Meet the new WaPo food critic who won't dine in anonymity ^82.7%

NPR - By Leila Fadel, Adriana Gallardo - 12/19/2025, 10:00 AM

Elazar Sontag did not suggest a coveted reservation for our first lunch together. Instead, The Washington Post's new food critic led the way to a church cafeteria tucked behind a parking lot near Mt. Vernon Square, a place that symbolizes what he wants food criticism in Washington to be about. Sontag joined the Post in November,... more