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2025 RAMMY Award Nominees Are In!

Friday April 18, 2025

Earlier this week, Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) announced its finalists for the 2025 RAMMY Awards and multiple Mount Vernon Triangle businesses and chefs were included in the nominations! Among them, 2fifty Texas BBQ picked up two nominations, one for “Best Casual Restaurant” and one for pitmaster and co-owner Fernando Gonzales who was named in the “Rising Culinary Star” category. Stellina Pizzeria also picked up a nomination in the “Best Casual Restaurant” category and Cucina Morini‘s Chef Matt Adler was nominated in the “Best Chef” category for his Capitol Hill restaurant Caruso’s Grocery. Lastly, A Baked Joint was included in the “Favorite Gathering Place” category which is one of the four open to public voting starting in May.

Congrats to all our nominees, you continue to prove that Mount Vernon Triangle is a dining destination here in Washington, DC. Check out the full list of nominations at therammys.org and stay tuned to learn more about how to participate in public voting and find out if any of our spots win it all at the awards this August!