Restaurant Week is a fun and affordable way to try new restaurants, but it can also be a bit overwhelming.  With so many delicious options popping up on DC’s culinary map nearly every day, it can be hard to choose where to go.  We’ve combed through the contenders and put together a list that is sure to have something for every appetite. You will see the restaurant on the map and listed in one of ten categories we thought would help with your decision: Perennial Favorites, Table for Two, Power Lunch, Girl’s Night Out, Oui Oui!, Meatheads, Beer Lovers, Expense Account Required the Other 51 Weeks of the Year, Hidden in Plain Site, and Can’t Get Enough. Bon Appetit!

Unless you enjoy reading this kind of thing, this might be the most helpful thing you read all day. Sometimes nothing but two slices of American on white bread will do, but if your grilled cheese craving is slightly more ambitious, consider these fancy-pants options from around the metro area. …

Where should we start forming the line? About a month ago, news broke that Chipotle, the Denver-based kings of Mexican fast-casual fare, were working on a similarly structured Asian concept. We weren’t paying it much heed until New York Magazine’s Grub Street blog, in a post on James Beard Rising …

And we thought parking was bad before. New York Times: Junk Food Is a Source of Comfort on Capitol Hill Leading the charge is the Matchbox Food Group, DC-3’s parent company, which began with a pizza joint in nearby Chinatown and has recently opened a sister “pizza bistro” on Eighth …

President Obama is going to cause some serious yo-yo dieting unless he clears up the contradictory headlines running in today’s news… Headline 1: "Barack Obama’s gov’t-mandated diet plan" [time to slim down] President Barack Obama eats his vegetables and exercises every day — and he really wants you to do …

Staffers aren’t the only ones fired up about the escalating food prices at the Congressional cafeterias. According to CQ, Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz has a beef with the CAO. Bennett Roth: Wasserman Schultz Finds Prices at House’s Cafeterias Difficult to Swallow Staff and members are “paying some outrageous prices for food here,” …

The Washington Post recently launched TastePost, a new food and spirits club for ridiculously good looking area residents who love food, wine, beer and spirits. TastePost connects members right to experts from The Washington Post Food section-giving them recommendations on wine, food pairings, and entertaining. TastePost also provides its members …

Congressional CAO Dan Beard’s trusty spokesman, Jeff Ventura, has leveled another quick-witted blow at Capitol Hill staffers.  This one comes on the heels of the cafeteria price hike. The charge, led by staffer Brian Diffell, has begun to pick up some steam.  So much so, Roll Call recently reported about …

The Search for Designer Fast Food Mendelsohn also noted that he had heard the same plea.  “‘We need more good food here on the Hill. We need more good food in the city.’” … Amen. … D.C. will never have the offerings of New York and comparisons only set us up …