DC Theatre Week kicks off September 24, and runs through October 11. That’s three weeks of the region's stages throwing their doors open with tickets at $25, $45, and $65, which is 30 to 40 percent off what you'd normally pay. Theatre Washington runs the show, and there are 25 to 30 productions in the mix this year: musicals, comedies, dramas, a few world premieres, and some classics getting a fresh coat of paint. Woolly Mammoth has Steve Yockey's Venus, Mosaic Theater is staging Brian Quijada's Somewhere Over the Border and there's a lot to choose from across DC, Maryland, and Virginia.What are you eating before curtain?! A discounted ticket doesn't mean much on an empty stomach, so we rounded up the best spots to grab dinner near the theatres you're headed to, pre-show if you like to eat before the lights go down, post-show if you're the type who wants a nightcap and a debrief after. Check out our full guide to theatres and where to dine around them, then go book your seats at the Official DC Theatre Week Portal or through TodayTix.Three weeks, dozens of stages, a whole lot of good food in between. Get out there.

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Nycci Nellis joined WTOP to preview the return of Summer DC Restaurant Week, which features nearly 400 participating restaurants across the DMV. She explained that diners can enjoy three-course lunch and brunch menus priced between $25 and $35, along with three-course dinners ranging from $40 to $65. Nycci encouraged guests to review Restaurant Week menus before dining, make reservations in advance due to high demand, and tip servers based on the full value of the dining experience. She also highlighted several first-time participants, including Malabar, Rosselli, The Grace, Uchi, Catahoula, and Rye Bunny, while recommending the free Let's Eat DC website, which allows diners to easily search every Restaurant Week menu. Beyond DC, Nycci also spotlighted Falls Church's inaugural Summer Restaurant Week and Maxwell Park's annual Lambrusco Week, giving food lovers even more opportunities to explore the region's dining scene.

Ashok Bajaj and Chef Vikram Sunderam built the modern Indian dining scene in Washington DC, and in this chef interview they tell Nycci Nellis exactly how, starting with the night Ashok found out his landlord thought a building worth 40 million dollars still deserved a rent increase.Ashok Bajaj is the founder and CEO of Knightsbridge Restaurant Group, the man Forbes calls DC’s gastronomic power broker. Since opening the Bombay Club in 1988, he has built a ten restaurant empire that includes Rasika, Bindaas, Sababa, Rosselli, and his newest concept, Malabar, a coastal Indian seafood restaurant in Van Ness. On this episode of Industry Night, Nycci Nellis sits down with Ashok on location at Malabar, along with his partner of two decades, James Beard Award winning Chef Vikram Sunderam. They talk about Ashok’s path from hotel management in India and London to building an empire in Washington DC, why he tore down a struggling concept called Rosedale to build Malabar in its place, and his honest read on downtown DC’s post pandemic restaurant economics. Vikram walks through his own path from Mumbai to Rasika, the technique behind the restaurant’s famous palak chaat, and what excites him about coastal Indian cooking at Malabar. This is a DC food podcast conversation with two of the people who actually built the DC dining scene, thirty five years and ten restaurants in the making.Listen to the episode here, or watch it all unfold, here.