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Posted at 01:52 PM ET, 03/28/2012

Jaleo reopens with a new look


The tiny neon logo has been replaced by giant illuminated letters that spell out the restaurant's name across the front windows. (Tim Carman/The Washington Post)
Over at All We Can Eat, Tim Carman has a ton of photos showing you the interior of the renovated downtown Jaleo. Head there yourself to check out the new artwork, dishes, foosball tables, custom-made beads, hand-painted floors, designer chairs and that amazing colorful ceiling. The restaurant is reopening with limited seating today.

As he did with the Las Vegas edition of Jaleo, Andres asked his long-time friend Juli Capella, a designer and architect, to help reimagine the Penn Quarter restaurant, which first opened in 1993. Capella has a unique knowledge, the chef says. The architect knows “Spanish designers around the world,” which allowed Capella to engage these artisans to design custom-made objects and artworks for the new Jaleo.

Read the full post at All We Can Eat.

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