Cork

Cork Wine Bar is the creation of Logan Circle residents Diane Gross and Khalid Pitts. Their dream in creating Cork was to open a welcoming space in their neighborhood for people to come with their friends and family to try outstanding wines, often from unexplored regions of the world, paired with good, simple, local food. Cork offers at least 50 wines by the glass and 250 bottles from small...

Reservations are accepted for pre-theater dining between 5:30pm and 6:30pm, but there is also call-ahead seating--so get your name on the wait list 30 minutes in advance.

There is a $25 per person minimum for parties over eight people.

Green isn't exactly the color of winter. And greens aren't exactly the food of the coldest season of the year. That doesn't mean, though, that salads are off limits as the temperature drops and snow falls (or sticks around on sidewalks). Winter salads are finding a place on the menus of restaurants this time of year along with stews and gratins. Often heartier and more robust than their spring...

At this über-trendy Logan Circle wine bar, "a huge array of wines by the glass without an outrageous markup" is paired with "delightful" New American small plates with an "extra edge of creativity"; the "well-informed" staff doubles as "eye candy" in the "stylish", brick-walled, "dimly lit" space that gets "loud" and "crowded" late, so best come "early."

It's been several months since we updated our Brunch Heatmap (though we did give you the scoop on 2013 bottomless offerings in October). Several new restaurants have started brunch service since. Several spots have also revamped their brunch offerings. So it's time for a full-on reset of the Eater Brunch Heatmap. These places all either launched or revamped their brunch menus in the fall or...

ALEXANDRIA— It's back. Hank's Oyster Bar says on Twitter it is reopening tonight at 6 p.m.. The restaurant had been closed for renovations. Lobster rolls for all. [Twitter]

SILVER SPRING— Another old school restaurant may have bitten the dust. A Don Rockwell reader says Golden Flame Restaurant has closed. Calls from Eater to the restaurant today went unanswered. [DR]

BETHESDA— After several...

Passionate about food the Cork Market & Tasting Room offers fresh tasty food and selected wines. They bring together beautiful gift boxes and picnic baskets. Special wine tasting and other events are held. Exclusive classes on wine are conducted here which covers the areas of wine tasting, wine making, varieties of wines available across the world and selecting the best wine for a specific...