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  1. https://www.arlnow.com/2023/10/11/padaek-now-serving-lao-and-thai-food-from-arlington-ridge-shopping-center/
  2. No entry for her latest venture, Cindy Lou's Fish House? Had a fine dinner of a sort of softshell crab BLT (without the bread) this past weekend. Great bar service
  3. Well now it's changed name again, to avoid a conflict with some other restaurants in the US with that name: Now it's "Showroom". https://www.showroomfrederick.com/ Got the 8 piece chicken family takeout last night. It was the second time my brother and I had ordered takeout from them (the first time soon after they opened under the "Born and Raised" name). For $60 you get a lot of food for two people, we didn't even touch the salad (it didn't look all that special anyway). We had ordered the fried chicken many times at the old Family Meal and loved it, always juicy with a tasty skin and just the right amount of grease. I think they've tweaked the recipe here and while it is still moist, some of the things that made it addictive just weren't there. It just wasn't as "tasty" as it used to be, maybe less greasy but the skin is blander and not as rich-flavored. We also loved the old housemade hot sauce from Family Meal and now the sauce is sweet (with honey?) and we did not like it at all. I ended up putting Tabasco on my chicken. The deviled eggs were just the same as Family Meal, so that was okay. The sides we chose were the greens and the buttered whipped potatoes. The potatoes were good and creamy, but the greens were bitter, and we didn't finish them. (For comparison, we love the greens at Black Hog BBQ). The meal also included some pickled vegetables, which were fine. In sum, a disappointment which only makes us year for the glory years of Family Meal.
  4. So apparently Family Meal is now "Born and Raised" and still by Bryan Voltaggio. The menu looks nearly identical to the Family Meal menu and still calls itself a "modern American diner". Have not been here yet, it seems to have opened very recently. Hope the quality is as good as Family Meal (the original location--can't vouch for all the other locations).
  5. Okay, so I had one takeout meal from here. The price point is a little high for what Bryan is advertising as a more pocket-friendly restaurant. I ordered the beef short ribs, and while the ribs had a nice smoky smell and flavor they, and I don't say this lightly, got disgusting to me after eating about half. I realize that this may be on me, as I should have expected some fattiness, but some of the slices were very fatty and maybe my body just didn't react well to the taste or the texture of the beef fat. Sides were unremarkable. My dining companion liked his braised cabbage but I tasted it and it was just OK. Maybe I expected too much? Don't take this as a definitive review, it was one meal, and takeout at that. No little gifts with the takeout, like Volt used to do with in-person meals. No takeout alcohol, either, which was a disappointment. Maybe I just had a bad day, take this with a grain of salt.
  6. https://www.fredericknewspost.com/bryan-voltaggio-brings-new-dining-scene-to-downtown-frederick-with-thacher-rye/article_6a140afa-8718-5f70-adae-cd8f3eb25e17.html Last Friday, the old Brownstone that once housed Volt restaurant on North Market Street was full again — or as full as it could be with coronavirus restrictions. With anxious taste buds at his call, Bryan Voltaggio was right back where he belonged, managing the symphony orchestra that is his kitchen, where roughly a dozen cooks work in close concert with one another to provide a maximum dining experience for their customers. “It’s amazing,” said the 44-year-old celebrity chef and Frederick native. “I am ecstatic to be back at my stove cooking, to be here daily, to bring my team back. Food is fun. We are excited about what we are cooking. The feedback has been great so far.”
  7. Closed! Buried in this Frederick News-Post article about the state of downtown business: https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/retail/downtown-frederick-to-welcome-new-and-updated-businesses/article_b5a4a332-c35f-5706-9203-abafebf7bb6f.html Another restaurant to recently close its doors is Volt. While Volt has not been open at all during the pandemic, there are signs that a new restaurant from chef Bryan Voltaggio could be coming soon. Voltaggio filed a transfer of Volt’s liquor license to a new business named Thacher & Rye — at the same location on Market Street — according to the agenda for the upcoming Sept. 15 meeting of the Frederick County Liquor Board. Voltaggio could not be reached for comment.
  8. Since the pandemic, I have had one email from Volt (their email list was never very active in the first place), and that was a few months ago now. Since then, nothing. The website (also never updated all that often) seems to indicate it is open but I am not optimistic based on my report that Family Meal is currently closed. Any news? Bryan's on the TV again, he could certainly take advantage of the publicity.
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