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J&J Pizza (inside Crooked Run Taproom), 550 Morse St., NE. Crooked Run Brewing’s Jake Endres is giving pizza a second try at his Union Market taproom. The Leesburg-based brewmaster—whose year-old Pizza Serata venture closed in late January—is working with Grazie Nonna chef Julian Addison to open J&J Pizza. The shop is already slinging slices to accompany Crooked

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Grazie Mille, 1100 15th St., NW. Grazie Nonna, which rode the Italian-American nostalgia wave when it opened last year, now has a showier cocktail bar neighbor. Grazie Mille, sticking to owner Casey Patten’s gratitude-expressing naming scheme (his downtown sandwich shop is called Grazie Grazie), opened for drinks, Italian bites, and live-spun music last week. With

Some may be awarded stars or Bib Gourmand awards next month.

Virtual Food Hall Overseen By Michelin-Star Chef Debuts - Vienna, VA - The Kitchen Collective, a virtual food hall sharing a kitchen with Joon in Tysons, has brands from a Michelin Star chef and others.

Why restaurateurs who opened critically acclaimed sandwich shops like Wax Paper in Los Angeles and Turkey and the Wolf in New Orleans have opened fancier, fine dining restaurants.

The pizzeria, tucked into Crooked Run Fermentation near Union Market, has developed one of the most original pies in Washington, courtesy of chef Chris Morgan.

Three former key players from Eastern Mediterranean hotspot Maydan just opened Yasmine, an all-day Lebanese kebabs and cocktail bar at Union Market. Barman Said Haddad, a Lebanese native, and longtime co-chefs Chris Morgan and Gerald Addison took over the food hall’s anchor bar previously operated by Rappahannock Oyster Co. On tap: grilled kebabs, stuffed shawarmas, “drinking

DC Italian restaurant Grazie Nonna serves red sauce Italian and pizza in a modern dining room at Midtown Center DC.

The former Cane chef has new dishes like duck curry plus a family-style feast.