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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Chevy Chase Cafe Terasol Gets Caucus Room Chef

The Parisian cafe/art gallery south of Chevy Chase Circle has a new chef—and a new kitchen.

Terasol—a Parisian cafe/art gallery south of Chevy Chase Circle—has a new chef: Hector Guerra, from The Caucus Room, in downtown Washington, DC, The Washington Post reported. The business, located at 5010 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC, is "a café situated in a veritable art gallery," according to its website. To entice Guerra from The Caucaus Room to Terasol, owner Alan Moin had to upgrade the kitchen, at Guerra's request, The Post reported: "He didn’t have a kitchen," says Guerra, whose idea of a proper workspace includes more than a convection oven, an electric stovetop and a refrigerator. "For me to come" from the Caucus Room downtown, "I couldn’t just do sandwiches. I wanted to do some real cooking."  Guerra started cooking at …

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