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POTOMAC— WBJ has additional dirt on the Attman's Deli opening in Potomac this spring. The owner is spending $750,000 on the buildout, for example. [WBJ]
BEST OF 2012— Washingtonian critic Ann Limpert shares her Top 10 restaurant openings of the year. Among those listed: Boqueria, El Chucho, Izakaya Seki. [Washingtonian]
ATLAS DISTRICT— The team behind Ethiopic is opening a bakery called Batter Bowl Bakery at 403 H St. NE. Items like croissants and apple turnovers are on the menu, Tom Sietsema says. Illy is doing the coffee. [WaPo]
VARIOUS LOCATIONS— Caribou Coffee is being purchased by the owner of the Peet's Coffee chain for $340 million. You can find Peet's coffee in DC at such locations as grocery stores, but the chain does not
have a retail presence here. It was not immediately clear what the local impact of the sale would be. [EaterWire]