Scott Johnston Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 In the early days of RW, I tended to go to 6-8 new restaurants that I had not tried or that I wanted to get a deal from. The original purpose was to try new places during a "slow" time. Win Win for owners, chefs and customers. These were fun, often dining with the DR crowd and a great deal to try new places or see old favorites. After a few years, I started to avoid RW because of the crowds and that the menus were often dumbed down to support the mods or contained numerous upcharges, of course there were (and still are ) exceptions to this. In addition, RW went from one week to weeks in Baltimore, Bethesda, Rockville...etc etc. I remember Dean Gold would run the special all month and other places for a extra week or so. Lots of great stories and horror stories if you look in past posts (each week would have its own thread where we would list was was the special and post our experience). Well, we went to ORSO last night and had a great RW meal,lunch today was at Grapeseed (which had lots of guests) and we may hit a place or two more before the week is out. So where did you dine or avoid dining this week? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtureck Posted August 14, 2014 Share Posted August 14, 2014 I typically go to Rasika West End, Ris, and Vidalia...they always do RW well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielK Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I made the mistake of RW at Table. Poor showing from a place that seems to have decent reviews otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John William G Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 I had lunch at 2941 yesterday"”where, by the way, Restaurant Week continues for another week. Three courses for $20.14. The Tomato Gazpacho and Yellow Corn Ravioli were wonderful. That $20 was well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobychun Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Just a word to set expectations, following my family's meal there last night. 2 appetizers does not mean 2 starters; it means app-size portions of 2 starters (I've never had the butternut squash and lentil salad before, but it looked about half the size of the beet and baby carrot salad I usually get, and the kale salad we got looked about 1/4 to 1/3 the size of a regular salad). Pizzas were excellent as usual, but the desserts also appeared to be about half their usual size. Don't get me wrong - food was great and still a good value, but not the fantastic value I was anticipating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tobychun Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 And "clam" status now, to boot. Aw yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 And "clam" status now, to boot. Aw yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaah! You've always been a full-fledged clam, to me, Toby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I did Bombay Club- I thought it was good value for what I got. But the chat was definitely the only real way to go app wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I went ahead and wrote up my Restaurant Week, Summer 2014 here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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