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Axios
04-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Announcing: Winners of D.C.'s RAMMY chef and restaurant awards
Winners are crowned for D.C.'s 2025 RAMMY Awards, the city's top hospitality industry honors celebrating chefs, restaurants and bars. Why it matters: The RAMMYs are like a local James Beard Awards, showcasing industry darlings and celebrating rising talents. What's new: A best fast-casual honor among the 20 categories — clinched by Mount Pleasant taqueria La Tejana. The winners! *Denotes a publicly voted category, versus judge-approved. 🍽️ New Restaurant of the Year: La' Shukran, chef Michael Rafidi's Levantine hotspot near Union Market. Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year: MITA, Shaw's "vegetable experience," which recently earned Michelin and James Beard accolades. Casual Restaurant of the Year: 2Fifty Texas BBQ, wood-smoked Texas BBQ with "a pinch of the tropics." Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year: Tail Up Goat, the beloved Adams Morgan haunt that's closing by year's end. 🔪 Chef of the Year: Carlos Delgado, leader of Shaw's Peruvian tasting room and pisco bar Causa/Amazonia. Rising Culinary Star of the Year: Chef Suresh Sundas of Indian all-stars Daru and Tapori on H Street Northeast. 🍹 Cocktail Program of the Year: Spirited Jane Jane of 14th Street fame. Beer Program of the Year: Atlas Brew Works — a favorite for fresh pints in Navy Yard, Ivy City and beyond. Wine Program of the Year: Era Wine Bar — helping put Mount Rainier and Prince George's County on the vino map. 🥪 *Hottest Sandwich Shop: Longtime DMV fave Jetties. *Best Brunch: Le Diplomate (if you've waited for a coveted table and burger, ya know).
Axios
15-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
RAMMY Awards finalists: What's new and surprising
Washington's bar and restaurant honors, the annual RAMMY Awards, are back with an exciting lineup of nominees. Why it matters: The RAMMYs are like a local version of the James Beard Awards, celebrating talent, diversity, leadership — and of course deliciousness — in the local food and drink scene. What's new: The 20 award categories are either voted on by the public (e.g. Best Brunch, Best Bar) or a panel of judges made up of anonymous industry experts. For the first time, the Best Fast Casual honor will be awarded by judges — meant to indicate "their elevated stature in the industry," per the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington. Finalists include popular spots like taco joint La Tejana and Yellow pita shop, as well as newcomers like Emma's Torch, a pioneering Woodridge cafe that trains refugees and asylum seekers in culinary arts (and also makes a tasty egg and cheese biscuit). And of course, best new restaurants! Up in that category are: Ama (Italian, Navy Yard) La' Shukran (Middle Eastern, Union Market) Kayu (Filipino, H Street) Pascual (Mexican, Capitol Hill) San Pancho (Amaze burritos, Takoma Park) Between the lines: Darlings of the award circuit are well-represented, like Shaw's plant-based tasting room Mita — up in three RAMMY categories (Formal Fine Dining, Service, Rising Culinary Stars) and a 2025 James Beard Award. You'll also find award-magnets Moon Rabbit, Causa, Anju, and more. Beauty Champagne & Sugar Boutique in Arlington (Best Wine Program). The intrigue: While the RAMMYs are a hyper-local affair, there's a notable out-of-town name in the mix: Philadelphia's Stephen Starr, up for Restaurateur of the Year.
