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Glen Campbell Tuesday concert canceled; Wednesday show still on, 2 July dates added

Tonight’s sold-out Glen Campbell show at the Birchmere has been canceled because his tour bus broke down in Ohio. Tomorrow’s also-sold-out show at the Birchmere will go on as scheduled. The “Rhinestone Cowboy”star, who released the album “Ghost on the ... »

Catch up on our beer-themed Got Plans? with Greg Engert

We hate to brag, but last week’s chat with Greg Engert, the beer guru behind ChurchKey, Rustico, Evening Star and a handful of other restaurants, might have been one of the most illuminating Got Plans? to date. In the middle of Beer Madness, Engert cam... »

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Will Artley heads to Pizzeria Orso (with a stamp of approval)

Four months after he parted ways with Evening Star Café in Del Ray, chef Will Artley has been picked up by Pizzeria Orso in Falls Church.  “It feels like I’m waiting for the school bus on the first day of school — I’m that giddy,” says Artley, who offi... »

Food in focus: Evening Star Cafe

The Evening Star Cafe, in Alexandria’s Del Rey neighborhood since 1997, recently got a facelift and some new hands in the kitchen, including Jim Jeffords, a former line cook at CityZen. Tom Sietsema reviews Evening Star in his Sunday dining column in T... »

Build your own gourmet bloody mary at Poste

I admit to loving make-your-own bloody mary bars. There’s something about shaking dashes of various obscure hot sauces and throwing pinches of spices and salts into a pint glass filled with vodka that brings out the mad scientist in us all, especially ... »

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