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The Winter Menu has some great new dishes - part of which is the Feast of the Seven Fishes, which is what we had and at $75 per couple it is also excellent value. The first up were the Frito Misto and Octopus which have been favourite choices for us on previous visits. There were also some delicious smelts, an excellent pasta / clam dish, a mussel pizza (most of which we took home), a Haddock and a Branzino dish.

Service was excellent as always. I'm so happy to have this place in our neighbourhood. Next time we will try the skate, the Pork Shank or the “Bollito Misto”.

Birerria Paradiso has the Dupont Avril on their taplist - will probably get over there this weekend.

To quote Ian Drury....

There aint half been some clever bastards

"The accident happened when Gordon was hunting puffins in Iceland’s Westman Islands. He was also bitten on the nose by one of the angry birds and needed three stitches. "

That would be Karma then.

I see that our Tammy claims to have emailed:

"I have sent a email to Don Rockwell, offering to provide the details. However no response. Maybe the board is only for those they like"

C'mon lets have the details then...

I take it this is pure coincidence then.

And I thought he had patent pending on that

The 37-year-old Brown has also selected locations in Washington next to Howard University Medical Center,

Well that's convenient

I have heard that The Coat of Arms will be locating there shortly.

you mean a local branch of this place?

The only place I know locally that would not totally mess up a Japanese knife is La Cuisine in Old Town:

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Japanese knives have a different blade angle and most places can't do this and would get this wrong

I've been there twice now, once last fall, and then about a month ago. The first time, no alcohol was available, but this last time, they did have a small bar area and wine available (though no wine "list"--they simply ask if you want red or white, bottle or a glass ). The wines themselves were nothing special. The staff is very friendly and the prices are quite reasonable.

I'd be surprised if the pitted kalamatas sold in jars at Trader Joe's or available in the olive bar at Whole Foods and Wegman's are lye-cured olives.

Problem with those deli bar olives isn't the lack of pits but the "Lye" curing that removes most of the flavour (and they usually are pit free)

It beats waiting for a table and being run over by the snot nosed crowd down the street at Rustico!

they got cask conditioned Bells two hearted ale?

Heading to Cashions tonight!!! YAY!!! Anything that I can't miss? It's been over a year since my last visit...

We were there last week and enjoyed the Sweetbread app, the Squab (with Foie gras) and the bison ribeye. It had been a while for us too....Adams Morgan not in our rotation much these days.

They are available to me. Which one are you looking for, do you know?

Any - but especially the Pannepot, Black Albert and the Earthmonkey (Aardmonik)

Anyone know if De Struise beers are available in DC Metro area? They are a fairly new Belgian Brewery and some of their beers seem very interesting. Gotta get some!

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Beans do pretty well.

Be very careful with beans in a crockpot. Some crockpots do not cook at a high enough temperature to break down the toxins in beans (I belive Lectin is the main toxin). There was an outbreak of poisoning in Britain a while back and crockpots and red kidney beans were held responsible.

We were there last night. Had an excellent meal with excellent beers.

Starters I had the Quiche which is wonderful and moist. She had the Duck Confit (also very tasty). For mains I had the bunny - a perfectly cooked loin of Rabbit in Kriek. She had the waterzooi which was a little boring but OK. The only thing I didn't like are the frites. They are nothing like true belgian frites (which are much fatter) for those I will have to keep going to Belga on Capital Hill. I did like the curry mayo dipping sauce though!

Beers were new-to-me Taras Boubla (from a new brewery Brasserie de la Senne) a wonderfully hoppy but lower alcohol than expected. Followed this with a similar beer the XX Bitter from DeRanke another hoppy slightly English style with a Belgian twist. Finished the evening with a Brigand - strong golden ale. Also sampled the Kasteel Rouge on draft. Not good - far too sweet for me I was expecting a sweet sour style like their excellent Bacchus beer but this was more like a cherry cola.

Service was excellent and we had the chance to chat with the Beer guy - who remembered us from his days in Arlington wholefoods. He really knows his stuff and I was impressed by how he managed to chose beers for the table next to us, who admitted to not knowing much about beer, just by asking a few simple questions about their tastes. They all seemed happy with what he brought them (which frankly supprised me!).

It is a little pricey perhaps compared to other beer geek venues but the food, beer selection and service make it worthwhile for us. We'll be beck soon!

I'm really curious how you cook mussels and a burger without a stove.

probably the same way he set fire to his house

or - you may mean the one at the back of the Arrowine wine store (off of Lee Hwy (about 4550) with the green and white awning. I think it is called America Seafood or something equally original.

Carpano Antica Vermouth - anyone know where to get this in DC?

I completely agree...

Gordon Ramsay should go back to his Restaurant Rescue Show. That was entertaining and it was actually interesting at times and mildly educational. You really wanted to root for the places and people he was trying to help.

He is - apparently recording an American version of Kitchen Nightmares and he's already being sued

I live in Clarendon (have done for 15 years!) and I think a Greek Mezze place would do well. There is a lack of Greek restaurants in the area (since the Aegean Taverna closed) Maybe the spot that SoBe used to have would be a good location? (it has an outdoor patio and is right across from Metro).