Welcome the wait
Orzo’s fare always draws a crowd, but often those waiting for a table outnumber the stools available at the bar. To handle the overflow, Calvino Café will expand its bar, hours, and offerings. Calvino will keep the usual coffee, breakfast, and smoothie menu, but by mid-April, will stay open until 10pm Wednesdays through Saturdays, with a full bar and tapas-style nibbles to choose from. The expansion not only solves Orzo’s problem of where to send people to whet their whistles and curb their appetites while waiting, but it also fills that 3-5:30pm black hole in restaurant service—and our tummies.
Sashay sauté
On Friday from 5-7pm, Maria Liberati, the former international supermodel who traded in the runway for the kitchen, will host a free cooking demonstration at Wine Made Simple in Townside Center. Liberati will draw from the recipes in her cookbook, The Basic Art of Italian Cooking, and guests will enjoy samples paired with Italian wines from Potomac Selections.
Yes, Mon!
Caribbean-lovers can now take a virtual island vacation at the unlikely intersection of 29 and Angus Road where Calypso, a dine-in and drive-through Jamaican-inspired restaurant, opened last week. Serving by 6am every day but Sunday, Calypso provides morning fuel like coffee, breakfast sandwiches, baked goods, and smoothies and then spices things up with curry and jerk dishes, fried cassava with tamarind sauce, paella, and beef- or veggie-filled pastries called patties. The restaurant closes at 10pm during the week, but stays open until 1:30am on Friday and Saturday nights when desserts like Jamaican rum raisin ice cream, key lime pie, and coconut cake will hit the spot. An extensive cocktail menu and live music and karaoke nights will make every visit feel like your honeymoon.
