From hot dogs to homemade doughnuts: Bold Bite, Bethesda’s specialty hot dog shop, is branching out again. Last year, co-owner and well-honed chef Alonso Roche starting selling hamburgers, and today, February 10, he’s adding breakfast. And we’re not just talking scrambled eggs.
Roche, whose first job in his native Venezuela was as a pastry assistant at a French restaurant, also baked a lot of breads while working at eateries in Spain. “I have a pastry background,” says Roche. “And I love doughnuts.”
So he’ll be starting breakfast with a few varieties of homemade yeast doughnuts—probably one with a butter glaze, another filled with a Nutella pastry cream. In addition, look for egg sandwiches on hot dog-shaped brioche buns, but even better, Roche will be stuffing the same fillings (eggs and cheese with bacon, half-smokes or chorizo) into arepas (cornmeal pockets).
Breakfast starts at 8 a.m. 4901-B Fairmont Ave.., 301-951-2653, www.boldbitenet.
In other doughnut news: Also, today February 10, there’s a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Dunkin’ Donuts across from the Bethesda Metro entrance. Free samples and specials start at 10:30 a.m.
Sub*urban Trading Co. does dinner: The homespun neighborhood bakery and deli in Kensington is now open for dinner five nights a week. Sophisticated fare such as cured duck leg sandwiches, stuffed pork belly tartine and pan-seared rockfish over brown butter hominy is being served Wednesdays through Sundays, from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. No reservations. 10301 Kensington Parkway, Kensington, 301-962-4046. http://suburbantrading.com
Yamas does downtown: Yamas Mediterranean Grill, the friendly Greek restaurant on 4806 Rugby Avenue in Bethesda, plans to cash in on the action going on in the District’s U Street area. The restaurant, which serves homemade gyros, souvlaki, lemon chicken and other Greek specialties, will open a fast casual eatery at 1946 New Hampshire Ave. NW this spring. It’ll be in an old Subway shop near 16th & U Streets and will offer some, but not all, of the same dishes as the Bethesda restaurant.
Chocolate alert: Max Brenner Chocolate Bar has added some new pastries to its line-up, including a cocoa praline meringue, chocolate-hazelnut babka, banana whiskey torte and chocolate chunk scone. 7263 Woodmont Ave. Bethesda, 301-215-8305, www.maxbrenner.com
