Rumor Mill No More: Ducasse To DC

The top chefs just keep on flocking to DC.

The Post's Tom Sietsema officially confirms one of the hottest foodie rumors to sweep through town this year. According to today's Dish, superstar French chef Alain Ducasse will open Adour at the newly revamped St. Regis this fall.

Ducasse, at left, opened the first Adour in Manhattan's St. Regis earlier this year.

In other celeb chef hotel news, Todd English is confirmed for a new restaurant in the recently opened Donovan House on Thomas Circle. The new hotel is part of stylish Thompson Hotels. Washingtonian has a rendering of the new restaurant space.

For more hotel restaurant gossip, check out this Metrocurean post from February (which now has a few blanks filled in).