If you live in or near D.C. and enjoy eating bugs, you'll be pleased to know that J.C. Ehrlic has commissioned 13 restaurants across the globe to serve insects. One of them just so happens to be in our nation's capital.
Until 3 p.m., D.C.'s Occidental Grill & Seafood (1475 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) will serve a variety of insect-enhanced foods, including "grasshopper burgers, crispy BBQ mealworms and scorpion lollipops" as part of "Pestaurant on Pennsy." Scorpion lollipops sound a bit discouraging, but after eating a grasshopper burger, you probably feel like you can do anything.
Aside from this being a novelty thing, it's also a contest:
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