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Where restaurateur Dan Simons love to eat in and around Washington, DC

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By Aarti Virani Verified
| OpenTable
Dan Simons is drawn to the heart of a restaurant. “I love experiencing other people loving their vision and executing it,” he says. “I want to feel their intent; there has to be depth to a place.” As the co-founder and co-owner of Farmers Restaurant Group, Simons and his company reimagined how restaurants approach food sourcing and sustainability with a first-of-its-kind farmer-owned structure, which now includes over 50,000 American family farmers.
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Restaurateur Kevin Boehm’s 10 favorite Chicago restaurants

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By Aarti Virani Verified
| OpenTable
Kevin Boehm was just 10 when he told his mother he wanted to open a restaurant. “There was something about the social aspect that drew me in—like wow, I can just throw a party every single night, a bunch of people come, they make a mess, we clean it up, and do it again the next day?” he says. “I wasn’t that far off.” In the last 30 years, Boehm has opened a whopping 40 restaurants across America.
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OpenTable’s guide to Charleston’s 6 hottest restaurant openings of 2023

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By Aarti Virani Verified, Stephanie Barna
| OpenTable
The vibe has recently shifted in Charleston’s dining scene. Not too long ago, shrimp and grits dominated the city’s menus. But nowadays, the newest and most standout restaurants are serving flavors that are way more diverse. A glamorous Pakistani restaurant by a locally loved duo took over the site of a former meat-and-three downtown. A lauded chocolatier opened a popular French bistro in West Ashley.
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