A restaurant, food business incubator and shared kitchen is coming to D.C.’s Ward 8, where it will be part of a larger redevelopment of the former Big K Liquor about a third of a mile east of the Anacostia Metro station.
Tasting Lab DC has signed on for about 4,000 square feet at 2228 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, where it aims to open by the end of the year. The venture is being led by Talema Rice, who has been in the hospitality industry for about a decade. The University of Maryland grad spent about half that time with food services giant Aramark in a variety of capacities including task force operations manager at the National 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase and sales manager at the Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center.
The restaurant will serve up American fare and is slated to employ around 40 people. In addition to Tasting Lab’s roughly 3,000 square feet of dining area, there will also be about 1,000 square feet of shared kitchen space for aspiring food…
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