Countdown: Barracks Row's Culinary Education Crawl - ALMOST SOLD OUT!!

Friday, January 20, 2012, 2:08 PM Last Updated on Thursday, January 26, 2012, 4:21 PM Written by BRMS

Learn to Prepare Your Valentine's Favorite Barracks Row Recipes
We are in the final countdown to register for the first ever Barracks Row Culinary Education Crawl, Sunday, January 29, 2012.  Hosted by Barracks Row Main Street, this is the moment you have been waiting for: learn from Barracks Row's chefs how they prepare their specialties. Prices for 50-60 minute cooking lessons are all under $20.00 and often proceeds are being dedicated to a good cause: The Oyster Recovery Program, The Capitol Hill Village, Barracks Row Main Street. Sign up and surprise your Valentine! To get details and buy tickets click here.

Here is the class schedule. Classes run all day 1-29-2012 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
SOLD OUT 9:30 AM -  Matchbox: The Art of Pizza: Follow along with the chef then eat your creation
SOLD OUT 10:30 AM - Senart's Oyster and Chop House: Oyster Shucking - Beer provided during class
SOLD OUT 11:00 AM - Hello Cupcake: Create a Valentine's Cup Cake Masterpiece
SOLD OUT 11:30 AM - Senart's Oyster and Chop House: Oyster Shucking - Beer provided during class
SOLD OUT 12:30 PM - Senart's Oyser and Chop House: Oyster Shucking - Beer provided during class
SOLD OUT 1:00 PM - Hello Cupcake: Creating Cupcakes for Football Season
SOLD OUT 1:30 PM - Senart's Oyser and Chop House: Oyster Shucking - Beer provided during class
SOLD OUT 2:00 PM - Spring Mill Bakery (class held at the Fridge) Secrets of Almond & Walnut Tarts
2:00 PM - Chat's Liquors (class held at 731 8th Street, SE #101) Champagne Comparison (STILL AVAILABLE!)
SOLD OUT 2:30 PM - Senart's Oyster and Chop House: Oyster Shucking - Beer provided during class
SOLD OUT 3:00 PM - Lavagna Ristorante Italiano: Home Made Pasta - Pasta and fillings; sample sauces
SOLD OUT 3:00 PM - Zest Bistro - Mixology: Learn to Make Bounceberry Sangria and Zest's Paloma
SOLD OUT 3:00 PM - Hello Cupcake - Secrets of Baking Perfect Cupcakes
SOLD OUT 3:30 PM - Senart's Oyster and Chop House: Oyster Shucking - Beer provided during class
SOLD OUT 4:00 PM - Capitol Hill Tandoor: Mulligatwany Soup, Magic Marinade Chicken Curry
SOLD OUT 4:30 PM - Senart's Oyster and Chop House: Oyster Shucking - Beer Provided during class
SOLD OUT 5:00 PM - Belga Cafe: Cooking and Drinking With Chef Bart: Beef Short Ribs; Salade
Roulde; Chocolate Surprise; Beers: Stella, Leffe, Hoegaarden

Photos from last week's Santa event now available!

Thursday, December 15, 2011, 11:39 AM Written by BRMS

Photos from the Santa Arrives on 8th Street event from last Saturday are now online! Download them from either of these links:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150452423758484.383444.211820733483&type=1&l=916a7da486
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150452797013484.383472.211820733483&type=1&l=19edf8dbf1

Or go to this site to order prints directly:

http://www.photoreflect.com/store/thumbpage.aspx?e=8349442

Thanks to everyone who came out and made the event such a success!

DC Main Streets Holiday Party this Friday!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 10:58 AM Last Updated on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 11:11 AM Written by BRMS

Come to the DC Main Streets Holiday Party this Friday from 6:00-9:00 at Old Dominion Brewhouse by the Convention Center! All seven DC Main Streets Programs (Barracks Row included) will be there celebrating small, neighborhood commercial corridors and the small businesses that drive them. Click here to RSVP!

Spring Mill Bread is finally open! Well, sort of...

Wednesday, November 23, 2011, 6:23 PM Written by BRMS

Spring Mill Bread is having a soft open RIGHT NOW till 7pm! Grand opening this Monday morning! They'll have everything in place by then - delicious sandwiches, fresh loaves of bread, paninis, muffins, cookies, brownies.. All right on the corner of 8th and G. Swing by right now or after Monday morning and see how far this place has come since it's humble beginnings last year as a Boost Mobile store.