

Takera Gholson, Flights and Food items blogger: “The Metropolis Presents All Dining establishments Grants for Road Dining”

Paola Velez, govt pastry chef for Maydan, Compass Rose, and La Bodega: I assume D.C. as a town has banded alongside one another to assistance the community business that acquired their commence listed here. A lot of out-of-town businesses are looking at the marketplace in D.C. to open up up shop below. But the DMV citizens have been supporting their have this round. Our regulars continue to keep us afloat in the course of this hard time.

Headline: “DC Restaurants Truly feel THE Like in 2021”

Gabe Hiatt, Eater D.C. editor: “Minibar Launches Sandwich Pop-Up With Chunk-Measurement Bologna Foam Bocadillos”

“Local Foodstuff Editor Cries Hysterically, Hugs Servers Through Initial Indoor Food in 18 Months”

“Virus-Free Drop Provides Packed Properties, File Revenues for Resurgent Restaurants”

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