Mala Tang, Bookhill Bistro Both Certified Open

1) Clarendon:Mala Tang offers diners a choice of spicy, mild or vegetable broths to be filled with a choice of vegetables and meats features mostly your choice of mild or spicy broths with vegetables and proteins plus rice or noodles. There's also a variety of street snacks on the menu plus sesame balls and pumpkin pie for dessert. Status: Open. 3434 Washington Boulevard; website [EaterWire]

2) Georgetown: UrbanDaddy reports a new date spot now open in a former gallery space on Wisconsin Avenue. Bookhill Bistro boasts menu items like rack of lamb with garlic confit and Nova Scotia lobster tails and apparently is working on opening a patio in back. Status: Open. 1639 Wisconsin Ave. NW; website [UD]

Mala Tang [Photo: Facebook]