February 2010
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11. BLT Steak
It took me a long time to get myself over to BLT Steak. The combo of less-than-awesome reviews from friends along with the astronomical prices never exactly got me in the mood. But then someone told me about the popovers. Then EVERYONE told me about the popovers. So I had to go, for the love of popovers.
I didn’t have a reservation, so I pulled my regular move of showing up at exactly...
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January 2010
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21. Teatro Goldoni
Everyone I know has a story about Teatro Goldoni. One person told me about the time they were eating there and the man at the table next to them proposed to his girlfriend. In response, she asked to go to the bathroom and never came back. Another friend told me about the time she was eating there with her parents and some ladies of the night, if you know what I’m saying, were conducting some...
The New List, Volume II: New Kids on the Block...
2009 was a big year for restaurants in D.C.—it seemed that there was a new place opening up every three days. Most of them appear to serve tapas-style meals. This year’s Washingtonian list includes an amazing number of these new kids, even though some of them have been open a suspiciously short amount of time.
There are a few places that have returned to their former glory, including...
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92. Circle Bistro
Oh negativity, how I’ve missed you. It’s been all peaches and cream for a while on this blog. I’ve thought most things were great, loved many a new restaurant and generally been kind to the Washington food community. Well, times they are a-changin’ I guess. And unfortunately for Circle Bistro, it is my first victim.
The food was not terrible (though not all that good), but...
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95. Faryab
This was my first foray in to Afghan cuisine, and I don’t think it could have gone any better. The crux of this great meal was obviously my incredible ordering skills. I nimbly bounced around the menu, ordering different enough dishes so that everyone at the table got to try a little something new and exciting. OK, that’s how it happened in my head. In actuality, I didn’t take...
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71. Adour
Ah Restaurant Week—so great in theory, so disappointing in practice. For this RW, I only made reservations at one place since trying to fit in about ten meals in a week last time almost killed me. Picture me huddled in a ball on my floor in a butter and cream coma. It wasn’t pretty. So Adour it was, my one and only RW meal. The good news is that $35 for three courses at Adour is a...
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78. Jackie's
I’ve been to 88 restaurants so far this year and I knew that there would be commonalities—fancy versions of comfort food, high prices, etc. I did not, however, assume I would hear so many Beatles songs. Jackie’s is officially the second restaurant I’ve been to that exclusively plays Beatles music. This one makes a bit more sense—the other being sushi factory...
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17. Marcel's
Every time I pass by a certain block of Pennsylvania Avenue, I always yell out to whomever is in the car/bus/general vicinity, “I love that restaurant! I go there all the time! You should go there all the time too!” What was this very special place? One Fish, Two Fish. What’s next door to this great underground sushi restaurant? Marcel’s. (HA! I threw you for a loop there,...
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64. Oyamel
First of all, Oyamel has an incredibly overwhelming menu. Not only are there TWO lunch menus, but there are no less than thirty items on them. I mean come on. Are we serious? How many ways can you arrange cilantro, pork and onions? It can’t be thirty plus. We all know my issues with tapas, and Oyamel falls in to these traps—too many dishes, too small portions and no one being served...
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Thoughts on the New List, Volume I: We Hardly Knew...
Folks, the 2010 Washingtonian list is out and now that I’ve had some time to mull it over, I have some thoughts. I have LOTS of thoughts actually. So many thoughts that I knew you kind people would never read them if I put them all in one post, so here is part one. There were twenty-two restaurants kicked to the curb this year (plus the four restaurants that closed since the 2009 list came...