February 2010
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25. L'Auberge Chez Francois
When I was in my tween years, L’Auberge was like this mythical place far away that my really cool friends would get to go on their birthdays. I didn’t know much about it, but I did know that if I went there I would probably eat grilled cheese with caviar and ice cream made of gold. Or something equally fabulous and unbelievable. Then I got a little older and I sort of forgot about...
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The New List-Volume III: I've got friends in low...
It’s a good thing I ate myself in to oblivion last year instead of this year, because instead of “From Komi to Marvin”, the name of my blog would have been “From Komi to 3 Bar & Grill.” Doesn’t have quite the same ring to it. The list had it’s inevitable shift this year—some restaurants were up and some were down. It’s hard to really get...
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7. Vidalia
Of all the many restaurants on the Washingtonian list, there was only one that my mom had dibs on. And just to make sure she wouldn’t bail on all the random restaurants I forced her to go to, I held out until the very end to try Vidalia. She loved the previous incarnation of Vidalia from back in the day when it was the restaurant, and so she was psyched to try it out now that it had been...
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44. Taberna del Alabardero
As I’m walking to dinner at Taberna (I’ve shortened the name to preserve my fingertips), I got a text from my friend and dinner date, Becca: “I’m here. This place is insane.” Oh Becca, I’ve seen insane. There’s no way an expense account restaurant like Taberna could be that crazy. Men in black suits and conservative ties would never have it! Oy, texts do...
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36. Makoto
There have been a lot of restaurants I classified as “small”. Komi was small, Obelisk was small, Kotobuki was really small. But Makoto made all these teeny tinies look like the mall food court. Not only is it tiny when it comes to square footage, but it just feels small—no windows will do that to you. When you first walk through the door, you’re greeted with a space heater,...
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8. Inn at Little Washington
Of all the restaurants on the list, Inn at Little Washington seemed the most daunting. SO far away. SO fancy. SO expensive. SO not my scene. But that which the list dictates, I shall eat. I put this one off long enough, so I bit the bullet and forced my mom to make the three hour (round trip) trek out to greater Ohio. Or Washington, VA. Whatever, anything past Tyson’s Corner is a mystery to...
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19. Corduroy
Those of you who follow me on Twitter already know this, but this Friday night I was taken down by food poisoning. Taken down, and taken down hard. I’m pretty tough when it comes to all things medical, but this being my first bout with food poisoning, I thought it was pretty miserable. And what was the source of my pain? That would be number nineteen on our hit parade—Corduroy.
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