Bar Dupont

Bar Dupont is the beautifully remodeled former Biddy Mulligan’s, the bar in Jury’s hotel directly on Dupont Circle. They now have  South Beach-like couches outside with heat lamps.

If you’re inside the bar, looking out into the circle, the small lights in the bar look as if they’re hanging from the trees in Dupont Circle – beautiful.

However, the service is mostly absent (albeit nice enough) in this often empty bar and the food is terrible. The margherita pizza we ordered had a crust that seemed like something out of a lunchables. (Washington Post average reader rating: 1 star)

Stick to the wine and enjoy the decor.

Fojol Bros.

I caught up with the Fojol Bros‘ traveling food van in Dupont on Friday night: a little high on kitsch, but tasty enough to work. I had a little bite of their vegan Cauliflower & Potato dish and it was great – can’t wait to try the Eggplant! Basically, they travel around in brightly-colored coveralls and fake moustaches, playing ice cream truck music and then fun techno when they stop, serving Indian food in compostable dishes (props!), twittering all along. I had heard about them through twitter, assuming they were trying to cash in on the LA taco truck craze (they claim not). I think they’re still finding their footing, though – their backer/manager/? was hanging around asking what people thought, a little uneasy and a little too speidi. Anyway, good luck, guys!