DGS Delicatessen

DGS Delicatessen features modern Jewish cookery from Chef Barry Koslow who takes inspiration from the classic delicatessen, while pushing the cuisine in a new and exciting direction.  DGS offers 8-day house cured meats, duck fat matzo balls, hot smoked salmon with horseradish crema and chicken schnitzel with shallot caper relish. DGS believes that delicatessen, German for good eats, comes from the soul of the old World Jewish kitchen. In that spirit, DGS brines, cures, smokes and pickles everything served on premises. Ingredients are sourced from responsible farms that look after the welfare of the animals and the land.  Closest Metro is Dupont Circle.

At Home: Polish Pickles

This next installment of What Micky Eats...At Home features a treasured family recipe passed down from Keith's grandfather, Walter.  Keith's grandparents emigrated from Poland almost 40 years ago and settled in Brooklyn, NY.  To this day, they cook classic Polish dishes from scratch without using a real recipe. Going from memory and adding "a little bit of this and touch of that", it was hard to capture the essence of these treats that Keith grew up with.  After interviewing his grandparents, we took notes and added our own spin.  Below is our version of Walter's light and crunchy Polish pickles.