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To update the prior posts, Nodding Head is gone (possibly relocating), as is Katie Loeb (the cocktails are still excellent, though), but Oyster House is still going strong. I spent my New Years weekend in Philly and took refuge from the Mummers with some oysters and a bloody.- 7 replies
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The Midtown East location (240 E 45th St.) is still good. Here's a recent picture of their excellent pizza bread meatball sandwich. Unfortunately, it's only available certain days, which is how I know that the steam table food bar and made-to-order subs are also both well above average.
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"If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. ... We need not wait to see what others do." ~ Mohandas Gandhi
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This is correct, and the comments to the article apparently miss the point. While many of the comments are simply racist, the more sensible ones still presuppose a connection between Islam and terrorism that doesn't exist. It is the terrorist who are trying to make that connection, and the comments play right into their hands. This is not a struggle between Christians, et al. and Muslims, it's a struggle between humanity and evil. The fact that in this particular instance the evil shrouds itself in a fictionalized version of Islam is of no consequence.
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Muslims do not become terrorists because of their religion, they become terrorists because they feel disenfranchised. That feeling is fostered by a Western society that views Muslim as "other" (and some would argue lesser). Islam doesn't drive the radicalization, it has been bastardized to suit the radical ends. The response demonstrated in the comments you post does nothing but further the feeling of marginalization. It's not just stupid, it's suicidal. Islam doesn't cause terrorism, we do in how we treat Muslims.
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The comments testify to an ignorance so profound that there is simply no response other than incredulous amazement.
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As Carolyn Hax would say: "Wow. Just, wow."
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Wrong. For the most part, those people can no longer afford to live in Clarendon proper, though they arrive in droves on Friday and Saturday nights. The demographic now is largely 27-34, and appears to be somewhat more female than male. I also think that the men skew a bit older than the women (even after my old arse moved out of the neighborhood).
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You can usually tell everything you need to know about a restaurant by ordering the chicken.
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It's a very good restaurant that's not terribly expensive, has great service, and is, above all things, fun (if you let it be). There are plenty of restaurants in DC that do better at each of these things, but few -- perhaps none -- all of them at once.
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This would be the archetype of what you describe. They'll sell you one unglazed if that's what you're looking for. Spiral slicing the hams at the Tysons store was actually my job every Christmas break during college. It was a twelve hour shift most days, and they fed us the rejects twice a day during our 15 minute meal breaks. I still eat it now, so I guess it's either pretty good or I'm hopelessly brainwashed.
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On a positive note, you didn't get roofied, which I'd expect is significantly more likely than getting a decent meal.
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Don Rockwell on the expansion of Marc Vetri's empire: Don Rockwell on the contraction of Marc Vetri's empire: What's a chef to do?
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There was a popup with ramen, but it's over now. This ramen appears to be on the regular lunch menu. I assume the EBY in the name is Erik Bruner Yang.
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Two stars from the paper of record (and the critic a certain cantankerous forum host apparently respects).
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If this were true, I should basically already be dead.
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Nope. The author is Paul Horner, who is relatively famous for this sort of thing.
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One of the best, and someone I consider a good friend. Happy birthday, Andrew!
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Restaurants Failing to Accommodate Special Needs
RWBooneJr replied to Walrus's topic in News and Media
I really wish I could take my grandmother to Rose's Luxury, but I can't because she's dead. Obviously, this is the restaurant's fault. If they cared about their customers AT ALL, they would have opened years earlier when she was still alive. Four stars my ass. -
I'd be (pleasantly) surprised, based on the apparent financial issues, if it isn't sold to a local restaurant group within the next six months. Hopefully, they work everything out with their creditors and keep it going as-is, but if the creditors balk I'd guess that's where things are headed. There's too much goodwill in the business for it to simply close.
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In case you care, they're using this html theme. And there is or was a Kizuna in Buenos Aires.
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I would have said Michael Jordan, to whom I equate Gretsky in a lot of respects. There can be no analogue to Gretsky in Baseball or Football, where the size of the team and nature of the game diminishes any one person's individual achievements, or any individual sport, where personal achievement is the sole point.
