August 2009
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27. Poste Moderne Brasserie
When I started on my journey of 100 restaurants, I made a very detailed Excel spreadsheet with all the necessary information—location, price range, cuisine, if they are on Opentable, etc.—so I could sort by whatever I was in the mood for. (Insert nerd comments here. Go ahead, I’ll wait.) Well I also made a column for whether or not the restaurants offered brunch. Because I love...
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23. Tosca
So it begins. Restaurant Week, that is. I go back and forth about whether Restaurant Week is really worth it anymore—there are better deals (we’ll call them “recession deals”) to be had outside the week, and since I usually don’t order three courses at one sitting I end up paying more than I normally would. But there are some restaurants that are bang for your buck...
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38. Passage to India
Well folks, I think it’s finally happened. I’m an Indian food convert. Now I have to first explain where I was pre-Passage to India. It’s not that I hated Indian food (commenters, ahem, I’m talking to you); it’s just that I never ate it much and never quite knew what to order. I’m not a fan of curry, but somehow I always ended up with a curry heavy dish. Hence,...
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60. Black's Bar and Kitchen
I talk a lot about D.C. food families and chefs who sort of run the show when it comes to good dining in town. There’s Ann Cashion, Jose Andres, Cathal Armstrong to name a few, but the Black family restaurateurs might be my favorite. They own Blacksalt, Black Market Bistro, Addie’s (a favorite of mine though it doesn’t make the list) and Black’s. It’s true that a lot...
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6. Restaurant Eve
Before we start in on the restaurant, let’s break it down good news/bad news style. The good news: last Wednesday marked From Komi to Marvin’s half birthday, and though I’m at the halfway mark timewise, I’m actually way ahead of schedule when it comes to my eating. (I’m a prodigy, really.) The bad news: my dedication to my craft is making it pretty apparent that...
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22. Bistro Bis
It’s hard to say what the best thing is about Bistro Bis. The food? The decor? Who is to say…Oh me? I’m supposed to say? Well, on this very occasion, it was the maitre d’. Instead of the standard nineteen year old girl hoping to make some Redbull and vodka money, Don Lean is old school all the way. Linen suit, working the room, all the while making the restaurant run like a...
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84. Passionfish
As I turned the corner on a Mainstreet U.S.A-style pedestrian street in Reston, I had a little panic. Crap, white tablecloths. Crap, people in suits. Crap, I’m in jeans. I couldn’t back out, so I went for it. Luckily, no one said a thing and I wasn’t forced to wear a pair of loaner pants from the closet in the back that they save for degenerate diners. Passionfish is owned by the...
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77. Art & Soul
As those who follow me in the Twitter-sphere are bound to know by now, I am a big fan of Art Smith. Before today I had never tasted his cooking, but I was a fan solely based on the fact that every time I saw the man (on screen that is), I felt the need to hug him. He’s like Santa with a Tim Gunn-style makeover. And lately he’s been the light in my otherwise horrifying summer TV...
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