A YouTube Chef Adds a Columbia Heights Restaurant — And More Intel | Eater DC

"A self-taught chef with millions of YouTube and Instagram followers, Matt Price (better known as Mr. Make It Happen), is opening his first D.C. restaurant in early February. The concept, French for “fresh,” will incorporate traditional French, Cajun, South American, and Caribbean cuisines into modern dishes and promises to deliver “upscale dining without the pretension” in a news release. Signature dishes include Caribbean-style oxtail meatballs, sticky barbecue pork ribs, and a fried snapper smothered in mambo sauce, which have been featured in Price’s cooking videos. The venue converts a former theater space in Columbia Heights into a green-and-gold restaurant that can accommodate up to 110 diners and will be divided into three distinct spaces: a cocktail lounge, a greenery-filled main dining room, and another lounge featuring live entertainment and DJ performances; there will also be live DJ sets during weekend brunch service and outdoor seating for the warmer months." - Emily Venezky