Restaurants : Innovation & Job News

The salad chain has been a sensation since opening in Georgetown eight years ago and has since opened restaurants in Boston, New York and Philadelphia and L.A.

Today's jobs are a little off the beaten path--we're serving up doughnuts and theater alongside our normal dose of development, design and marketing jobs.

Power Supply, a local healthy meal provider in the paleo and vegetarian space, has acquired D.C-based Healthy Bites and Los Angeles-based eliteEATS.

Happy spring! Jobs are blooming and we've collected a few for you this week.

Fiestah, an event planning platform that was built in New York and went through DreamIt Ventures accelerator in that same city in 2014 launches in DC as part of a multi-city roll-out in 2015.

Gusto makes point-of-sale systems that easily integrate with third-party apps, thanks to CEO Bill Draper's complete redesign of what a POS should be. The company closes a $2M Series A round today.

Savory, a meal delivery service that begins at 10 pm, came out of beta this week and has been selling like hotcakes.

According to math nerds, this Saturday is Super Pi(e) Day! Here's how to celebrate.

Pluck It, the second deals app to launch out of Uber Offices in Bethesda, is expanding its reach to the District. 

Prequel, a rotating pop-up for restaurant concepts in the former LivingSocial event space in Northwest, is the first project to be funded under the D.C. government's new intrastate equity crowdfunding rules.

Bun Out the Oven, a registry to help new parents find local providers of meals, cleaning, dog walking and other services, has launched in D.C. 

The DMV Startup wiki, a project started by entrepreneur Brandon Luong, is live. Luong hopes it will be an information hub for people wanting to learn all about the DC Tech community. 

Swizzler sells grass-fed all-beef hot dogs in pretzel rolls with gourmet toppings. The food truck launched at the end of October but the cold weather hasn't kept the founders from finding loyal followers, dubbed the "Swizz Tribe."

Fruitcycle, a local social good/food startup, is blossoming. CEO Elizabeth Bennett has hired her first employee, has products in six stores across the District and is popping up all over.

Power Supply, a meal subscription service for vegetarians, paleo eaters and anyone who wants to avoid gluten or dairy, has added four new chefs to its network and moved into bigger digs.