Table's Handwritten Menus; Ambar Starts Serving Lunch

SHAW— Talk about attention to detail. Young and Hungry reports that it took a designer 75 hours to handwrite the menus for Frederik de Pue's new Table restaurant in pencil. [WCP]

CAPITOL HILL— New Balkan-themed restaurant Ambar is now serving lunch. The lunch menu has soups and salads, sandwiches, entrees such as veal schnitzel and stuffed cabbage, and combo platters. [EaterWire]

U STREET— Come Super Bowl Sunday, Vinoteca plans to host an all-night happy hour with 15 wines by the glass priced at $5, as well as discounts on small plates. [EaterWire]

VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS— With Meat Week comes Meat Free Week. The annual salute to the vegetarians among us begins Feb. 4, with events at such locations as Sticky Fingers, Casa Oaxaca and Elizabeth's Gone Raw. [EaterWire]