The FIRST Foodie & The Beast of 2025: New Year, What’s New … Everything! -Good friend Clyde Davis is back with the opening of the second Housebar in Georgetown. If you haven’t been to the Housebar in Navy Yard. This is your notice to experience the very cool, beer, spirits and wine store dedicated to elevating the home entertainment experience. We tasted N/A and all the A.  -What is going to be happening to and for the industry in 2025?! You know our friend, Shawn Townsend, President & CEO of the Restaurant Association of Metro Washington is in with his knowledge and thoughts. Prepare for the really good, the maybe good and some breaking news! -Chef and thought leader, Johanna Hellrigl is back in studio this time chat her new Ama in Capitol Crossing. You want to be there Colazione, Pranzo,, Aperitivo & Cena!  Find out how this mission-driven all-day dining spot nourishes the community and the planet.  -AND OH YEA! Gina Chersavini and her husband/business partner, Neil Dundee join us with bagels and schmears and lox and whipped chicken salad and joy. Together they bring an abundance of infectious joy & talk of their Buffalo & Bergen expansion.  -What I love about the new Minetta Tavern DC is that it's a perfect blend of NYC charm and DC soul. Keith McNally’s concept has a second home at Union Market. Chef Laurent Kalkotour & Director of Operations Roberta Delice brought in the burger(!) and how place is destined tobuild the same illustrious rep here in DC as it has up in NYC. Foodie & The Beast - 16 Years on Air! - 11am on 1500AM or here 

Back from our travels - St. Martin & Medellīn - and before heading to NOLA. Today’s action packed Foodie& The Beast:-Frenemy bartenders - Will Patten and Devin Kennedy - with Michelin-starred resumes finally team up to open a cocktail lounge/vinyl record bar in Dupont Circle, The Press Club (vinyl = press - get it?!).-James Beard Award-winning restaurateur of High Street Hospitality Group, Ellen Yin was just on Industry Night and now she is in studio with and Executive chef, Eli Collins talking hospitality and new a.kitchen + bar Washington Circle. Philly —> DC                                                -It’s all about the lymphatic drainage! The best way to relax and renew is with Regina McLinden who just opened the new Georgetown spa, RM Wellness. Deep tissue, Swedish and prenatal massages AND manual lymphatic drainage.-It’s back and it’s better than ever! DC’s annual Downtown Holiday Market is open & featuring more than 100 vendors with truly gifted offerings Gerren Price - President & CEO of the Downtown DC Business Improvement District - has all the jingle & bells.-The former 18th & U Diner is famous for many reasons – Locally known as the “Gay Cheers” has been reborn as HER DINER – former GM general manager, Kelly Laczko, and her wife, Kethida Laczko, have revived and updated the space. All are Welcome!11AM on 1500AM Every Sunday for the last 16 years ~ listen here. 

All The TG vibes on today’s Foodie & The Beast~-Celebrating the demise of Prohibition in studio with The DC Bar Guild's 15th Annual Repeal Day Ball (Sunday, December 7th):    *Prestige Ledroits’ Wine & Spirits Specialist Vanessa Cominsky    *Giovanni Maramis from Vagabond     *Britt Fox of Cotton & Reed-The word “Makan” means “to eat” in Malay, and Chef James Wozniuk, Makan’s Executive Chef celebrates his love of Malaysian cuisine and culture-Suga Chef is in the house! The Potomac Hospitality group’s Pastry Chef, Padua (Suga Chef) Player is in with spectacular sweet treats.-Amazing catching up with James Beard-nominated Chef Jesse Ito of Philadelphia’s Royal Sushi & Izakaya; Royal was named one of The Best Restaurants in Philadelphia Right Now by the Inquirer and The New York Times.-Ready for a scavenger hunt?! Anna Claire Walker of District Bridges has the news about the upcoming, DC Holiday Hunt city-wide scavenger hunt that runs from Nov 29-Jan 5.Every Sunday at 11AM on 1500AM for the last 16 years! podcasts.apple.com

The Show Must Go On! Today’s Foodie & The Beast:  -Alfreda’s pizzas are all about fresh, local ingredients & so are thier cocktails. Alfreda Chef Russell Blue Smith and GM, Evan Moore shake up stories of sourdough starters and a delicious Paloma.-  Who better to celebrate National Pupusa Day (today!) with than Ana Reyes of Adams-Morgan’s legendary, El Tamarindo Salvadoran and Mexican restaurant. Celebration Alert!-Jake Endres, chats his entrepreneurial growth as co-owner of J&J, New York-style Pizza and Crooked Run Fermentation. Wait until you taste his wings. -Attention  coffee & chocolate lovers: Next weekend the only place to be is at the DMV Chocolate and Coffee Festival. John and Lindsay Hill are in to spill all the beans. We’re shaking off out lethargy! Foodie & The Beast every Sunday at 11AM on 1500AM or here. 

We’re Falling Back on Today’s Foodie & the Beast:  -The Tabard Inn is the oldest continuously operating inn in DC, opening its doors in 1922. Still au currant and a destination thanks to Beverage Director Dominik Lenikowski-At the Mitsitam Native Foods Café in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Chef Alex Strong is leading a new team and presenting a menu of  Indigenous foods.-We Love Each Peach Market and it’s founders, Emily Friedberg  and Jeanlousie Conaway. They created a market that offers the DC community a delish way discover amazing food and inspire the DIY culinary spirit.                                                        -In Arabic, “Yalla” mean’s “Let’s go!” So let’s go to Lebanese Chef Marcel Chehaieb’s new Yalla on U Street for an evening of Middle Eastern tastes and a nightlife scene that takes us to downtown Beirut. YALLA!Let’s go … everywhere … on Today’s Foodie & The Beast11AM on 1500am for 16 Years! Listen to the episode here. 

Spooky spirits and Ghoulish Ghosts on The Foodie & The Beast Show this AM: Colin McClimans, Chef/Owner of Nina May, Opal and the soon-to-be-opened Elena James & Petar Zivkovic shake up our palates in studioWe celebrate 20 years of the DC Central Kitchen Capital Food Fight & 20 Years of Mike Curtin at the helm of DC Central Kitchen. Always doing the good work for this city.    Across several decades, Pizzeria Paradiso’s Ruth Gresser has lifted wood-fired pizzas, craft beers and her fellow, women chefs to legendary heights. Now she’s passing the Pizzeria Paradiso torch in a most spectacular to Carlos Gonzalez, Wait until you hear this storyDC is spooky — but not why you think —  we get our Halloween on with US Ghost Adventures tour guide John Waldron. He knows where all the skeletons are That’s Foodie & The Beast every Sunday at 11AM on 1500am for 16 years here. 

It’s hard to believe our little food and wine variety show has been on air for 16 years. What an incredible ride it has been raising glasses with so many of the passionate people who make up the hospitality Industry. Celebrating with us today:-RAMMY winner, 2018 Food & Wine Sommelier of the Year, the genius behind DC’s Maxwell, Pop, and Trouble Bird & good friend of Foodie& The Beast. It’s Brent Kroll, once again impressing us with his massive is wine knowledge.-Another Anniversary and another FOF&TB, David Hagedorn founder of the food & wine event of the season, Chefs For Equality. David wows us with all the delicious fun that will be happening  at DC’s most delicious, chef-driven event                -Ask anyone in Montgomery County about the cheese guy at Whole Foods Rockville and they’ll say - You know Brie?! Everyone loves Brie Salzman is the incredibly knowledgable cheesemonger at Whole Foods in Rockville. He’s always sharing his enthusiasm & tastes of the stinky stuff.-Collab Alert! Thi Nguyen, beverage director at Kevin Tien’s Moon Rabbit, and Sara Chaudhuri, lead bartender at Ryan Ratino’s Bresca, shake up some deliciousness as they have both recently received several, national awards for their skills.Every Sunday at 11AM on 1500AM for the last 16 Years here. 

Fall in the DMV = Festival Season, New Openings & New Chefs  And, they’re all on Foodie & The Beast: -Calendar marked? Taste of Bethesda is Saturday, October 5th. Stephanie Coppula, Director of Marketing and Communications for the Bethesda Urban Partnership is in with the all the details, AND Jose Manuel Mendez and Julio Mejia from Cubano’s Restaurant to mix up some cocktails and return guest Molly Gibson from Rooted3 with the veggie-based drinks we love.-You know Chef Pepe Moncayo from Cranes and now know him for his soon to open, Arrels. Set to open at the Arlo DC hotel later this Fall, the menu will showcase a modern take on classic Spanish cuisine.-Cork’s new Executive Chef Cicile Mendy joins owner Diane Gross. We chat with this classically trained, chef about how she’s remaking the menu and pairing it with Cork’s selection of sustainable wines from small producers. -Alice will be in the house. Alice Waters that is. Food History Week is coming to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. Paula Johnson, Curator of Food History at the Museum, has all the details on the fabulous foodie weekend. That’s Foodie & The Beast every Sunday at 11AM on 1500AM for 16 years! 

And just like that … It’s Fall on Foodie & The Beast -Jason Murray joined Nycci on Industry Night a few months back & now the Winemaker, Viticulturist & owner of Arterra Wines. Now he’s on F&TB. We talk terroir, native yeast and clean wine. -Ready to ShuckIt?! Everyone’s favorite beer & oyster festival is back October 19, Tony and Joe’s. Greg Casten & Dave Pera catch us up on the latest with Fish & Fire Group’s activities including The Strand, opening in October.-It’s no secret that more people die from opioid overdoses in DC than from gun violence. Health communications expert Troy Peterbrink & Anna Valero, President of Pirate Ventures ( Hook Hall & Kraken Kourts & Skates) are in for a problem-solution conversation & FREE Opioid Awareness & Prevention Toolkits.-Thompson Hospitality Group is the largest minority-owned food service management company in the U.S with more than 70 locations across 14 unique brands, including Matchbox Alex Berentzen, their COO, is in with the details and lots to taste. -There’s a new River Club in the Georgetown Harbor. Farid Azouri (co-founder/Managing Partner of River Club and Residents Cafe & Bar) & Executive Chef Nate Berry are in with Jamon Iberico & stories of the new hotspot. Foodie & The Beast - 16 years on air - every Sunday at 11AM on 1500AM or here. 

While Nycci is up in NYC - Someone aka David - has to do the show! What you missed on the Foodie & the Beast: -Lou Bernard heads up the cocktail program at MITA - a plant-based Latin American restaurant, and runs Noches del Caribe, a pop-up celebrating Afro-Latinx culture.-Rosemary Suggs-Evans is Director of DC’s Department of Small & Local Business Development. She spends her days advocating for the small business community. David discusses her efforts with the forthcoming Art All Night/Dine All Night-Juan Morales, the Founder of Despacio Mezcal chats the way this spirit encapsulates the land, people, and the slow, deliberate, time-honored methods of Oaxaca.-John Issa & Johan Cortes are Co-owners of Invic2s Hospitality Group, formed just this past June as the umbrella organization over the operations of Public Bar Live, Sauve Haus Bier Hall & Garten, Das Pretzel Haus, and STFU. Ready for some Oktoberfest.    -Monica Bhide is an old friend and an award-winning author, accomplished literary coach, and an educator with a new children’s book coming out next month; Papa’s Butter Chicken. The book is focused on the importance of cooking and has spawned the DMV Butter Chicken Festival.That’s Foodie And The Beast Every Sunday at 11AM on 1500 AM or here.