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THE GULCH - Vivek Surti will host his first VEA Supper Club pop-up dinner of 2016 at The 404 Kitchen on January 31 at 6:30 p.m. The theme of this month's dinner: champagne, with each of the meal's five courses being paired with its own glass of complementing bubbly. Tickets are $125 with 30 seats available. And be prepared to saber a few bottles. [EaterWire]
DOWNTOWN - Ben Houk is in as executive chef at City Winery. Houk, who was previously the head chef at Butchertown Hall, replaces opening chef Kristin Beringson. [Official Site]
DOWNTOWN - Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, which had a previously announced opening date of April 19, has now pushed that back to May, according to an employment posting on Craigslist. [Craigslist]