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  1. Mark Slater
    Every place I've worked in the last few years, when the waiters cash out at the POS , their numbers are entered into a spread sheet that distributes percentages to bartenders, busboys, runners plus the credit card carrying charges are deducted also. This seems to be standard these days. s
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    If you're shopping for selection, Wide World of Wines. If you're shopping for price, Calvert Woodley.
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    You can skip CP. Shitty selection,, overpriced.
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    According to Popville, https://www.popville.com/2019/08/woodward-table-dc-dowtown-replaced-by-cheesecake-factory/
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    In college I was a fan of Pointillism.
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    I saw him last year at Corduroy when I worked there.
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    When I was a kid (50+ years ago) the family used to go to a German restaurant called Voorst's near the Bowery. I cant find any mention of it.
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    I worked with Alain at Jean-Louis at the Watergate. Such a nice man.
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    I had a very enjoyable dinner at St. Anselm last night. Service was outstanding right from the start. The delicious biscuits are a great way to lose your appetite. We had king crab leg, beef tartare, oysters. All very tasty , except the oysters. They had shrunk on the grill and were very small. For a mid course we shared the salmon collar, which was enormous and beautifully cooked and seasoned. For main, I had the NY strip, a good steak done perfectly. Creamed spinach was creamy. Don't miss the mint chocolate chip ice cream for dessert. I was quite surprised to see a packed restaurant on a Monday night.
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    Cleveland Park no longer has any "fancy" restaurants. Plenty of mediocre places, though.
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    Menu and wine list were smaller than usual.
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    Big crowd waiting when I got there last night at 8:30. Dinner was great as ever. It was full till 10PM
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    I had planned on going on the late side.
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    Vace is close by where I work. I tried to like their pizza. Maybe its the sauce. I was similarly unimpressed with their meatball sub.
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    I always thought it was like grandma on acid.
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    City Paper reported a kitchen fire at Osteria Morini. I had a pleasant lunch there today on the patio. We left at 2:30.
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    In Europe, waiter is a profession. Students train at vocational schools (something the US sorely needs more of) starting at age 15 and get jobs for life. The three star I am most comfortable at and have eaten at the most is Eric Frechon at the Le Bristol. After my second visit, Raphael, the maitre d', remembered me, as did the sommelier. The sommelier there one Sunday night was 21 years old and had been studying for 6 years. The busboys have apprentices who are not allowed to approach the table. None of that would fly here, I'm afraid. Socialism!!
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    "Nice" or "Fine Dining" service in Washington bears no resemblance to the 3 Etoiles MIchelin restaurants in Paris. When you experience them, it becomes clear why it is not feasible in the US.
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    The busboy dressed as the altar boy swinging incense was a little much. As was the kid strewing rose petals in our path.
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    This time of year, I like to make elaborate antipasto plates for dinner. I finally found some things at Vace that I really like: marinated mushrooms, artichoke hearts and charred red peppers in olive oil (in a jar). I stopped by Whole Foods and got some jumbo lump crab and guacamole. Very pleasing.
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    I'm raising a glass of Gruner Veltliner to Jon Genderson of Schneiders of Capitol Hill. He was such a nice guy. Thoughts to his family.
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    Everyone is selling can wines now. Regular 12oz. Cans are a half bottle. Now they are marketing 8oz cans.
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    Fox and Hounds had the absolute cheapest cocktails in town for many years.
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    Convivial has a fun lunch menu. Plus, they serve lunch till 4PM.
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    I was impressed in 1974 when I could get a beer at the Munich McDonald's.
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