Recreating the magic of a restaurant in a new or second location isn’t easy. D.O.P., the slip of a restaurant that sat in a now demolished building on 1st Street S.W. managed to create a special sort of aura, not just with its combination of homespun and chef-driven Italian fare, but in how the smells, the sounds and the buzz made guests feel. When D.O.P. closed at the end of August to make room for said demolition, regulars mused that D.O.P. in any other location just wouldn’t be the same. Read More