After more than two years, Metropolitan Hospitality Group plans to debut its Open Road restaurant and Salt bar concepts in Rosslyn next week, both opening for dinner on Tuesday and for lunch at Open Road on Wednesday. By Thursday, both are expected to be fully operational. Read more. 

 

Metropolitan Hospitality Group, the restaurant company behind Circa, Open Road and El Bebe, will open two of its concepts in Tysons as part of The Boro development. Read More.

 

The second location of Metropolitan Hospitality Group’s causal bar and restsaurant, Open Road, is slated to open later this year or early next year in Rosslyn. It will also have a separate, but connected, lower level cocktail bar called Salt. It’s particularly anticipated by WBJ employees, who work across the street. Read More.

 

Tasty eats from Open Road Grill during our FOX 5 ZIP TRIP to MERRIFIELD! See More. 

 

Here Are the Winners of Washington’s 2019 RAMMY Awards. Read more. 

Last night the local dining community honored its own at the 2019 Rammy Awards. The annual gala, hosted by trade group the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington, recognizes the hospitality venues chosen by its panel of anonymous judges and members picked by public vote.* Read more. 

The restaurant group behind D.C.’s chain of Circa bistros designed El Bebe to be the type of place its emloyees wanted to grab a drink after work. El Bebe opened in February 2019 with a show-stopping collection of graffiti art from Miami and mezcal cocktails that smoke with dry ice. A deep selection of appetizers, dips, and fusion tacos make it a nice fit for a pregame pit stop. Read more.

“Portabellas have a meaty flavor,” says Michael Huff, culinary director of Metropolitan Hospitality Group, which owns the taqueria. That’s why he chose them as the base for this meatless taco. After marinating the caps in chimichurri, they’re grilled and sliced up as if they were skirt steak. Served on a soft white tortilla, the shrooms are complemented by smoky black bean spread, charred corn, cotija cheese, fresh cilantro and another smack of chimichurri sauce. Read more. 

 

 

The group behind Circa, Open Road, and TRIO Grill has added a taco and tequila joint to the mix. Naturally, Él Bebe, which translates to ‘he drinks,’ offers plenty of tequila cocktails, frozen margaritas, beer, and wine. Read more.