About DC Restaurant Openings
A guide to the newest places to eat and drink.
Uchi. 1700 M St., NW.
A swanky new Japanese restaurant with locations spanning from West Hollywood to Miami has landed in DC. Uchi was founded in Austin more than two decades ago by James Beard award-winning chef Tyson Cole and will begin serving its popular yellowtail crudo and sweet chili-glazed Brussels sprouts downtown today.
Leading the kitchen locally is chef de cuisine Rob Drennan, who worked for Uchi’s sister restaurant Uchiko in Austin about 15 years ago. Drennan’s culinary career has taken him from Norway to Hong Kong, but more recently, he was senior culinary manager for the group behind Rose’s Luxury and Pineapple & Pearls…