A Beloved Taco Spot Lands in a Virginia Brewery — And More November Openings Around D.C. | Eater DC
"A warm-toned hotel restaurant and bright grab-and-go cafe that highlights chef Pepe Moncayo’s Spanish roots—growing up in Barcelona with Andalusian parents and mentored across the Iberian Peninsula—serves Spanish-inspired dishes including rice dishes, seafood stews, and tapas. Moncayo recalls that succulent roasted rabbit and artichokes were always thrown into a crispy rice dish his mother used to make, and the menu includes a dish labeled "conejoy y alachachofa" that includes carrots and a sauce made from the roasted rabbit. The market offers quick, under-$25 lunches made in 10 minutes that "cross-utilizes ingredients" from the larger restaurant, and the Arrels Bodega stocks bar snacks like high-end tinned seafood and potato chips Moncayo painstakingly sourced from four different distributors to bring in from Spain. The Japanese-themed ART rooftop bar is slated to open in December." - Emily Venezky
