Niche Restaurants

One of my biggest regrets about DC's food scene is the lack of niche food joints, which are generally common to most big cities. I've always wanted to open several niche food joints around the city: one for kimbap, one for waffles, one for mix-and-match mini tapas-style sandwiches (called bocadillos), one for tempura, and one for Korean yogurt desserts (Pinkberry beat me to it). The obvious benefit of niche restaurants is that with one product to sell and stand by, it's gotta be daaamn good. Sometimes it works - Amsterdam Falafelshop - and sometimes it doesn't - M'Dawg Hot Dogs. But it's nice to have that one go-to place that elevates foods that other restaurants dismissively relegate to their side dishes menu section. And so I'm very excited that Potato Valley Cafe will be coming to Chinatown next month! I mean LOOK:







Good golly gracious, I can't wait.