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We think our doughnuts and chicken are delicious, but you don’t have to take our word for it — read the latest press coverage right here…
We think our doughnuts and chicken are delicious, but you don’t have to take our word for it — read the latest press coverage right here…
January 18, 2018 | Zagat
DC is widely known to be a fairly transient city, with diplomats, elections, administration turnovers and fresh crops of interns changing the face of our metropolis on a regular basis. And for newcomers, there can be no better — or tastier — way of learning about your new home than by eating your way through a list of the city’s signature dishes. Here we present 20 bites that we think will make you a bona fide Washingtonian.
January 8, 2018 | Time Out
Yes, 2017 was the sort of absurd and distressing reality show that none of us asked for. But we thought we’d focus on those few much-needed moments that brought joy to us in 2017.
December 15, 2017 | Eater LA
From Nashville hot to Korean fried, all the best places to eat chicken right now.
December 11, 2017 | USA Today
Celebrate Hanukkah with eight days of edible specials, from chocolate dreidels to menorah cookies. Restaurants, bakeries and even bars across the country celebrate the Jewish holiday with traditional foods, like latkes and challah bread, plus more creative ways to pay homage, such as themed cocktails and star-shaped sweets.
December 1, 2017 | Washingtonian
Up your game with drool-worthy shots.
November 29, 2017 | Eater DC
Interesting takes on an old favorite
November 16, 2017 | Eater DC
There are certain dishes that are just inexplicably linked to certain Washington restaurants. Customers travel there just to try them. Tourists seek them out when exploring the city. And regulars can’t stop ordering them even though they know they should branch out and try something new.
November 1, 2017 | Food Network
Dive into the best tacos, burgers and affordable bites in Los Angeles.
October 23, 2017 | Los Angeles Magazine
The enthusiasm for the Dodgers being in the World Series is palpable. Local restaurants are getting in on the fun with an array of specials that nod to the team. Eating all of these might result in a blue tongue, but all the better for showing your spirit, right?
October 2, 2017 | USA Today
Get your gourds this month as fall menus go way beyond pumpkin spice with doughnuts, pizza, cocktails and pies featuring October’s star ingredient. From pumpkin tacos at Big Star in Chicago to salad served in a jack-o-lantern orange at The Westin Cape Coral Resort in Florida, there’s a variety of unique fall fruit dishes in destinations across the country.
September 15, 2017 | USA Today
Despite being a dessert that we ritually set on fire, birthday cake is perhaps the most time-honored sweet, marking our individual milestones with an annual rush of sugar and fat that never gets old.
September 8, 2017 | Los Angeles Times
The glow of fluorescent lights, sticky primary-colored Formica, coffee in a glass carafe, Pepto Bismol-colored boxes and a bakery case full of glazed, twisted, frosted doughnuts. There’s something nostalgic about a doughnut shop, whether it’s a big chain, a trendy newcomer with a fancy font and gluten-free doughnuts, or a mom-and-pop shop in a strip mall.
July 24, 2017 | Southern Living
Ever since fried chicken and waffles became trendy, chefs have looked for interesting riffs on that classic combination. Bless the soul who chose doughnuts as the “bread” component!
July 1, 2017 | Where Magazine LA
If it’s all-American comfort are you’re craving, get thee t o Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken. The Washington, D.C, import’s crème-brûlée doughnuts and fried-chicken sandwiches – and the Instagram likes they draw-cause lines down the block. Get ‘em while they’re hot.
June 23, 2017 | People Magazine
From coast to coast and everywhere in between, we have the best: Whether it’s cake or yeasted, glazed or bacon-topped, there’s a flavor made just for you. Try Federal Donuts in Philadelphia, Glazed and Infused in Chicago, Shipley Do-Nuts in Houston or Astro Doughnuts in D.C. if you have a hankering.
June 7, 2017 | Washingtonian
Best Breakfast Sweets and Doughnuts: Crème brûlée doughnut at Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken
June 2, 2017 | Nylon
In honor of National Doughnut Day, the NYLON editors bring you a list of our favorite places to go when we’re in need of some good old DLC (doughnut love n’ care). Whether small or large, filled with jelly or cream, drizzled with chocolate or glazed to perfection, our love for doughnuts will be in our hearts (and tummies) forever.
May 12, 2017 | The Daily Meal
There are numerous food pairings in this world that are just meant to be: bacon and eggs, spaghetti and meatballs, milk and cookies — iconic classics that just live harmoniously together. So when the notable East Coast eatery Astro Doughnuts and Fried Chicken brought its slightly unorthodox coupling to Los Angeles for the opening of its first West Coast store, it turned more than just the sophisticated noses of classy Californian diners.
April 11, 2017 | Washington Post
Every year, The Washington Post publishes 40 Eats, a guide to the area’s best dishes. So far, the total list includes more than 150 options. But what are the most essential among these many, many options? Here’s a compilation of some of the city’s must-try dishes, as featured in 40 Eats and other roundups.
December 20, 2016 | Condé Nast Traveler
No way around it: 2016 was a strange year. And from bleeding veggie burgers at New York’s Momofuku Nishi to burrito drone delivery in Virginia, the food scene kept pace..
December 20, 2016 | Los Angeles Times
Doughnuts and fried chicken party: If you’ve been lucky enough to try a crème brûlée doughnut from
Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken in Washington, D.C., you’ll understand why this next bit of news is exciting…
December 13, 2016 | L.A. Weekly
Unless you started a chain that sold nothing but ramen and tacos, it’s hard to think of two foods under
one roof more likely to thrill Los Angeles eaters than doughnuts and fried chicken. And that’s just what
Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken will be bringing to downtown L.A. in early 2017…
November 1, 2016 | Food Network
It’s been a heated election season, with no shortage of debates, speeches and campaign revelations,
and the race to the White House has had everyone talking — including the country’s chefs and bartenders,
who are taking politics into the kitchen…
October 26, 2016 | Eater DC
With the expansion of Duck Donuts and Astro Doughnuts in Virginia and the arrival of such new offerings as Sugar Shack, D.C. has been turning into even more of a doughnut town…
July 6, 2016 | TimeOut
Satisfy your craving for crispy wings and spicy drumsticks at the 21 best fried chicken restaurants in America…
February 14, 2015 | Buzzfeed
We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to tell us their favorite cheap eats in Washington, D.C.
Here are the delicious results…
July 25, 2014 | FWx
The Internet is a black hole for strange, weird and wonderful things—especially when it comes to food. Rather than dive in yourself, let FWx do it for you…
June 1, 2014 | Serious Eats
Depending on who you ask and what subjective gerrymandering is involved, you may or may not lump Washington, DC in with the American South…
June 6th is National Donut Day, but there’s more to the occasion than free donuts. Karin Caifa has the sweet history.
April 19, 2014 | Thrillist
Ahhh, donuts. Before Wheaties and “doctors”, they truly were the breakfast of champions. And now, thanks to a resurgence of independent shops opening across the country, the fried yeasty sugar bomb is back en vogue…
March 1, 2014 | Washingtonpost.com
Creme brulee doughnut at Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken Others fill doughnuts with eggy, vanilla-flecked custard and call it creme brulee (ahem, Doughnut Plant). But Astro’s idiosyncratic square doughnut, crowned the city’s best, goes to another level entirely… the creme brulee doughnut at Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken…
February 20, 2014 | Grub Street
Let the French have their croissants. The real morning-pastry action is in doughnuts, and even if Americans can’t claim sole ownership over something as simple as frying dough, the United States can certainly stake a claim on doughnut shops…
February 1, 2014 | Wallpaper* City Guide Washington DC
Doughnuts and Fried Chicken. The comfort food served at this Downtown joint is as American as it gets, but far from gimmick. Washingtonians and former hockey players Elliot Spaisman and Jeff Halpern based the idea for venture on their tradition of enjoying a doughnut together after a game…
December 27, 2013 | City Eats by Food Network
The past twelve months boasted the most varied and vibrant series of restaurant openings in the modern history of this city… the creme brulee doughnut at Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken…
November 1, 2013 | Travel + Leisure
Breakfast: Creme Brulee Doughnut at Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, line up early at the pint-size shop near the White House for its signature treat, stuffed with vanilla pastry cream and coated with a caramel glaze.
June 25, 2013 | Washingtonpost.com
… the creme brulee doughnut at Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken…
May 15, 2013 | Washingtonpost.com
We are two-thirds of the way through our insulin-shocking mission to find the area’s best doughnut. In our first seven weeks, we ate more than 140 of the fried pastries while checking out national chains, local upstarts and longtime neighborhood favorites.
May 8, 2013 | Eater DC
Here are 23 of the most buzzed-about specialty doughnut shops across the United States.
April 25, 2013 | Washingtonian Best Bites
From Popeyes to BonChon to GBD, we wade through the best and worst Washington has to offer right now.
April 25, 2013 | 7x7 The Travel Issue
Waffles are so five minutes ago. At D.C.’s Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken the classic Southern combo gets a twist with artisanal ingredients — think Valhrona chocolate and Plugra Butter—and wacky flavors including Saigon cinnamon, piña colada, twink-nut, and s’mores…what’ll it be?
Sweet, fluffy and finger-linking good are the best adjectives to describe the doughnuts from Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken, and your wedding guests will thank you for the opportunity to try them.
April 8, 2013 | The Daily Mail
D.C.’s donut fever continues with Metro Center shop’s debut.
April 6, 2013 | POLITICO
After several months of catering and pop-up sales, pastry Chef Jason Gehring, formerly of Fiola…
Though once a staple of Southern cuisine, fried chicken is taking on some decidedly interesting twists.
April 3, 2013 | Forbes Travel Guide
The lowly doughnut has gotten a makeover in Washington, D.C.
March 25, 2013 | Southern Living
Every Monday we bring you the SL Hot List, a round up of the five latest and greatest things to hit the South. Consider it your weekly update on our region’s most buzzworthy food, culture, and style news.
March 25, 2013 | Washingtonpost.com
The long-awaited Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken opened in a storefront near Metro Center in April.
March 20, 2013 | Thrillist
Astro’s the creation of two childhood friends…
March 13, 2013 | UrbanDaddy
It’s that classic story you’ve heard a thousand times…
Gourmet doughnuts are hot this year and several businesses are opening shops over the next few weeks.
January 8, 2013 | Serious Eats
Whether or not you’re a fan of savory-sweet combination of fried chicken and doughnuts, 2013 looks like it’s going to be a banner year for it in DC.
December 24, 2012 | UrbanDaddy
Fortunately they’ll bring them to you by the dozen so long as you’re around Metro Center.
December 14, 2012 | EatMore DrinkMore
There’s a new spot coming to Metro Center in early 2013.
December 11, 2012 | Daily Candy Food & Drink
Next year will bring us a couple of brick-and-mortar sugar shacks, but you can order now for what’s to come.
November 29, 2012 | Washington Best Bites
Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken—the latest venture to join the ultra-ultra-comfort-food trend.
November 29, 2012 | Washington City Paper
Astro is currently accepting catering orders for those in Metro Center between 9th and 15th streets NW and E and H streets NW.
November 29, 2012 | Eater DC
The restaurant has released its address: 1308 G St. NW. It plans to open its doors in January.
November 23, 2012 | City Eats by Food Network
The Ten is your guide to the best of the best that D.C. has to offer. This time around Nevin Martell tackles Homer Simpson’s favorite food that’s not beer: doughnuts.
October 29, 2012 | Eater DC
On the heels of Astro’s opening announcement, Eater DC highlights five unknown facts about Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken.
October 26, 2012 | Washingtonport.com
Washington Post dining critic, Tom Sietsema, previews details of Astro Doughnut & Fried Chicken.
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