• raspberry sorbet mimosa & orange margarita mimosa

    2 NYE cocktails: sunset and sunrise mimosas;

    December 23, 2022bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Two delicious NYE cocktails. One tangy black raspberry to celebrate the sunset on 2022, and the other a spiked tequila sunrise bubbly to ring in the new year!

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  • Pork Belly from Brunch Review: Penn Commons @ bestwithchocolate.com

    brunch review: penn commons;

    January 6, 2017bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    After a boozy brunch for New Year’s Eve, what do you need?  That’s right–a boozy brunch for New Year’s Day!  Obviously.  Since both Tyler and I had some friends visiting for our New Year’s Eve party, we wanted to take them to a full out brunch and try a new place!  Penn Commons brunch was a brunch to rival Fuego’s!  You can read the review for that, but Fuego’s has since closed and it won’t do you much good.  Penn Commons might even surpass it in food. Let’s start off with location–Penn Commons is located in Chinatown, just a few…

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  • Chorizo Breakfast Pizza from Piola Brunch Review @ bestwithchocolate.com

    brunch review: piola;

    September 2, 2016bestwithchocolate@gmail.com

    Here’s another brunch spot for you to try out: Piola!  The one we go to is the location in Arlington (an easy walk from the Rosslyn metro stop, FYI).  I’ve heard that there’s one in D.C. but have yet to try that location.  The only difference I’ve heard about is that the one in D.C. is bottomless brunch where as the Arlington location, because of VA liquor laws cannot technically do “bottomless”.  But Piola, and a lot of other restaurants, get around this by allowing you to add endless drinks from a select menu for $1 ea.  Which in some cases I actually…

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