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Aperitivo Hour Awaits at Navy Yard’s Dreamy New Ama

Bouncy focaccia, frozen spritzes, and other northern Italian favorites take flight in Southeast D.C.

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The story of Ama is, quite literally, a love story. The anticipated all-day cafè, nestled near the border of Navy Yard and Capitol Hill, is the pièce de résistance belonging to husband-and-wife industry vets Micah Wilder (Chaplin’s, Zeppelin) and Johanna Hellrigl (formerly of Doi Moi, Proof, Mercy Me).

Literally translated, “ama” means love in Italian. But the intention behind the duo’s latest venture, which debuted on Tuesday, June 4, goes a bit deeper than that.

“It’s from an [Italian] poem that talks about love and how if you do something, do it from the root of love,” Hellrigl tells Eater. “It’s all about the ethos of, I want to take care of you, I want to make you feel good.”

Aperitivo and stuzzichini (antipasti) service runs 4 p.m. to 6 p.m., with dinner starting at 5 p.m. on Tuesdays to Saturdays. Reservations for dinner are available via Resy , with a dedicated number of seats for walk-ins ( 885 New Jersey Avenue SE ). Daily (and morning) hours are coming in a few weeks.

For Hellrigl, hospitality is a family affair that goes back to her youth. That’s when she sported her first (miniature) chef’s coat at Palio, the Midtown Manhattan restaurant opened by her late father and chef Andreas Hellrigl. He was also known in New York culinary circles as Andrea da Merano from his Michelin-acclaimed Ristorante Andrea and Hotel Villa Mozart in Merano, Italy.

“I grew up back and forth my whole life, just growing up in restaurants, always really being full throttle in [them],” she says.

Ama’s menu pays homage to her northern Italian heritage along the Ligurian Sea and mountainous Alto Adige region. Here, guests get a romantic glimpse into another world. Through Venetian plaster, copper accents, and lustrous woods, the grandiose-yet-cozy space recreates the charm and warmth of the quintessential Milanese cafè.

In the intimate dining room, the granite-topped table placed window-side comes from Hellrigl’s father’s hotel. Walls adorned with artwork made using upcycled curtains were also sourced from the same place.

“The style is not necessarily very typical Italian, but my dad was very influenced by the Vienna Secession and his whole hotel was made with that, and what we’ve done here is try to emulate it a little bit,” she says.

Daytime fare showcases focaccia Genovese sandwiches and seasonal salads. Ama’s focaccia is unlike the one most Americans are familiar with. “It’s higher, thicker, bouncier, which is delicious,” says Hellrigl. The foundation to its success, she says, starts with a “delicate” Ligurian olive oil.

The essential difference also lies within the technique; a specific mixture of water and salt “almost bathes the focaccia and creates this unique texture and flavor to it,” Hellrigl says.

She turns to Fiordiponti, a family-owned bakery in Santa Margherita, Italy she’s visited since her youth, to recreate the regional recipe.

“I still talk to and FaceTime them,” Hellrigl says. “If you’re going to do it, do it as authentically as possible and give people a real taste of something they might not be able to go to, travel to, and taste themselves.”

Dinner spotlights the crispy focaccia di formaggio of her childhood with crescenza cheese. The menu embraces seafood and coastal flavors for the spring and summer, before transitioning into heartier comforts reflecting the Alto Adige in the fall and winter.

Other nighttime highlights include pansotti con sugo di noci, or traditional Ligurian ravioli filled with wild foraged greens and ricotta in a creamy walnut sauce, and Hellrigl’s dad’s tartare recipe using Lummi Island wild salmon, sun dried tomatoes, and marinated eggplant.

The rabbit stew is made light for the summer with fresh tomatoes and scents of fennel and sambuca via Ligurian Taggiasche olives, and rabbits come from a local farm. “It’s very lean, very delicate,” she says.

Meanwhile, meat-free options range from crispy artichoke dressed with Frescobaldi olive oil, nepitella herbs, and fresh lemon to sauteed rapini and roasted potatoes. Standouts on the pasta section also swing vegetarian, as seen in a simple and classic spaghetti al pomodoro. Trofie pasta, one of Wilder’s favorites, is made with chestnut flour pasta and pesto made in-house.

Negronis and spritzes take center stage across the bar menu , which also features a frozen Bellini, spot-on martini, and shakerato zabaglione — a rich espresso that’s shaken, topped with spiced marsala cream, and combined with the guest’s choice of an amari blend, vodka, mezcal, or rum.

“With drinks, we’re really emulating the same mission as the food: keep it simple and focus on good ingredients, like using fresh elderflower in our Hugo Spritz and perfectly balancing and carbonating everything else,” says Wilder.

Ama also makes its own gelato in flavors like pistachio, chocolate hazelnut, and a seasonal offering at any given time. Right now that would be strawberry sorbetto.

“I think it’s hard to buy an ice cream that doesn’t have some type of additives or gums, and we don’t have anything like that in it,” Hellrigl says.

In a few weeks, Ama will add its “cafè bancone” component, with coffee, focaccia, pastries starting at 8 a.m. Mornings may begin by enjoying a frittata and Caffè Vergnano espressos “al banco” (at the bar).

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Ukraine-Russia war: Putin sets conditions for ceasefire - but Ukraine says it is 'complete sham'

Vladimir Putin has promised a ceasefire if Ukraine withdraws its troops from occupied regions, saying Russia would be ready for talks "tomorrow". But Ukraine has dismissed his remarks as a "complete sham", while the US has said Moscow is in "no position" to dictate.

Friday 14 June 2024 23:08, UK

• Putin promises ceasefire if Kyiv withdraws troops from occupied regions
• Zelenskyy warns Putin's peace offer cannot be trusted
• 'Close to the point of no return': Russian president issues ominous warning in wide-ranging attack on West countries
• Ivor Bennett: Putin has chosen the timing of his remarks carefully
• Soviet negotiating tactics explained
• Big picture: Everything you need to know about the war right now
• Your questions answered:  Are there any signs of an underground resistance in Russia?
• Live reporting by Katie Williams

That brings an end to our coverage of the Ukraine war for this evening.

Scroll through the blog below to catch up on the day's developments.

EU ambassadors have agreed to formally begin accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova later this month.

The Belgian EU presidency said talks would start on 25 June.

According to the presidency, the decision should be given the nod by finance and economy ministers at a meeting next Friday.

The European Council decided to open accession negotiations with Ukraine in December last year.

Last week, the EU said both countries had met the criteria needed to start formal discussions, with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal revealing his hope that talks would start this month.

Hot off the heels of his appearance at the G7 leaders' meeting in Italy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived in Switzerland for the Ukraine peace summit aimed at exploring ways of ending the war in his country.

World leaders including Rishi Sunak, French President Emmanuel Macron and US vice president Kamala Harris are set to join Mr Zelenskyy at the summit.

But it's expected to fall short of its aim to isolate Moscow, with China among a group of countries choosing not to attend.

G7 nations have reaffirmed their commitment to support Ukraine "for as long as it takes".

A final statement from the summit in Italy saw leaders affirm their plan to finance a $50bn loan for Kyiv using "extraordinary revenues" from frozen Russian assets.

They said the move sends an "unmistakable signal" to Vladimir Putin as the war rages on.

Volodydmyr Zelenskyy called the decision a" vital step forward in providing sustainable support for Ukraine in winning this war".

Mr Putin, meanwhile, has condemned the freezing of Russian assets as "theft" and has vowed it "will not go unpunished".

According to US and French officials, the money could be in Kyiv's hands before the end of the year.

Ukraine has attacked Russia's border region of Belogorod, killing five people, according to Russian officials.

Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said two bodies were pulled from the rubble of an apartment block in Shebekino.

News agencies cited emergency services as saying a third body was later found, after the alleged shelling caused a stairwell to collapse.

Reports also said a driver was killed when a drone hit their car in a nearby village, while a woman was reportedly killed in her home as it was hit by rocket fire in the village of Oktyabrsky.

Sky News cannot independently verify the reports.

By Artem Lysak, Ukraine producer, and Deborah Haynes , security and defence editor

Ukrainian forces have struck a military airfield in Russia, targeting warplanes and glide-bomb facilities used to launch deadly attacks against Ukraine, a security source has revealed.

The source said the operation last night was part of a "sustained campaign to degrade the Russian Air Force" just as Ukraine has done with Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

Satellite imagery shared by the source purported to show two SU-34 fighter-bombers at the Morozovsk airbase in southern Russia as well as a white structure before the attack.

A second image is purported to show the aftermath, with both aircraft and the structure destroyed.

There has been no official confirmation about the strikes from Ukraine.

Read the full story here ...

By Dominic Waghorn , international affairs editor

They came battered and worn by battles back home for a few days by the sea seeking sanctuary and solace in a wellness resort turned summit venue.

The G7 leaders will leave fortified by some surprisingly robust diplomatic progress but potentially terminal doubts remain for the alliance.

They have sent Russia a clear message. They may individually be on borrowed time as leaders but the West  has Ukraine's back for as long as it takes.

And China's been on the sharp end of some particularly proactive diplomacy too.

Two signature deals send billions more aid to Ukraine. The allies overcame stark differences between themselves to forge a creative deal that uses interest from frozen Russia banking assets to send fifty billion more dollars to Kyiv by the year's end.

In Moscow the Russians did not conceal their fury at the prospect of their money being used against them.

And a ten year bilateral security pact between America and Ukraine is another blow to Vladimir Putin. He started this war to deter the expansion of the western military alliance. Yet again it is having the opposite effect. The pact is a bridge to Ukraine joining NATO, even if that is many many years still away.

The G7 warned China in a number of ways. The final communique criticised its belligerence in the South China Sea and admonished Beijing for quietly helping Putin's war effort by trading dual use products that could help bolster his war effort.

But the composition of this summit was also a message for Beijing. The G7 invited pretty much the entire G20 here except for China.  If you want to be in the club they were saying, not very subtly, then stop conniving with Putin and play by our rules. 

In Beijing that will be infuriating.

The leaders have seemed all the better for their spell in the sunshine, spirits lifted before going home to face the music. 

But what they cant do is dispel doubts about their future and that of the alliance.

Security pacts tend to survive changes of administration, Ukraine will have its $50bn by year's end.

But what will the G7 look like when they next meet a year from now?

Donald Trump looks increasingly likely to win the US election and Joe Biden's performance here will have nothing to reassure the allies. He has seemed vacant and distracted at times, older than ever.

Trump has no time for multilateral organisations. That was made abundantly clear in his first term in office. In his transactional zero sum game world view they make no sense.

A year from now he could be six months into destroying NATO, deserting Ukraine and dismantling the G7. 

First time round for all his puerile antics, he could do limited damage at these summits contained by the likes of Merkel and Macron both at the height of their powers.

Olaf Scholz is no Merkel and may be gone by then, joining Sunak, Kishida and Trudeau perhaps too heading for the history books.  Macron is on the way to being a lame duck president hamstrung by a far right national assembly if current polling is correct.

The alliance is in peril like never before, however successful they've been holding it together for now.

Earlier we reported comments by Volodymyr Zelenskyy that a ceasefire offer put forward by Vladimir Putin cannot be trusted.

In an interview with our Italian partner network Sky TG24 , Mr Zelenskyy warned the Russian president would not stop his offensive, even if Ukraine agreed to hand over the regions Russia claims to have annexed.

He also drew a comparison between Mr Putin and Adolf Hitler's Nazi policies of expansion before the Second World War, saying:  "It is the same thing that Hitler used to do... this is why we should not trust these messages."

Watch the clip here...

Three Russian servicemen have reportedly died following an ammunition explosion in a Russian town about four miles north of the Ukraine border.

Shells from a thermobaric warhead, also called an aerosol bomb, exploded in Shebekino, as reported by the Russian Telegram channel Astra.

"Astra's sources in the region's emergency services reported that in the evening, ammunition from the Russian Solntsepyok MRLS thermobaric weapon system exploded in the suburb of Shebekino," the report said.

The cause of the explosion is unknown, but preliminary reports indicate it was "spontaneous". 

Despite Astra's sources claiming three Russian servicemen died in the explosion, Shebekino's governor reported there were zero injuries . 

Ten private households and one car were damaged, they said. 

In a show of unity aimed at Vladimir Putin, G7 leaders meeting in Italy this week finally agreed to a deal to use profits from frozen Russian assets to provide around $50bn (£40bn) worth of support to Ukraine.

And in another significant announcement, Joe Biden signed a 10-year bilateral security deal between the US and Ukraine which Kyiv is calling "historic".

On this episode, Niall Paterson explores the impact these deals will have for Ukraine in its war against Russia with international editor Dominic Waghorn.

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