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Whether or not you plan to try the new McDonald's Big Arch, you gotta read the review by @timcarman.bsky.social.
Nobody's better at not-so-fine dining.
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The review nobody asked for, but everyone is writing. I’d love to hear your thoughts too, if you’ve tried the Big Arch.
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As the laid off Middle East News Editor, I concur. Management eliminated the positions of every single staff correspondent and bureau chief in the Middle East.
The Post identified seven restaurants that received "notice of suspect documents" letters from DHS. Immigration attorneys tell me that many more letters are likely on the way. The DHS enforcement could lead to hundreds of workers leaving the local industry.
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Some background on the Compass collapse and sale to Nero:
www.washingtonpost.com/food/2026/02...
The approval “clears the way for Caffè Nero to position itself as a significant new entrant into the Washington, D.C. coffee market,” said an attorney who represented Nero in the bankruptcy auction.
It’s unclear if the cafes will be rebranded as Caffe Nero, but sounds like it.
Despite an objection from Harrison Suarez, one of the two co-founders of Compass Coffee, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Columbia today approved the sale of many of Compass’s assets to Caffe Nero.
Compass Coffee is expected to have a new owner following Thursday’s bankruptcy auction.
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Papa Johns has introduced a new pan pizza. Emily Heil and I did a taste test to see how it compares to the pan offerings at two other chains, including the ur-pie at Pizza Hut.
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When it opened more than a decade ago, Compass Coffee was one of DC’s feel-good business stories. Now the company’s in bankruptcy. I plotted out how it went from one to the other.
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As @postguild.bsky.social assesses the damage from last week’s layoffs, it turns out between 44% and 47.5% of the newsroom has been axed. It “may have been the biggest one-day wipeout of journalists in a generation.” washingtonian.com/2026/02/09/a...
My sweet dog doesn’t believe in reading, just snuggles.
Our food environment is making us fat and sick.
But RFK Jr.'s ideas about fixing it are mostly either bad (more beef tallow!) or ineffective (eliminate food dyes!).
But it doesn't matter. Ozempic can do what regulations can't: change our food supply.
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A screenshot of The Washington Post homepage featuring two articles. The first is headlined: ICE at Olympics angers Milan mayor, who says agency’s image is ‘terrible.’ The second is titled: Clamor is growing in Europe to boycott North American World Cup.
Oh look. This package near the top of The Washington Post homepage is a collaboration between International and Sports (and ties directly to the U.S. political moment), two desks we hear are about to be obliterated by what could be some of the worst layoffs in the history of the paper.
Homeland Security’s sweeping deportation campaign marks a sharp break from the agency’s post-9/11 mission.
“DHS has now become an immigration department, and that’s not what it was founded for,” said a former senior DHS official.
Trump threatens Insurrection Act >>
The Washington Post Guild is alarmed and appalled by federal law enforcement’s search and seizure of reporter Hannah Natanson’s property and personal devices. Hannah is a valued member of our union whose work covering the federal workforce has been essential (1/3)
Yesterday I documented how DHS lies all the time and suggested you not trust their claims, in case you did.
This news had been expected for a few weeks now. The future of Compass is quite uncertain after its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Gift link: wapo.st/3YnvZxQ
“RNC Chairman Joe Gruters described being shocked by Trump’s eating habits when they traveled together during the campaign. While flying to a campaign event, according to Gruters, Trump consumed french fries, a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger, a Big Mac and a Filet-O-Fish.”
Good read on the existential challenges facing local restaurants.
The danger with enacting a pileup of rules on our local businesses is that while each requirement may be well-intentioned, the cumulative effect suffocates the business.
For the holidays, I gave myself the gift of boredom. And Tony Bourdain’s stew.
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Labor advocates are pushing for a $25 minimum wage in DC, as an antidote to the affordability crisis. It comes after D.C. Council twice overturned the will of voters over tipped minimum wage. The restaurant industry is expected to present fierce opposition to the new initiative. wapo.st/4aBXwmk
Great culture can save lives. Literally.
Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
A remarkable story about a Hiroshima survivor www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Make it stop!
Endless papers pitting low-carb, low-fat, keto, Mediterranean, whatever diets against each other when ALL the differences are just a few pounds.
It doesn't matter. No diet ever tested works for long-term, substantial weight loss.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
