Archive for October 13th, 2008
Nando’s Peri-Peri: Cluck, Cluck
It may be fast food of a sort, but it sure isn’t chicken feed. Though chicken takes center stage at Nando’s Peri-Peri, it shares the spotlight with some unexpected extras, from a toothsome veggie burger to a spectacular mound of fresh, hot fries. Besides all this, you’ll find some sartorial splendor: female staff wear T-shirts […]
Posted: October 13th, 2008 under Restaurants.
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The Fraser Mansion: From Prosperous Merchant’s Home to Restaurants to Church Headquarters
When it was completed in 1890, the pink granite and brick mansion constructed at 1701 20th Street, at the corner of R Street and Connecticut Avenue, towered over its more humble neighboring houses built of wood frame. It was the home of New York merchant George S. Fraser, and had been designed by the noted […]
Posted: October 13th, 2008 under Scenes from the Past.
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