The Washington Post: The 40 Best Restaurants in and Around D.C.
Chef David Guas is in the kitchen. Publicist Simone Rathlé dressed the place. Crowds descended the moment the lights went on at the...
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Arlington Magazine: Restaurant Review - Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen
I’m not often intrigued by every food item on a menu. But I was on my first visit to Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen , the full-service...
Washingtonian: 10 Comforting Fall Dishes From DC-Area Restaurants
The peach-and-green dining room at this McLean hot spot feels more Palm Beach than Crescent City, but chef/owner David Guas still...
Home & Design: A New Restaurant in McLean
Filling a void in his longtime neck of the woods, chef David Guas of Bayou Bakery fame has opened Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen in McLean,...
DC Magazine: All's Fare
After 13 years of bringing authentic regional flavors to Arlington via Bayou Bakery, Guas recently introduced Neutral Ground Bar +...
The Washington Post: Northern Virginia’s Best New Restaurant Embraces Smoke and Sweetness
The most captivating new restaurant in Northern Virginia entices you from the street with planters the color of avocado and umbrellas a...
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Eater DC: Inside the New Neutral Ground, a Whimsical American Oasis for McLean [Also Seen on MSN and FFXnow]
At his latest Northern Virginia project located a 15-minute drive away, Chef David Guas turns to small farmers, herit age growers, and...
Eater DC: The Hottest New Restaurants Around D.C.
New Orleans native David Guas, the celebrity chef behind Arlington’s longstanding Bayou Bakery, expands his Northern Virginia presence...
Garden & Gun: Peak Inside Virginia's New Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen
"Chef David Guas is all about community service: He stepped in to cook for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in his hometown of New...
Arlington Magazine: What David Guas Is Cooking Up Next
"On an August evening, David Guas hands two plates of pan-roasted, double-thick pork chops with shallot and Creole mustard sauce to the...
Southern Living: Why Doberge Cake Is A New Orleans Birthday Tradition
When you meet someone from your hometown, it's customary to ask them where they went to high school. But if you were born and raised in...
DCist: 10 New D.C.-Area Restaurants We’re Excited To See Open In 2024
"The new year brings new creations from some of the most celebrated chefs and restaurateurs in the D.C. region, including David Guas of...
Washingtonian: 27 Exciting New Restaurants Coming to the DC Area
"Bayou Bakery chef David Guas is straying from his native New Orleans cuisine at his first full-service restaurant, set to open early...
Washingtonian: Bayou Bakery Chef Aims to Open the McLean Restaurant His Neighbors Have Been Begging For
"For years, Bayou Bakery owner David Guas says his McLean neighbors have been coming up to him at his kids’ baseball games or community...
Northern Virginia Mag: Chef David Guas to Open Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen in McLean
"David Guas is taking his culinary talents to McLean with his new restaurant Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen, which is set to open in early...
FFX Now: Arlington chef is bringing an all-American restaurant to McLean
"As first reported by Arlington Magazine, Neutral Ground will serve American cuisine intended to celebrate “small farmers, heritage...
Arlington Magazine: Chef David Guas Is Opening a New Restaurant in McLean
"In 2010, David Guas won the hearts and bellies of Arlingtonians with the debut of Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar & Eatery, a local go-to for...
The New York Times: 12 Spring Recipes Our Food Staff Can’t Wait to Make
This is one I got from David Guas, a pastry chef whose people are from Louisiana but who lives in D.C. The butter cake takes a few more...
Food & Wine Havana Homecoming
On January 1, 1959, Mariano Guas, 13 years old, was at home in Havana when he learned that Cuba's dictator, Fulgencio Batista, had fled...
Garden & Gun
David Guas, who makes his living selling the food of Louisiana to the people of Virginia, developed a Moon Pie obsession early. While...
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