Red Hen mentioned in New York Times Dining & Wine article: "Washington Has More on Its Plate Restaurants in D.C. Are Moving Into Residential Neighborhoods"

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DINING & WINE
Washington Has More on Its Plate
Restaurants in D.C. Are Moving Into Residential Neighborhoods
By JENNIFER STEINHAUER OCT. 20, 2014

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From 2000 to 2010, the city’s 18- to 34-year-old residents grew by
roughly 37,000, and now make up 35 percent of the population, according
to the Urban Institute. Last year, there were 2,111 restaurants in
Washington, almost double the amount of a decade earlier, and a new one
opens every week. As of Aug. 27, 878 alcoholic beverage licenses had been
issued to restaurants in the district this year, a 10 percent increase over the
total for all of 2013, which was larger than the previous four years.
         
The Red Hen, in the emerging neighborhood of Bloomingdale just
blocks from a public-housing project, is pulling in local homeowner
pioneers, new careerists clinging to the Eater DC hot list and, yes, United
States senators.
             
“You are seeing a shift from boomers to young people,” said Mike
Friedman, the chef at the Red Hen, who surprisingly opened in
Bloomingdale last year in a building that had been empty for 30 years.
His choice of spots came down to price, Mr. Friedman said. “It was a
dangerous business decision in many respects,” he said. “We banked on the
fact that we had built-in clientele in the community, and we hoped people
would check us out.”
               
One summer night, Senators Mark Warner of Virginia, Michael Bennet
of Colorado and Charles Schumer of New York cozied into the industrial
space with its bare, weathered brick walls and stacks of firewood, where one
drink is a rye concoction called All the Best Diseases Are Taken. “Mark
Warner is the culinary Cousteau for senators hoping to find new hip places
in Washington,” Mr. Schumer said.
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[at the end of this NYT articles is a list of recommended DC restaurants, presented below:]

Where to Eat in D.C.
Crane & Turtle 828 Upshur Street NW, 202-723-2543, craneandturtledc.com.
Petworth Citizen & Reading Room 829 Upshur Street NW, 202-722-2939,
petworthcitizen.com.
Little Serow 1511 17th Street NW, littleserow.com.
Compass Rose 1346 T Street NW, 202-506-4765, compassrosedc.com.
Cork Wine Bar 1720 14th Street NW, 202-265-2675, corkdc.com.
The Red Hen 1822 First Street NW, 202-525-3021, theredhendc.com.
Daikaya 705 Sixth Street NW, 202-589-1600, daikaya.com.