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Stable is just the place for sweater weather

Fendant in your wineglass? Check. Wurzelbrot in the bread basket? Ditto. Just sitting in the back of cozy Stable, with its high-peaked ceiling and banquette softened by cowhide pillows, puts a diner in a Swiss frame of mind.

— Tom Sietsema

DC Swiss Restaurant Stable Reopens With Private 'Chalets' for Winter Dining

Stable, DC’s only Swiss restaurant, has been closed for indoor dining since the pandemic hit in March. The H Street spot has gotten by thus far on takeout and outdoor pop-ups with crabs in summer and fondue in fall.

— Anna Spiegel

Poking Holes in Swiss Cheese

In the States, the words 'Swiss cheese' conjure slightly ambiguous, holey slices—and a good friend to ham. But, as is so often the case, this is not at all the reality. Swiss cheese is a vast and versatile compendium of dairy, running the gamut from nutty Gruyére to creamy Emmental and melty Raclette.

— Michael Harlan Turkell

A taste of Stable: DC's only Swiss restaurant

— Good Morning Washington

A Medium Rare-Like Restaurant Will Replace H Street’s Swiss Staple

Stable DC, the city’s sole Swiss restaurant since 2017, will close for good on Sunday, April 7 — but the cozy H Street NE space won’t stay dark for long. Stable’s co-founders David Fritsche and Silvan Kraemer will bid adieu to gooey fondue and reopen on Thursday, April 18 as a new European place called Steak Frites DC.

— Tierney Plumb

5 great affordable restaurants in the D.C. area

My response to restaurant prices going up, up and away is not to eat out less, but to vary my diet with bargains. They still exist; you just have to keep your eyes open. Some recent sleuthing netted a multicourse steak dinner for less than $40 — in Washington, no less; a Nicaraguan spread that could have been two meals for $20; and a jaunt to Vietnam via a filling bowl of pho for about the cost of a movie ticket.

— Tom Sietsema

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— Washington City Paper

Swiss restaurant Stable is closing and reopening as Steak Frites DC

Farewell, fondue: D.C.'s only Swiss restaurant Stable is closing next week on H Street, NE, and will soon reopen as a steak frites spot under the same ownership.

— Anna Spiegel