Welcome to Eatwell DC

The Company

Eat Well DC was conceived as not just a Restaurant Management company. But, a place where synergy is created, not just resources managed. We bring together Great Food, Great Service, Great People and an Exciting & Provocative atmosphere and create unique experiences for Washingtonians and a dynamic and productive investment for our Shareholders. Our investors have enjoyed an average ROI of 20% annually. At the same time, we create a quality work place for all of our employees.

Eatwell presently operates four area restaurants, with sales in excess of ten million dollars and employs approximately 100 people. Our Goal is to double that in the next three years, while still maintaining our strong family values. We care very much about our many loyal customers and care equally as much about our people. We’re in business to make a profit but it’s particularly important we do it a manner we our proud of. Quality of life and profitability can and do go hand in hand at Eat Well DC.

EatWell DC LLC Management Biography

David Winer, Principal

David Winer was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts and has lived in Washington, DC for the past 14 years. He owns a home in Logan Circle.

Winer has spent 26 years in professional restaurant management, beginning in 1984 at the acclaimed Division Sixteen in Boston, MA. After eight years, six as GM, he moved to South Florida and opened his first restaurant along with the Division Sixteen partners. WPA, a casual American eatery, opened to huge crowds in 1991. In 1993, he and his partners opened Grillfish Miami Beach which was shortly followed by Grillfish Boston. After selling WPA 1995, he moved to Washington, DC and opened the third Grillfish in 1996. Grillfish Coral Gables, FL and Bethesda, MD opened shortly thereafter followed by Grillsteak in South Beach.

In 2002, after 18 years together, Winer and his partners separated amicably. Grillfish Coral Gables and Bethesda were sold; Grillsteak folded into Grillfish Miami Beach. Winer retained principal ownership of Grillfish DC.

In 2003 Winer and his new partners, Antonio Oquendo and Josh Hahn, formed EatWell DC Management and opened Logan Tavern, in the Logan Circle neighborhood of DC, a casual neighborhood eatery that was an immediate success. The partners followed with Merkado Kitchen, a Latin-Asian fusion concept, in 2005, also located in Logan Circle. In 2007 they opened The Heights, another casual American, in the newly emerging Columbia Heights neighborhood.

In 2008, Logan tavern was expanded with an additional 1200 square feet added to the original 2500.

In 2009 Merkado Kitchen was transformed into Commissary, a very casual neighborhood eatery serving breakfast, lunch and dinner which has since become one of the busiest spots in Logan Circle.

The partners are now in process of buying a small farm for growing organic produce. The intention is to provide fresh vegetables to all four restaurants in the EatWell DC group for the bulk of the growing season.

Antonio Oquendo, Partner

Antonio Oquendo was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico and has lived in Washington, DC for the past 14 years. He owns a home in DC.

Oquendo grew up working weekends in the family seafood restaurant. He is a graduate of the Cornell Hotel Restaurant Management School and has spent over 25 years as a professional restaurant manager. He started at Division Sixteen in Boston, MA and went on to WPA in Miami Beach and then to Grillfish DC as General Manager. He became an EatWell DC partner in 2003 and has participated in the opening and operations of all EatWell DC restaurants as an Operating Partner.

Josh Hahn, Partner

Josh Hahn was born and raised in Newton, Massachusetts and has lived in Washington, DC for the past 8 years. He owns a home in Logan Circle.

Hahn has spent 8 years in professional restaurant management and a combined 15 years in the hospitality field. In 2002, upon graduating with a business degree from Emory University in Atlanta, he assumed the role of a Manager of Grillfish DC. In 2003, he moved to Logan Tavern as opening General Manager and became a partner in EatWell DC Management Company. He relinquished his General Manager duties in 2006 to become a full time Operating Partner.