dracisk

Nooooo. I've been there on several date nights with my husband and have been meaning to go back. Maybe it's time to bring the 5-year-old along. I know they have a kids menu....

5 hours ago, MarkS said:

Interesting, we did the reverse.  Raised our kids in Montgomery County for the Wootton school system, moved to Annapolis when they left for college for sailing and small town charm.

My kid hasn't even started kindergarten yet. We may yet leave Montgomery County when she leaves for college! 😂I would love to live in a city again....

That was the first place my husband and I went on a date after now 5-year-old daughter was born. She was a couple months old at the time. We lived in Anne Arundel County then but moved to Montgomery County shortly after, so we never went back. I don't remember many details, but my vague memories are very pleasant.

1 hour ago, DaveO said:

A little after 5PM I walked by again.  The place is dark; there is no FOH staff.  Meanwhile every table remains set with plate, silverware and a drinking glass.  The setting includes a napkin and Ray's type silverware with a knife and steak fork.   My gut is that "something is occurring" though I don't know what.  I wouldn't be shocked if something occurs...though what and when is above my "payscale".  

My gut is that "something" is occurring....but what is .....to be determined...............

Maybe a last staff dinner or something? I don’t even know if that’s a thing.

In these scenarios I always wonder about immigration consequences. If he's not a U.S. citizen and he's convicted of the drug charges he could be facing removal from the United States.

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[Note: These charges were dropped long ago. DR, 08/23/21]

1 hour ago, DaveO said:

Are they the best?  I’m still tasting.

As long as they're not the worst -- or they're preferably somewhere in the middle -- we'll probably be OK. 🙂

On 6/10/2019 at 3:59 PM, DaveO said:

Over the last few weeks I've had mussels at Bertha's in Baltimore (been eating mussels there since the first year they were open), Fireworks/Arlington, The Local Oyster (in Ballston Quarter) (no review yet;  another Baltimore mussel/seafood joint), and Dino's in DC. 

Okay, mussels, beer, and bread to sop up the liquid are a favorite food of mine.   These days I don't have a huge favorite from among that group although I'd probably opt for the Fireworks in general and the Fireworks 1/2 price special on Mondays. 

Seems about time to get back to Bistro du Coin, as per the G.R.V above

Funny you should post about Bertha's now since we're thinking about going Saturday and there's no thread. We have an overnight in Baltimore sandwiched between a visit to Lancaster (Dutch Wonderland) on Friday and a Red Sox (OK, Orioles) game on Sunday. The last time we went to St. Arnold's my 5-year-old stole a bunch of my mussels, so we thought we'd take her to the mussels mothership, but I wasn't sure how good Bertha's actually was (though I know it's certainly iconic). Seems like you like their mussels?

6 hours ago, smithhemb said:

The Takeya pitchers (which I use mostly for iced tea) make it really simple/non-messy.

I love my Takeya pitcher for cold brew! It uses a fair amount of grounds, but it's really simple and the result is delicious.

1 hour ago, curiouskitkatt said:

That menu would be perfect for us! I'll check their social media Friday to see if they post a photo of their menu for the day.

Hmm, Oregon Dairy sounds familiar, but Fox Meadows looks awesome. Thanks!!

Thank you, @curiouskitkatt! We're thinking about driving from Silver Spring to Lancaster (Dutch Wonderland) in a couple of weeks, and we'll be passing right by this place. I'd been thinking we'd grab subs somewhere on our way but hadn't figured out where yet. I'll definitely look into this place. Does the menu vary a lot from day to day or do they always have certain things on the menu (e.g., a cheeseburger or hot dog for the 5-year-old)?

Also, off-topic, but I thought I read somewhere about a creamery near Dutch Wonderland, but now I can't figure out where that might be. Do you know what I'm thinking of by any chance? I didn't see any mention in the various Lancaster and Amish Country threads, unless I missed it.

ETA: Never mind -- per Yelp they appear to have one or two sandwich options per day, so this may not work for us. 😞

Trummer's On Main?

This place is now a third outpost of St. Arnold's. I ended up there Wednesday night with my husband and 5-year-old. They have great happy hour specials available until 7pm throughout the restaurant (not just at the bar) -- probably the same as other St. Arnold's locations. I enjoyed my St. Arnold's Mussels, which were at a greatly reduced price for happy hour (maybe half price -- I can't remember). My husband enjoyed the beef carbonnade and his happy hour beer (I forget what it was but some kind of lighter beer -- possibly German if they still have some German beers on the menu). I'm not a beer drinker, so I drank a meh happy hour chardonnay (at least it wasn't oaky!). The service was great. It was a beautiful night, so the patio was full, but no one was inside. We ordered my daughter a grilled cheese from the kid's menu, but she kept stealing my mussels.

33 minutes ago, sandynva said:

oh no! i quite like their margarita pizza.

Looks like their Forest Glen location is staying open, though.

7 hours ago, Ericandblueboy said:

I didn't pose the question, btw.  So he includes a restaurant he didn't like in his best new restaurant list because restaurant is owned by a celebrity chef?  Absurd, no?

It's not a best new restaurants list. It's a dining guide. He says he focused on 30 newcomers and ranked his ten favorites.

2 hours ago, funkyfood said:

To Seattle I go, at least for a few years.

And you can let us know where to eat in Seattle!!

Indeed. And a lovely patio. I don't know why I didn't spend more time there as a cash-strapped student.

Didn't they used to serve their gin and tonics (for example) as a glass of gin with a small bottle of tonic on the side?

On 6/9/2018 at 1:40 PM, dcs said:

It's a bistro now.  Ha!

On 6/10/2018 at 7:27 AM, DonRocks said:

This is one of the most amusing restaurant tidbits I've seen in awhile.

It's even on OpenTable. I lived above Trio/Fox and Hound's for 2 years when I was in law school, but I seldom patronized either place.

I saw fresh durian in the H-Mart on Georgia Avenue in Wheaton today.

My 5-year-old ate a banana and some strawberries for dinner last night instead of the tacos (with either smoked chicken or brisket, both of which she loves) my husband and I ate. Then right before bed less than 2 hours later she ate several slices of ham (lunch meat) and a piece of wheat bread, because she was still hungry. I was glad we ate least got her to eat the ham and bread rather than the Goldfish she asked for. I'm so tired of those infernal crackers!!

Meh. I'll echo @DIShGo above: not bad but not in a hurry to go back. It may be that slabs of meat on a plate just aren't that exciting to me. I went Saturday night. We were seated in a booth in the area to the right of the host stand -- I think this is the quieter part of the restaurant. I certainly didn't find the atmosphere too noisy as some mentioned above.

Three of us shared the buttermilk biscuits, the beef tartare, the cucumber salad, the monster prawn, the flat iron steak, the lamb sirloin, the crispy beef fat potatoes, the cauliflower, and the creamy spinach. Standouts for me were the buttermilk biscuits (I'm a biscuit freak but these were amazing) and the creamy spinach. The flat iron steak was tough. Even though the crispy beef fat potatoes sounded amazing, they were meh, especially the pieces that didn't have any Parmesan on them. The cauliflower was certainly interesting and also tasty but not that exciting in the end.

Our waiter was nice enough, but he tried a little too hard to move our meal along. We were early for our reservation and they seated us, so I would have thought we'd be able to have a leisurely meal (unless there's something I don't understand about how restaurants work). Not the case.

I studied in China for 6 months in 1993 and went once to the one McDonald's in China at that time. It was in central Beijing, across from Tiananmen Square. I wasn't particularly interested in eating McDonald's food, but my fellow American students and I more or less viewed the excursion as a cultural experience. I don't remember too much aside from the place was packed and had two levels of seating. Apparently this McDonald's is now closed.

We had a similar experience at Oxford Town Park when we made a detour on the way home from Ocean City and found the Scottish Highland Creamery closed (it was a weekday after Labor Day). We were desperate for ice cream after being denied at the creamery, but Oxford Market's freezers were malfunctioning, so they didn't have any ice cream, either. 😭 But we enjoyed the park, which also has a small playground for the little ones.

My husband and I have gone on many “day dates” (while child is in school) involving the DC Costco. Stocking up on booze is romantic!!

On 3/22/2019 at 11:48 AM, dracisk said:

I'm going to be in San Antonio for the first time at the end of April for a short work trip (otherwise known as two dinners, two breakfasts, and one or two lunches). I read through the posts in this thread and came up with the following list of contenders for my dining slots:

• Boudro's
• Rosario's
• Los Barrios
• Liberty Bar
• Acenar

The Esquire Tavern sounds interesting, too, so I may try to get a cocktail there.

Any thoughts or any additional places to recommend? I'll be speaking at a conference at the Westin Riverwalk so will be staying either there or in that general vicinity, and I won't have a car (though I'm happy to take a cab for someplace delicious). I'd definitely like to concentrate on Tex Mex and/or Mexican food. I'm less interested in barbecue.

I'd definitely like to try puffy tacos -- thinking Los Barrios for that -- and I have little to no experience with breakfast tacos so am wondering if anyone has a recommendation for those near the Westin.

Thanks in advance!

My (brief) trip is next week if anyone has any last-minute tips! Thanks for the responses I've received so far!!