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Is Rosslyn on the verge of having a dining scene? That’s the question Y&H pondered in a March column after the madhouse opening of middling Heavy Seas Alehouse. Well, Rosslyn is no 14th Street NW yet, but it does have two new spots on the way: Sip Wine Tasting & Tapas Restaurant and SpinFire. Both will open […]

If you can’t have an actual beer keg at your office, perhaps a coffee keg will suffice.

Joyride Coffee, released just last year in San Francisco and New York, brings an interesting approach and flavor to the arduous process of making your own perfect cup of iced coffee. Noah Belanich, one of the three brothers behind the coffee company, explained to HuffPost Live how their business began out of a food truck.

“We were doing so much [cold brewing] in these one-gallon beer growlers, essentially, and we were taking up everybody’s fridge space,” Noah told host Josh Zepps. “[Customers] were wondering if there was any way we could get them more of the cold brew without taking up so much fridge space.”

And so their coffee keg came into fruition. Co-founder David Belanich explained why their coffee is different from traditional brews, partly in that it takes 16 hours to brew the concentrate.

“Traditionally ice coffee was just hot coffee that you just cool down. This is actually cold-brewed, so it’s never heated,” David said. “Because of that, there’s a lot more body in it. It tastes very different.”

Watch the video above to see the coffee keg in action.

Watch the full conversation with the brother’s behind Joyride coffee below:

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Argentine steakhouse Rural Society only opened in Thomas Circle’s Loews Madison Hotel last week, but already the staff is talking a big game. “We’re going to win the Best Restaurant of the Year from the RAMMYS next year,” General Manager Robert Esplen told me on opening day. Bold words for the third South American–inspired steakhouse […]

Hostess doesn’t want you to call it a comeback — Hostess wants you to call it the “Sweetest Comeback in the History of Ever.”

In a move we totally didn’t see coming, Hostess Brands is bringing back its beloved Hostess’ Chocodile Twinkies nationwide this week — soon to be sold at a corner store near you.

These chocolate covered Twinkies were once so rare that they were selling for $30 a box and garnered a black market following. We’re not ashamed to say that we’ve illegally bought ourselves some Chocodiles once or twice. Luckily, we no longer have to hide our illegitimate cravings or run to the West Coast for these tasty treats. Now a “permanent part of the Hostess family,” Chocodile Twinkies are officially back.

The people at the top have explained the mystery behind the chocolate treat:

“In the past Chocodiles seemed to be shrouded as much in mystery as in chocolate, inspiring an obsession among fans that was truly the stuff of legends,” said William Toler, President and CEO of Hostess Brands, LLC, in a press release. “Now, fanatics will once again be able to satisfy their cravings and a new generation will be able to experience the magic for the first time.”

And if chocolate isn’t enough “yum” for you in this Twinkie comeback, Chocodiles will also come in Chocolate Crème, Strawberry Crème and Banana Crème.

Just for fun, here’s a roundup of people and their Twinkies:

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