Oya

We don't eat out that often, but the last 2 times we have gone out for lunch it's been to a restaurant called Oya for bimimbop, my new favorite dish in the whole world.

getting to know you, getting to know all about you.... Sara 2009

Oya restaurant is noisy on a Thursday night, but Rosen Singleton and Hlibok, who are deaf, communicate by signing or reading lips anyway.

What sign-language interpreters make of the likes of Lady Gaga and Bon Jovi 2011

Popovsky is using the designer behind trendy Oya and Sei in Penn Quarter, Maggie O'Neill, to transform the staid interior left by Il Mulino into a "bright space" incorporating a contemporary log cabin motif using a million pennies.

Lincoln on the Menu for February Justin Rude 2010

Well-versed dancers can feel the spirits of Oshun and ancient women collecting water alongside the Niger Delta, the passion of Oya and Shango's love affair and the graceful force of the omnipresent Yemaya.

Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop Sasha Brookner 2012

Well-versed dancers can feel the spirits of Oshun and ancient women collecting water alongside the Niger Delta, the passion of Oya and Shango's love affair and the graceful force of the omnipresent Yemaya.

Sasha Brookner: Sabar: African Hip-Hop Sasha Brookner 2012

Wright's Imperial Hotel was a massive, elaborate cave of brick and local Oya stone with a romantic overlay of exotic detail.

Why One Remained Standing Ada Louise Huxtable 2011

In her ideal cyberworld, "if you Google something, it shouldn't pick up blogs," the District's first lady reasons from the corner booth at Oya, the stylishy mod Penn Quarter restaurant that has become her lunchtime favorite.

Michelle Fenty's battle cry in D.C. mayoral campaign that brought her to tears 2010

At 40, her slim, yoga-toned figure and flat-ironed hair fit nicely into the magazine format, and she turns heads as she walks into Oya wearing a black jacket by Italian fashion designer Alidio Michelli.

Michelle Fenty's battle cry in D.C. mayoral campaign that brought her to tears 2010

I also enjoyed how Messerer beefed up the mythology of the film by interweaving the story of the first vampire, Oya, into the plot.

The Vampire Diaries Part 1: Thicker Than Water (2008) 2010

Terrence Howard lunching at Oya Thursday with his daughter and three others.

Hey, isn't that...?: Terrence Howard, Shaun White, Richard Simmons 2010