Recent Eats

Dispatches from where I've been recently ...

• At a press preview of Café Atlantico's new farmers market dinner menu, chef Terri Cutrino served a multi-course meal including velvety mushroom soup and tender braised buffalo short ribs. She only had a few hours to shop for ingredients right outside the restaurant's front door at the Penn Quarter FreshFarm Market and turn them into dinner. She'll have a little more breathing room to create market menus through the summer — the $45 three-course menu will be offered Fridays, a day after the market.

• I'm becoming addicted to the goat ragu with tagliatelle at Posto, so much so that I've been wooed away from my favorite pizzas (the arugula and prosciutto, and spicy salami with Italian sausage).

• The bar at The Source hosted a little gathering of writers the other week to introduce a new cocktail list. I'll be back for the Blue Sage, a summery blend of Stoli blueberry, sage leaves, lime and sugar.

• Lamb dog. Bar Pilar. Get it while you can. It's a thin, spicy link, created by local biz Simply Sausage, nestled in a nicely crisped bun.