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Had a perfectly fine sweetbread vol-au-vent at Bistro D'oc last week; nice pastry, pearl onions and mushrooms bathed in champagne cream, made one almost regret finishing it, had not the veal brains in brown butter been thrust upon me a little too soon

i'm finishing the other half of jamie's pastrami and yes, it deserves to be on that list stachowski's - pastrami fast gourmet - cubano (i adore culinary traditions but find the chivito repulsive but really, every single one of those ingriedients needs to be on there!?!) 2 amy's - soft shell on sourdough am wine shoppe - admo (yes iam biased because this is our sister joint) taylor - ive had the same pork-provolone-raab thing there twice in the last month (t st): 1 was outstanding; the other was atrocious

This may be too late but we stumbled across Mr B's BBQ last year when we were passing through. Its the kind of place that one always dreams of discovering, especially when travelling away from home, that dilapidated shack sitting forlornly by the side of the road forsaken by even the most battle-tested world travelers, the creaky weathered swinging door hanging off its last two coppered bolts, the lazy indolent feline that greets you inside and the two pitmasters, sharing enough attitude between them to make a hampden hon blush, whose remain fixated on the the young and the restless flickering on the black and white tube in the corner that one must marvel at the 'cue they produce, given their lackadaisical attitude; but the 'cue, oh! the 'cue!

the goat at himalayan heritage crabs while the gettin's good cos it wont be too much longer

"do you know what it means, to miss new orleans?"

pesce and mourayo spring to mind

oh wait this aint facebook, i suppose i cant "like" this, let alone LOVE IT

You're quite right; last time we were up there, had a delightful lunch on the roof- simple unfussy seafood-heavy Greek (whats not to love bout that!?!) There is a patio, if folks are so inclined, plus a breathtaking industrial view. I believe its called The Inn at Black Olive, over there at Aliceanna and Caroline streets

Mathew's pizza in Patterson Park, bout a 10 minute drive out Eastern Ave from downtown, fits all of your criteria (except crabcakes): cheap, lowkey, lunch. I've been going since I was in utero and my family has been frequenting Mathew's since they opened eons ago; dining here is akin to popping open a time capsule, at least to my nearly 30 year old eyes- a liliputian dining room haphazardly decorated by the world's worst italian travel agent-turned-interior designer, the requisite bawlmer 'hon' waitresses, the red and white checkered tablecloths, the fountain soda, a gimmick-free menu, cold beer; I simply adore the place.

If you like ethiopian, and are concerned about the logistical (potentially) nightmare that is "8pm friday no rez," Zenebech Injera is legit. Zero atmosphere but does it matter when the food's good and the booze flows? You could just split one platter (say Baby Lamb Tibs from the owner's family's farm in Md.), thereby not waddling up Florida to the 930. Oh, and that whole 8pm Friday thing? not a problem. The bar at Eatonville has never had a soul at it, in my experience, if thats more your thing. Pilar, while still the best restuarant in the 'hood, would be an absolute madhouse; the recent reopening and expansion cannot help matters either, me thinks.

are you referring to jimmy's in fells point? if only i could find comparable scrapple and crab soup here in dc at a restaurant (let alone a DINER); sigh, suppose i will have to make my own

mathew's pizza on eastern ave; ostrowski's of bank street- both for serious old school deliciousness

For such a brief visit, and in such a locale as New Orleans with its quite literally dizzying array of eatingdrinkingdancingmusicculture, I'd try to hit the big boys, as it were: August or Galatoire's, very different restaurants, each exceptional in its own right, though I would say Galatoire's if you want to get a more, hmm... "historical" meal, a repast that demands your attention remain focused solely on southeastern Louisiana and its complicated, incestuous history; August is just Awesome, though decidedly more modern. Zydeco at Rock N'Bowl Cochon because, well, if youre on this board, youre either A: Industry or B: Lover of good food and libations (or both) and, in whichever camp you herald from, you simply must go if in NOLA, because Cochon is that.damn.good.

acadiana. boudin balls. several tvs

Now I dont want to be a negative nancy here but, well, I just gotta be: my wife and I were driving back from Morgantown (this wouldve been in early November) and went to the address listed there in Ijamsville and, well, it. just aint. there; as in, where it should've been, there was a sparkling new Harley showroom and body shop. Now, I aint the most technologicalified man and there's a definite chance I just copied down the address wrong, so my wife dutifully looked it up again on her Idroidberry and, lo and behold, same address, but still no 'cue, no sweet tantalising wisps and wafts of slowly smoldering fruitwoods and hickorys tucked into their sabled iron durance, no grates full of gently softly rotating oozing porcine parts and bovine bellies, no, just the long slow deliberate screech and whine of man's drastic failed attempt at his apotheosis two wheeled earthbound icaruslike. I'd like to be proven wrong here, hell I'd just like to know how we managed (or didnt) to get it all so drastically fantastically wrong; any body actually been to their second location?

its on magazine, down past the garden district but well before the swing into uptown. bout 4 or 5 blocks off st charles. the BEST SOFT SHELL ive ever had. if i may be so arrogant as to qualify that statement: my family is from bawlmoor; my uncle and his cousins were/are crabbers and 'wudder-men; i have a tattoo of a crab on my forearm. my great-granny smacked us over the head after she inspected our shells and found them too "full." and at casamento's i had the best soft shell crab EVER, in my 29 years on this earth. a cold abita and some colder gulf oysters to start and i, as they say, was happy as a, well, crab in sand in december. and you must, even if you dont have to, use the restroom at casamento's. you must walk the gauntlet thru the kitchen, past the woks (!) that pass for deep fryers here (no there are no deep fryers, though one wouldnt believe it by consuming the crispy salty treasures that emerge) and GO TO THE RESTROOM; its outside (sort of) and the banter and small talk ( and ribbing you get from the staff, until you show that crab tattoo) are the stuff that stories told to your grandchildren will be made of. all that aside, im ignorant as to the crab season in louisiana, though we get gulf crabs up offseason, so...

you want to go to casamento's; trust me.

strongly strongly dislike

absolutely not. which is why i never order crab at any restaurant

you lost me at "blend" and "indonesian"

Buzz and Ned's remains one of my favorite 'que joints in these here parts; tho' the endless loop of defeating bobby flay could probably be toned down or simply abolished. Its just up the boulevard from the museum. Comfort, just a short jaunt away in Jackson Ward down Broad st, has some pretty stellar sandwiches and fries of character. Millie's, even if it is on the other side of town (this is Richmond, not DC, so "other side of town" is, in actuality, something like a 15 minute drive) always has interesting options, if not always downright delicious.

cochon cochon cochon cochon cochon (galatoire's and casamento's) cochon cochon...

(i smell guy fieri...)

Admittedly, it was 7 years ago that I lived right about where your hotel is (on the corner with Euston Rd.), but there is a trememdous street, Charlotte Street 'bout a block west running parallel to Tottenham Court Rd. that has some truly trememdous eats. Of course, the only name I can remember is Pied a Terre, a Michelin 2-star with heavy dose of Gallicness but in an oh so English way. A quick google search should unearth the rest. Off the top of my head, there are both phenomenal Italian and Eastern Inidan, toward the bottom of Charlotte St. A little further down Euston Rd, toward Great Portland Street, is Villandry, a combination fancy-pants market, cheese counter, bar and restaurant, with the required 21st century emphasis on local, sustainable, organic, heirloom, etc...

'nuff said. (italics mine)