Our main destination is Eatonville – the hometown of Zora Neale Hurston. N.Y. Nathiri – the director of the Zora Neale Hurston museum and the matriarch of the town met us for lunch at her favorite upscale restaurant – the Boheme located in the hotel Grand Bohemian. It’s situated in a very posh part of town [...]
Conway’s Joe is a plump Irishman who runs The Conway Cafe and is as sweet as a teddy bear. He pulled up a chair, folded his arm and sat next to us when he found out we were in the business – he was charming and full of talk. He shouts at guests leaving “see [...]
Eatonville’s Chef and Brian were already at the airport when I arrived along with my brother in law Ali who has volunteered to be the driver for the trip. The weather was cool but everyone was dressed lightly foreshadowing the warm weather ahead. Orlando is just 2 hours away and we are about to [...]
To those who plan to be in DC this Saturday March 21 for the March on the Pentagon, After the march there is a vet poetry reading at Busboys and Poets. Come join us and read. Veterans’ Reading at Busboys and Poets Langston Room, 14th & V Streets NW, Washington, DC Saturday March 21th, 5 [...]
Mural Artists to Commemorate Zora Neale Hurston with Unique Installation Live Art Presentation and Art Exhibit (Washington, DC) Another renaissance is coming to U Street. Muralists and performing artists will celebrate the Harlem Renaissance and the life of Zora Neale Hurston in a “New U” space that will be home to the restaurant Eatonville. Murals [...]
Originally posted by Tim Carman (Washington City Paper) Note: Busboys & Poets owner Andy Shallal is taking an Iron Chef approach to hiring the chef for his forthcoming Eatonville, a Southern-oriented restaurant that pays homage to Zora Neale Hurston. This is the third in a series of blog posts chronicling the competition. This series will not [...]
At 2:30 PM : MediaGuns, Inc. (www.mediaguns.com) will broadcast, “Women: Worldwide Change Agents,” featuring interviews and conversations with women leaders in Washington, D.C. and across the globe. The broadcast will focus on the unique position of women to effect change, featuring dynamic women from both the private and public sectors. Watch it live here: Online [...]
Originally posted by Tim Carman, Washington City Paper Note: Busboys & Poets owner Andy Shallal is taking an Iron Chef approach to hiring the chef for his forthcoming Eatonville, a Southern-oriented restaurant that pays homage to Zora Neale Hurston. This is the second in a series of blog posts chronicling the competition. This series will [...]
by Tim Carman (Washington City Paper) Six cooks have gathered at CulineAerie, the new cooking school near Thomas Circle, to see if they can earn the top prize in Andy Shallal’s unusual hiring competition: the executive chef gig at Eatonville, a job that comes with a $75,000 a year salary. The candidates have been whittled [...]
By Tim Carman Andy Shallal, the man behind the concept-bending Busboys & Poets chain, loves food shows. It’s no surprise, then, that Shallal has taken a reality-show approach to hiring a chef for his forthcoming Eatonville, a southern-food restaurant located across V Street from the original Busboys & Poets location. The owner’s requiring his top [...]
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