In the Season Four premiere, host Seth Tillman takes on D.C.'s weekend ritual - brunch! Seth begins at Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen in McLean, VA, for Grits & Grillades. Take a journey with ChefGuas to the George Washington Gristmill at Mt. Vernon - an exclusive culinary partner for over a decade - as he hand-selects custom ground grits and cornmeal to feature on the menu!

Together, Simone Rathle and David Guas boast a combined 55 years of hospitality experience between them: she’s an accomplished restaurant publicist and he’s the chef, cookbook author and TV personality behind Arlington’s beloved Bayou Bakery, Coffee Bar & Eatery. Opening a full-service restaurant near their McLean home was a long-held dream for the husband and wife that finally came true in 2024.

Hello December! It's time to dive into the most wonderful time of the year. Trees and lights are going up, shops and markets are dialing up the holiday cheer and restaurants are gearing up for celebratory feasts. And speaking of feasts, if you haven't started planning your own, now is the time.

Cutting back on alcohol doesn’t have to mean staying home. More area restaurants and bars are adding nonalcoholic and low-proof options to their menus.

“The potato bun is the winner. Brioche, as fancy as it sounds, does not structurally hold up at all. It’s made of nothing but eggs and...

Neutral Ground Bar + Kitchen Give your weekend a tune-up with the Sunday Jazz Brunch, served 10 a.m.-3 p.m . , at chef David Guas’ newest...

“Every course contains a whiff of smoke,” Sietsema writes in his 2024 Fall Dining Guide of the wood-fired cooking that seasoned chef and...

Stop by the Sunday jazz brunch at David Guas’s McLean dining room and sip on the Pink Palm (basically, a frosé) or the Oceans Eleven, a...

Check your ballcaps and politics at the door — a D.C.-area restaurant is creating a partisan-free zone with a dress code that asks guests...

David Guas, who has worked for decades as a pastry chef—including at his own Bayou Bakery in Courthouse—raises his (and McLean’s) game at...

Northern Virginia is celebrated for it’s rich history and proximity to the nation’s capital. But beyond landmarks, it’s home to a diverse...

Chef David Guas is in the kitchen. Publicist Simone Rathlé dressed the place. Crowds descended the moment the lights went on at the...

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...

The peach-and-green dining room at this McLean hot spot feels more Palm Beach than Crescent City, but chef/owner David Guas still...

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,...

After 13 years of bringing authentic regional flavors to Arlington via Bayou Bakery, Guas recently introduced Neutral Ground Bar +...

The most captivating new restaurant in Northern Virginia entices you from the street with planters the color of avocado and umbrellas a...

At his latest Northern Virginia project located a 15-minute drive away, Chef David Guas turns to small farmers, herit age growers, and...

New Orleans native David Guas, the celebrity chef behind Arlington’s longstanding Bayou Bakery, expands his Northern Virginia presence...

"Chef David Guas is all about community service: He stepped in to cook for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in his hometown of New...