Author Archives: Cyrus Bordbar
Internships: Opportunities or virtual slavery?
Yesterday, I spent about half an hour interviewing over the phone. If I’m lucky and the interview turns out to be a success, I will have the opportunity to spend the summer away from my family and friends, in “accommodations” provided by my employer, working 40-hour weeks, and earning exactly zero dollars. This might sound terrifying to some people. Modern-day indentured servitude, others might call it. And yet I’m kind of hoping I get the job.
Another hamburger restaurant
I’m no economist, but if there’s one business that should be recession-proof, it’s hamburgers. They’re cheap and delicious, and America—the increasingly overweight nation that it is—loves them in all forms, (preferably) large or small. Despite an unimaginative name, newly opened BGR The Burger Joint in Dupont Circle elevates the noble hamburger beyond its quotidian fast [...]
Korean carts on K
K Street is an area known principally for its lobbyists and influence peddlers, but within a block of the intersection of 14th and K Street, two Korean food carts hope to change the way things are done in the nation’s capital—at least when it comes to D.C.’s abysmal street cuisine. Offering similar servings of simple [...]
A new fusion for U Street
Masa 14 feels a little out of place. Barely a week old, the swanky restuarant that is owned and operated by two successful chefs sits across the street from a thrift store and a 24-hour Laundromat, and just a few yards from the proudly indie Black Cat nightclub. Fittingly enough, then, the menu offers the [...]
Sushi sticks its landing
When the Voice last checked up on Sticky Rice in January 2007, it was, in writer Chris Norton’s words, a “gutted brick rowhouse skeleton.” The Atlas District restaurant still is, at least at first glance. But behind the dingy, hole-in-the-wall façade is a vibrant and proudly quirky eatery that rivals some of the best food [...]
Multicultural chicken delight
Nando’s is a restaurant with an identity crisis. Founded in South Africa by Portuguese immigrants, it serves a unique brand of chicken with a distinctive Mozambican influence. Though it’s a bit pricier than your typical American fast-food joint, this new Dupont Circle eatery is a nice change of pace from the average buttoned-up Georgetown establishment. [...]
Fire-crotched and shit-stained monsters in Tokyo!
Japan is a crazy place. Forget all the ridiculous stuff you’ve read on the internet; if Tokyo! is to be believed, the land of the rising sun is full of shape-shifting women, psychopathic sewer-dwelling troll creatures, and millions of people who lock themselves inside their homes for decades at a time. Tokyo! is an anthology [...]
The (not so) Great Buck Howard
The Great Buck Howard doesn’t deserve the following review. It never meant to offend, and I hate to be so hard on it. Nothing about the film is storm-angrily-from-the-theater bad; it’s just a low-budget indie film that no one but me and the other five people who were in the theater are probably going to [...]
Watchmen: stunningly mediocre, graphically bold
I felt lost and confused while first reading the graphic novel Watchmen some three or four years ago. It was dark and gritty and proved difficult to grasp initially. I felt the same way after watching Zack Snyder’s film adaptation of Watchmen, but not just because of the film’s subject matter: as a work of [...]
Critical Voices: Neko Case
On the cover of her new album, Middle Cyclone, Neko Case perches atop the hood of a ‘70s muscle car, wielding a giant sword. Needless to say, it is a strong contender for Album Art of the Year. Luckily, the actual music on the album, holds its own as well, with an alluring and soulful [...]
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