Here are the top new feature and news stories on the site this week:
Fall Food Festivals to Mark on the Calendar
This guide runs down the various food festivals coming to the D.C. area this fall, including Virginia and Maryland. That means activities like Emporiyum, Taste of DC, Curbside Cookoff and more.
Recommendations in this guide this time around ranged from oyster bar Eat The Rich (also home to several oyster shooters varieties) to pinball bar Lyman’s Tavern. Stay tuned for updated reccs later today.
Where to Eat and Drink During the Presidential Debates
This guide to bars and restaurants screening the debate should also come in handy for the next political matchup (and Eater will update the guide then, too).
16 Destination Tasting Menus in D.C.
Check out some of D.C.’s top tasting menus, from Komi to Obelisk. Eater also featured the newest tasting menus in town this week as well.
Po’boys Are Hot — Here’s Where to Find Them
D.C. is seeing more and more po’boy sandwiches around town. The New Orleans favorite is at several new restaurants, like Vieux Carre and Tchoup’s Market, and there are standby versions to consider, too.
Also popular this week:
The Early Word on Little Coco’s
Spot Check — Checking Restaurant Wait Times in D.C.
A Guide to Eating and Drinking in Adams Morgan
The Week in Openings: A New &Pizza and a New Neighborhood Bar
25 Destinations for Breakfast — Not Brunch — Around D.C.