Restaurateur Stephen Starr's newest D.C. hot spot is already a landmark
Stephen Starr, the Philadelphia native who has invigorated Washington's fine-dining scene with a string of transporting restaurants — lush, stylized sanctuaries that reflect a Wonka-like ability to build worlds of pure imagination — is almost ready to dazzle diners with his grandest project yet.
It's 119 years old, half a block from the White House and already a historic landmark. But of course Starr thinks the dining room attached to the famed Willard Hotel could benefit from his touch.
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