I met Spike Mendelsohn from Top Chef a couple months ago at a food thing in New York that a friend did the P.R. for. Real nice guy, super-professional. Served me an excellent spicy beef salad. I haven’t been to his new Capitol Hill restaurant yet, but rest assured it’s only a matter of days before I do, so you don’t need to IM and ask me if I’ve been and how’s the food and such. To sate your curiosity somewhat, here’s an interview Spike did last week with Washingtonian: