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We’ve loved our first bites at this modern Korean gastropub in Dupont Circle-the first full-service venture from the team behind popular “fine-casual” Chiko and the Lee family ( Mandu). Anju, a modern Korean restaurant from the Chiko team, in Dupont.
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The lunch and dinner menus are full of classics with a modern twist, such as seafood fritto misto atop risotto or an heirloom tomato salad with straciatella cheese, balsamic pearls, and lemon-basil gelato. A roving antipasti cart will ferry seasonal salads, oils, carved prosciutto, and homemade focaccia to tables. There’s new talent in the kitchen, too: executive chef John Melfi, a rising talent who previously helmed the kitchen at sister restaurant Oval Room and cooked at Blue Duck Tavern and Fiola Mare. Restauratuer Ashok Bajaj recently closed his decade-old Bibiana to open this chic modern Italian restaurant in its place (soft opening this weekend, full opening Monday). Modena chef John Melfi rolls out the antipasti cart. To celebrate, they’re throwing a party-complete with a mariachi band-on Friday, September 6 from 5 PM to midnight. The bar gets creative, too, with sotol or a fermented chili margarita. That means egg tacos on homemade flour tortillas in the morning and evening dishes that include classics (queso, poblano chicken enchiladas) and creative twists (Czech-style sausage fajitas, smoked-tuna tostadas). Owner Chris Svetlik’s Tex-Mex cantina isn’t brand new, but after a few weeks of limited preview dinners, the place is finally ready to roll out breakfast/daytime and dinner service, seven days a week.