LinkLinks Washingtonian: 2018 Is the Year DC Finally Became Less Defensive About Its Dining Scene By Editor On Dec 26, 2018 32 Share In 2011, Good Stuff Eatery’s Spike Mendelsohn, fresh off an appearance on Top Chef: All Stars, stirred up controversy by calling DC a “second-tier city where you can be a big fish in a small pond.” Mendelsohn wasn’t altogether wrong at that moment in time, even if he could have phrased the sentiment a little more delicately. But the response was massive: Local blogs and social media responded with name-calling and rants, while the Washington Post published a defense of Mendelsohn. The frenzy was intense enough that the chef released a statement walking back his remark. At the time, this is what constituted a DC food scandal. Restaurants 32 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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