Scenes from the Scene: ANXO Cidery & Pintxos Bar Pop-Up Dinner at Crane & Turtle

Earlier this year, we brought you the news that a team of well-known beer industry professionals would be bringing ANXO Cidery & Pintxos Bar to Shaw. The Basque-inspired restaurant will double as the District’s first cidery. Sam and Rachel Fitz, Tim Prendergast, and Cooper Sheehan (variously of Meridian Pint, Pizzeria Paradiso, Boundary Road, and The Big Stick) and Brad Walker (Boundary Stone) are teaming up for an endeavor that will “honor the Basque culinary traditions of honesty, simplicity, and quality by showcasing local producers’ best efforts.” Originally slated for opening in late 2015, it now looks like it will be early spring 2016 before ANXO opens at 300 Florida Avenue NW.

Until they open, ANXO is hosting a series of pop-up dinners at various restaurants across the District. They recently invited us to be their guests at a pop-up at Petworth’s Crane & Turtle. Basque cider and wine were paired across four courses (plus the namesake pintxos), and while the wine aspect isn’t th