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[DonRocks]

Welcome new members - to access the AMAZING, life-changing Dining Guide, all you have to do is post one time.

Why don't you introduce yourselves in this thread right ----------> HERE <----------

Or maybe write about a recent dining experience you've had? The Dining Guide will be your index to find every major restaurant in the area - even though I'm the author, I use it myself almost every single day. If you don't have access to it yet, and are looking for a specific restaurant, the best way to do it is through Google, like this:

"donrockwell citronelle"

If you search on that (or whatever other restaurant you're looking for, alongside of donrockwell (with no spaces)), it will come up #1.

And even if you can't find the exact topic, I'll make sure it gets in there for you - my organizational skills are supremo (except when I'm trying to find my car keys).

Have at it, and welcome!

Cheers,
Rocks.

[DonRocks]

Oh, oh dear. I just got this in my inbox. NOT intentional on my part. MKTYE?!?!?!?

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Rocks,

You might want to change the website for Tacklebox in the dining guide... the correct address is http://tackleboxrestaurant.com/ the current one....is NOT for the restaurant. If this was intentional, then you know, haha...except I'm at work right now. Just a heads up.

[WWZ]

Oh, oh dear. I just got this in my inbox. NOT intentional on my part. MKTYE?!?!?!?

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Rocks,

You might want to change the website for Tacklebox in the dining guide... the correct address is http://tackleboxrestaurant.com/ the current one....is NOT for the restaurant. If this was intentional, then you know, haha...except I'm at work right now. Just a heads up.

As I thought more about it got more funny, AND i was super thankful there weren't pictures and the like...

[DonRocks]

Was checking out their web site to see if they are open for lunch during the week (nope) and saw this quote and found it interesting. I wonder if any other restaurants are using recommendations from this site.

It appears to be derived from its listing at the top of the "Pizza" category in the "Multiple Locations" section of the Dining Guide.

Who "voted"? Isn't the Dining Guide based solely on Don's personal experiences?

Jake is correct, and "voted" isn't the right word. I am (needless to say) influenced and steered by the postings on this website, but I am solely responsible for the rankings in the Dining Guide. In terms of other restaurants citing it, Eola is another recent example.

At the risk of sounding ambitious, I fully intend for the Dining Guide to be considered the definitive dining reference in the DC area. I understand it's not very "wordy," but the distillation of its content involves thousands of hours and an unspeakable amount of money. I'm about a week away from having it up-to-the-minute current, where it will remain from that point forward.

[FunnyJohn]

where it will remain from that point forward.

Maybe the Restaurant Association of Washington or some similar industry group should invest in a Lloyds of London insurance policy on your gastro-intestinal tract and circulatory system. Should, God forbid, you develop a cholesterol problem or something else affecting your dietary habits, it could spell disaster for the DC Metro Dining Scene.

[yuca]

Hello all ... this is my first post. Am anxious to look at Don's master piece.

[DonRocks]

Merry Christmas

(PS People often ask me how they can help support this website - many have offered money, and I've always refused. But there is one thing you can do that's quick and easy - just "Reshare" this Facebook post during prime-time, maybe with a comment asking others to spread the word. It's the only way the word will get out there - I'm ignored by the local media (because I'm supposedly "competition"), I'm too local for the national media to care, and I suppose I'm despised by many a PR rep (which I'm proud of). Very frustrating, but I've accepted that it's never going to change unless I go national and get proper funding. Our membership directors and forum hosts deserve better than what they get here, which is a whole lot of nothing.)

Cheers,
Rocks

[Marty L.]

[Thanks for the advice.

I've said what I have to say here.

Don: I won't revive the arguments about whether to split up the threads for these discussion board purposes --do what you will -- but please, please, please, add the leading (i.e., at least italicized) "multiple location" restaurants -- Jaleo, SushiKo, Masai Wok, Negril, Honey Pig, VIet Goel, Taqueria Distrito Federal, Super Pollo, Ray's, Teaism, Pho75 -- to their respective geographic sections of the Dining Guides. If others are like me, they turn to those sections when they find themselves in a particular neighborhood, and with these great choices in absentia, we do not see a complete list of optimal choices. Which leads to less-than-optimal eating . . . .

[Genevieve]

Don: I won't revive the arguments about whether to split up the threads for these discussion board purposes --do what you will -- but please, please, please, add the leading (i.e., at least italicized) "multiple location" restaurants -- Jaleo, SushiKo, Masai Wok, Negril, Honey Pig, VIet Goel, Taqueria Distrito Federal, Super Pollo, Ray's, Teaism, Pho75 -- to their respective geographic sections of the Dining Guides. If others are like me, they turn to those sections when they find themselves in a particular neighborhood, and with these great choices in absentia, we do not see a complete list of optimal choices. Which leads to less-than-optimal eating . . . .

I definitely agree! I was having a hard time finding Jaleo in the dining guide (also Rasika, for some reason) and eventually did a search in the forums, which took a while. The Dining Guide is so incredibly useful, and keeping restaurants with multiple locations listed in each of their locations would make it still more useful!

[DonRocks]

I definitely agree! I was having a hard time finding Jaleo in the dining guide (also Rasika, for some reason) and eventually did a search in the forums, which took a while. The Dining Guide is so incredibly useful, and keeping restaurants with multiple locations listed in each of their locations would make it still more useful!

I agree, too. That's why i saved Marty's post and moved it to this thread.

Question: Would people mind if I simply put these at the bottom of each city, instead of trying to rank them along with the others? It will save me a good deal of time. I'm thinking a single line, between the active restaurants and the ones which are closed, along the lines of (for Penn Quarter, e.g.): "See also Jaleo, Capital Grille" with a link to each?

[Kibbee Nayee]

Don: I won't revive the arguments about whether to split up the threads for these discussion board purposes --do what you will -- but please, please, please, add the leading (i.e., at least italicized) "multiple location" restaurants -- Jaleo, SushiKo, Masai Wok, Negril, Honey Pig, VIet Goel, Taqueria Distrito Federal, Super Pollo, Ray's, Teaism, Pho75 -- to their respective geographic sections of the Dining Guides. If others are like me, they turn to those sections when they find themselves in a particular neighborhood, and with these great choices in absentia, we do not see a complete list of optimal choices. Which leads to less-than-optimal eating . . . .

I definitely agree! I was having a hard time finding Jaleo in the dining guide (also Rasika, for some reason) and eventually did a search in the forums, which took a while. The Dining Guide is so incredibly useful, and keeping restaurants with multiple locations listed in each of their locations would make it still more useful!

Hear hear! In fact, just make it rule -- all local chains are split out individually into their neighborhoods. National chains, who cares?

Please, please, please do this!

[dcslowman]

Hear hear! In fact, just make it rule -- all local chains are split out individually into their neighborhoods. National chains, who cares?

Without factoring in the administrative work it entails, I agree with this approach and believe it would add real value to the (already invaluable) Dining Guide. But considering your (Don's) point regarding the additional work involved in managing the multiple-site restaurant listings, I think your proposed solution of placing them at the bottom of each city is a reasonable compromise.

That said, if you wanted to take it a step further, some finer granularity might be warranted. For example, you can probably make the case that local enterprises with three or fewer locations warrant the same treatment (review consideration & placement) as single-location establishments. Perhaps not so different from a single local owner with multiple differently named/themed restaurants (of which we have quite a few), each of which currently has its own listing in the Dining Guide.

Dave