Annette and I enjoyed a great dinner at Rosemary Bistro Cafe, with Marlene and Charles Bearfighter Reddoor.
Rosemary Bistro Cafe: "Building atop of French-based cuisine, Rosemary is a
multicultural restaurant representative of the dynamism and fluidity of
D.C. Our food lives dichotomously – both vibrant and delicate, with
fresh ingredients combined for a robust sensory experience. Please join
us for a cozy, enriching dining experience."
Rosemary Bistro Cafe, a French neighborhood bistro, is the new venture of Owner/ Chef Frederic Darricarrere. Frederic hails from Bayonne in the South/ West of France. He used to own and run Petits Plats at Woodley Park with his sister for 20 years and before that cooked at Bistro Lepic on Wisconsin Avenue, were Annette and I like to go for a small bite, a glass of wine and live Jazz on Wednesday nights.
Rosemary Bistro Cafe is located on Connecticut Avenue, opposite of Buck's Fishing & Camping.
Rosemary Bistro Cafe made it to the list of Tom Sietsema's 7 favorite places to eat in April 2022. Well deserved.
We will be back!
Rosemary Bistro Cafe - Washington Post
An exemplar of thoughtful gestures, this French outpost offers “small bites” of bistro classics and deploys staff to make deliveries within a two-mile radius, although “I try never to say no” to greater distances, says chef-owner Frederic Darricarrère. His name might be familiar to regulars of Petits Plats in Woodley Park, which Darricarrère operated with his sister for 20 years. Two years ago, he opened a place of own across from the original Politics & Prose that comes with streetery seating for 60 — bigger than inside — and bids diners welcome with gratis warm bread.
Darricarrère wears multiple hats. One minute, he’s behind the bar, shaking a classic cocktail. The next, he’s seating or serving customers in a long dining room dressed with a mirror on one wall and festival posters by the late artist Arnaud Saez on the other. The owner cooks, too, although “I’m not at the piano every day,” he likes to joke.
Lots of happy-making dishes leave the kitchen, which buys its meats from the pedigreed D’Artagnan. Tender rabbit leg draped with mustard sauce and bedded on buttery potatoes gets a little color and crunch from a snappy carrot. And how nice that it can be ordered as a half-portion, like the crisp sweetbreads showered with sautéed mushrooms. Not every plate rocks my world — the salmon in one day’s seafood risotto tasted long out of the water — but misses are infrequent. Dishes that sound routine in print can surprise recipients with their artfulness. Take the simply billed “beet salad,” accessorized with roasted peppers, walnuts, mandarin orange bits and goat cheese piped to resemble a flower blossom.
Pro tip: If you see something on a menu that reads like a deviation — say, Asian dumplings on a French menu — check it out. The owner credits his Japanese girlfriend for Rosemary’s supple wrappers stuffed with a choice of ground pork or vegetables, as in cabbage, carrot, garlic, ginger and tofu, plus a splash of sake. The dumplings come six to a plate and don’t last long.
Floating island, crisp with slivered almonds and staged on vanilla custard, is the perfect finish to a rich meal in a restaurant that doesn’t require deep pockets to enjoy.
5010 Connecticut Ave. NW. 202-506-5961. rosemarydc.com. Open for indoor and outdoor dining, delivery and takeout. Entrees, $22 to $29.
January 2004 - Petits Plats in Woodley Park
The faces here might look familiar. The trio behind Petits Plats -- owner Cecile Darricarrere, her brother and partner Frederic Darricarrere, and Sy, a native of Senegal -- previously helped run the popular Bistrot Lepic in Georgetown. After Cecile's divorce from Lepic chef Bruno Fortin, the three moved over to Woodley Park, where they opened in May. In their new venue, the siblings oversee the dining rooms, opening wine here, air-kissing favored patrons there; the chef turns out scripts that have been shaped not only at Lepic, but also in the time he spent cooking under Jean-Louis Palladin and Yannick Cam.
Dinner at Rosemary Bistro Cafe
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