Saturday marks the return of Red Apron Butchery's gourmet hot dog cart, Frank, during local brewer D.C. Brau's regular growler hours.
From 1 p.m. until 4 p.m., you can fill your screw-top or flip-top growler and grab one of esteemed butcher Nate Anda's hand-made dogs.
Choose from a spicy Italian sausage with roasted shallot marmalade, a black truffle dog with wild mushroom ragout, a kielbasa with bacon-braised sauerkraut and hot mustard and the "Vietfranc," a heavily spiced "atomic" dog topped with ginger, lime aioli and viet-slaw. Bacon bangers will be on special -- "and yes," Anda reports via Twitter, "mash will be involved."
Elsewhere, naturally, there's a whole lot of corned beef and cabbage -- oh, and beer -- going on for St. Patrick's Day. Specials available at Bayou Bakery, Cafe Dupont, Capital City Brewery, ChurchKey, and Poste, among other places.
Coming up: on Monday, Pizzeria Paradiso celebrates Elysian beer while Estadio features Canary Island wines. And, on Tuesday, Virtue fetes New Belgium brews.
For more info or other options, scroll through and click on any link in the Y&H food events calendar above.
Got something tasty going on? Email tips, daily specials and event listings to hungry@washingtoncitypaper.com.
What To Eat This Weekend: Bacon Bangers at DC Brau was originally published by Washington City Paper on March 16, 2012.
