La Cosecha, Latin Marketplace
Market · Capital City Market ·
Latin American marketplace with diverse eateries, bars, shops & events
Latin American marketplace with diverse eateries, bars, shops & events
"I found Destino, the nearly three-year-old modern Mexican spot inside La Cosecha food hall (1280 4th Street NE) in Union Market, to be a playful, experimental kitchen led by newly named executive chef Vincent Badiee. Badiee — who has worked at Gravitas, Cranes, Fiola, Eleven Madison Park, and the Restaurant at Patowmack Farm — runs an open, collaborative kitchen with a no-rules approach, calling the experience “fun” and stressing that vegetables are the stars while meat is a supporting actor. His signature absurd-but-delicious beef-and-mango idea evolved into a hard taco of beef tartare topped with both unripe and ripe mango salsa with mezcal, oodles of chives, and white sturgeon caviar, which Destino co‑founder Joshua Phillips calls “as delicious and beautiful as it is ridiculous.” The reinvented menu is organized into plantas, carnes, and dulces: carnes include deconstructed “grandma’s” dishes like chicken and rice served stew-style with a ramen-like broth and a tuna ceviche in aguachile paired with apples, pecans, and squash; plantas offer deconstructed guacamole, a serrano-sesame-coconut salsa trio, multicolored carrots tostada-style, an ensalada of beets, avocados, and ricotta, and enchiladas refined by executive sous-chef Mari Garcia-Moreno; dulces include a layered rice pudding with banana and mango and a chocolate “chocoflan” served with grapes. Cocktails lean Mexican with hibiscus, mezcal, and pineapple, and even an Old Fashioned gets a twist of bourbon, mezcal, piloncillo syrup, and mole bitters. The menu shifts frequently as the team experiments, and a tasting menu described as “approachable luxury” was planned before 2024." - Abi Newhouse
"She holds classes at La Cosecha’s studio kitchen in the Union Market district, supplies recipes for Domestique’s wine club, and partners with area organizations like FRESHFARM and the Common Grain Alliance (CGA)." - Alyssa Langer
"I found the all-Latin food hall at 1280 4th Street NE already offers an abundant assortment of Mexican food options, and that lineup will soon expand with Mezcalero taking a long-vacant back corner near wine bar Grand Cata." - Tierney Plumb
"To make more room, the second one will be at Union Market district’s sprawling La Cosecha food hall on Sunday, December 11 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m." - Tierney Plumb
"La Cosecha’s Latin-American chefs Miguel Guerra and Tatiana Mora whip up a veggie-forward takeout menu for the holidays. The star of the show is a pot pie comprised of celery root, maitake mushrooms, green peas, and carrots with a roasted vegetable gravy. Supporting elements include mashed potato gratin with crispy sunchokes; a Brussel sprouts casserole made with kabocha squash and figs; and homemade Brioche featuring cranberry and pearl onions, plus a pumpkin cheesecake dressed with candied pecans and maple Chantilly for dessert. Place orders for pickup on Thursday, December 23, and Friday, December 24, from noon to 2 p.m. The $85 dinner makes a cameo reappearance for New Year’s Eve, with pickup on Thursday, December 30." - Vinciane Ngomsi, Tierney Plumb
