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This week's top dish from Eater DC, Curbed's restaurant, bar, and nightlife blog..
Fogo de Chao [Photo: R. Lopez]
THE FIVE DAYS OF MEAT— It's the Five Days of Meat over on Eater.
POWER HOUR— Meat on a Stick Power Hour: it happened. Check out a price guide to churrascarias, news of a new gyro place, a best kabobs poll, a Meat on a Stick map and more.
LIFERS— Meet Pam the Butcher, a true original.
EATER MAPS— So many new steakhouses have opened recently.
EATER MAPS— These are D.C.'s Iconic Meat Dishes.
CHEF IN THE KITCHEN— See Three Little Pigs make a half-smoke from start to finish.
U STREET— Everything that goes into a half-smoke at Ben's Chili Bowl.
PENN QUARTER— What Fogo de Chao looks like on a busy Friday night.
EATER MAPS— Where to eat raw meat.
COMING ATTRACTIONS— Pastry chef Tiffany MacIsaac appears to be at work on a new project, Buttercream Bakeshop.
EATER MAPS— Take a meatball tour of Washington.
EATER MAPS— These sandwiches are generous with their meaty fillings.
EATER MAPS— These restaurants got game (meat).
BY THE NUMBERS— Taylor Gourmet roasts 150,000 pounds of turkey each year: this and other fun meaty stats about the hoagie guys.
SHAW— Take a look inside the new cocktail bar, Chaplin (which also serves up ramen and dumplings).
EATER MAPS— Steak frites. They're everywhere.