Winter Restaurant Week Dates, Best Burgers of 2015, More Intel

At Brine? Get the burger

BurgerDays counts down his favorite burgers of the year. Takeaway: better try that burger at Brine, stat. And don't forget to hit up The Grill Room, too. [BD]

The dates are set

Winter Restaurant Week returns to D.C. in January. The official dates are Jan. 25-31: find participants and more info here. Many restaurants will also extend their promotions beyond the initial week.

Sorry

Chipotle feels bad about all the people who have gotten ill at its restaurants lately. Like, 61 full page newspaper ads bad. [E]

The count continues

And today's Tweet of the morning comes from City Paper's Jessica Sidman, who has obsessively been following the Fig & Olive salmonella story:

Just got this update: As of Dec. 15, D.C. Dept. of Health has confirmed 41 cases of salmonella tied to Fig & Olive and interviewed 226 more

— Jessica Sidman (@jsidman) December 16, 2015