Tavola’s trip to DC
Michael Keaveny, the chef/owner of Belmont’s beloved Italian trattoria, tavola, will prepare hors d’oeuvres alongside other talented mid-Atlantic chefs at the Saturday Night Sips Martha’s Table/DC Central Kitchen benefit cocktail party on January 21. This event in its fourth year is hosted by a trio of culinary greats—José Andrés, Joan Nathan, and Alice Waters—and serves to combat poverty and hunger in DC. Tickets cost $125 and can be purchased at 2012sips.eventbrite.com.
Just in time for the Superbowl
Wild Wolf Brewing Company, which opened in November, has added a 40-seat sports bar in the restaurant and brew pub on Route 151 in Nellysford. With seven craft brews on draft (plus root beer!), a full menu with a focus on local fare, a 10′ projection screen, and two 55" televisions, you won’t go hungry or thirsty or miss a minute of the big game.
Half-price eats
The Clifton Inn’s half-priced Monday and Tuesday nights have begun! That’s 50 percent off all à la carte offerings. Or, on Wednesday nights at 5pm, watch Executive Chef Tucker Yoder in action and enjoy three courses of his demo-ed dishes for $45. Call 971-1800 to start your week out feeling fancy.
For a song and dance
Song Song has opened her Northern Chinese-influenced street food spot on the Downtown Mall’s Fifth Street (between Wilson Investments and the Downtown Deli) and is calling it Song Song’s Zhou & Bing, after the two dishes that anchor her small menu. Zhou, a rice porridge also called congee, has been eaten by the Chinese for 5,000 years and is a surefire cure if you’re feeling under the weather. Bing is a flat bread filled with your choice of meat (we loved the pork) and scallions. Side orders include wood ear mushrooms, five-spice peanuts, and peanut celery salad. The menu will change in the summer, but will always be short, quick, inexpensive, and healthfully delicious.