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No cheating
When dining with a service dog, let it be an actual service dog. That’s the plea from restaurants who claim some diners try to game the system to dine with their pups. For about $80 bucks, designating an animal an "emotional support dog" is a depressingly easy thing to fake and can hurt those actually in need, the article says. [WCP]
Quick-service exchange
The iconic former Five Guys space in Georgetown is getting a new fast-casual tenant. Local omnipresent pizza chain &pizza is headed there. [PoP]
Olympics wire
Have Olympics fever? Find out how the Rio games have transformed the beachside food stands there. [E]
James Beard House cameo
Get a look at that tartare. It's one of several courses prepared by D.C. chefs last night during the annual pilgrimage to the James Beard House, for a dinner celebrating the year's Rammy nominees. Making the trek this year: Convivial's Cedric Maupillier, Maketto's Erik Bruner-Yang, Centrolina's Amy Brandwein, Jon Krinn and Jason Maddens of Clarity, Nick Stefanelli of Masseria, and Osteria Morini pastry chef Alex Levin.
Smart marketing
Dinner and an overnight at The Ashby Inn, plus a just-down-the-street view of the Perseid Meteor Shower at Sky Meadows State Park? Now that's a date night.