Top New DC Restaurants of 2012: Do You Agree?

The Washington Post's Tom Sietsema releases his annual list of best new area restaurants.

Top New DC Restaurants of Last Year: Do You Agree?

The Washington Post's Tom Sietsema releases his annual list of best new area restaurants.

  Dining out is a popular activity in the DC Metro area, and The Washington Post's Tom Sietsema has made a 30-year career assessing whether you're spending your money wisely in that endeavor. Sietsema is out with his list of the top restaurants that opened in 2012 in the Washington, DC, area. Highlights of his list include:   Little Serow - Thai, Dupont Circle Elisir - Italian, Penn Quarter Fiola - Italian, Penn Quarter Mintwood Place - American, Adams Morgan Rogue 24 - American, Shaw Curry Mantra - Indian, Fairfax Family Meal - American, Frederick Pabu, Japanese, Baltimore Westend Bistro, West End, DC Are any of these your favorites? Any suggestions for Montgomery or Prince George's counties? Tell us in comments.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month Events Guide

Find out how you can support Breast Cancer Awareness Month through one of these local events.

According to statistics from the Maryland affiliate of the Komen Foundation, Maryland has the fifth-highest breast cancer death rate in the nation, and in 2012 alone, 4,700 new cases will be diagnosed in the state and 810 women are likely to die. Since 1985, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has promoted mammograms as the most effective tool in the fight against breast cancer. In 1991, the Susan G. Komen Foundation handed out the now ubiquitous pink ribbons to participants in a New York City-based race for cancer survivors. Now, more than 20 years later, that pink ribbon can be seen almost everywhere—on apparel, on products, in store advertisements—and seems to be appearing year-round, not just in October, the month designated as Breast Cancer…

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Tamika Smith

1:39 pm on Thursday, October 4, 2012

Thanks for this list Ben. Breast cancer affects everyone and these are great ways to get involved in the community.   more ›