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  1. Rhone1998
    There's a guy in DC who basically does the same thing. His company is called Cold Country Salmon, and his products are great.
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    Not sure if this is old news or not but the Whole Foods on P St. is selling four of their breads now.
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    I know nothing of San Jose, but hear it's a bit of a food wasteland. We need to find a nice place for about 10-15 people for a work event, ideally with a private room but that's not necessary. We'll take what we can get, but the target here would be a fairly high end restaurant that can cater to a wide variety of tastes. Thanks in advance for any ideas...
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    I really enjoyed this little wine bar/retail space called the Barrel Room, in the Financial district. There are three spaces there, a bar/restaurant, 5 or so seats at another much smaller bar in the retail space (much quieter, easier to chat with the staff about the wines) and a "speakeasy" downstairs.
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    I didn't think I would like it but Archer (on Netflix) is hilarious and binge-worthy. A cartoon but definitely not for kids. Amy Schumer might be worth checking out as well. Neither of these are really of a type with the examples you shared that you like, I just find them both entertaining.
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    It seems like when there are cars available, Uber is lying to you about how many, and where they are. But many times I've opened up the app, and it's told me straight away that there are no cars available at all.
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    For me, simply based on the tone of the article, it's just very hard to believe that pizza was widely known to NYT readers at the time, unless you also believe that both the author and her editor were pretty much totally oblivious. Now, the extent to which NYT readers in 1944 were different from the broader population of New York or the rest of the country at that time, I have no idea. Also, given how quickly food became a mass produced and distributed commodity in the 1950s, I could see the country going from pizza being relatively unknown in 1944 to some version of it being available in a grocery store chain a decade or so later.
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    Funny, I had a modestly disappointing weekday lunch here recently as well, after many excellent meals. Got a bento box with two a la crate nigiri orders. Had no issues with the nigiri but two of the 6 pieces of sashimi that came in the bento box were tough and stringy...just bad cuts. And the appetizer that came beforehand was I swear marinated iceberg lettuce that looked like it was left over from the previous week's salad, not the interesting pickled vegetables I've gotten before. Was a bit of a letdown...
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    For your amusement, here's a New York Times from 1944 about a restaurant in Manhattan serving this exotic new thing called "pizza". The tone of the piece--clearly written for an audience totally unfamiliar with the concept--is fascinating, and goes to show just how far we've come I guess. 09/20/44 - "News of Food; Pizza, a Pie Popular in Southern Italy, is Offered Here for Home Consumption" by Jane Holt on query.nytimes.com
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    Is this the sort of place you might go to for takeout? Or just sit down?
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    Alas, despite what the lady who answered the phone told me this morning, when I arrived at the store they didn't actually have any morcilla. So to anyone inspired by this thread who was going to go there today, a word of warning. They're supposedly getting a shipment on Tuesday.
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    Straw, Stick, and Brick doesn't have it, but I talked to the owner there this morning, and she recommended the place In Bethesda as well for Spanish style morcilla, and also told me about a place on Georgia Avenue right near the Silver Spring line called La Fonda Paisa, which she says carries Colombian style Morcilla. Since that one is closer to me, I'm going to give the Colombian style a shot, and see how it goes in my fabada.
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    Any ideas where I might find Morcilla - Spanish blood sausage - in the DC area? So far I've struck out with Stachowski's and Wagshal's. thanks!
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    I believe St. Ex, Bar Pilar, and Cork Wine Bar are all saying they'll be open tonight.
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    I just drove by, and they are open, with people inside. I'm going to try to stop by later today. Today is probably a good day to go to show support.
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    For what it's worth, a few months back during a weekday lunch at the Rye Bar, all the Grill Room options were available at the bar (I was handed the Grill Room menu...I can't remember if I had to ask for it, but it was offered as if it were totally normal for customers at the Rye Bar to be ordering off of it.) This could be a lunch thing, or a discontinued policy, but that was my experience not too long ago.
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    The wine list looks really interesting. Has anyone ever tried dry Hungarian Tokaji? I may get that when we go later this week just for the novelty value. In researching it a bit I came across an Eric Asimov article from a few years back which notes that one of the best producers of dry Tokaji shares ownership with Domaine Huet in Vouvray, which also produces a stylistic range from very dry to very sweet based on one grape. We rang in the New Year with an outstanding Moelleux (the sweetest style) from Huet, and although that wine isn't on the Kinship list, other Huets are. I don't suppose there's a bar at Kinship? Could make for a great night of wine tasting.
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    I'll add my agreement, and say that their specials are always worth looking into as well. They have some really interesting stuff on the menu right now, including a winter melon curry that was delicious. I'm not so sure I would go so far as saying it's better than Little Serow or Thip Khao but it's certainly a big step up from any other local Thai delivery place.
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    The wine pictured was purchased yesterday, consumed last night, and not regretted at all. As a novice here, though, it takes a while to figure out how to think about this type of wine...half the alcohol, very much lighter than most table wines I'm used to. It's unusual to find a wine that's both "light" in this way but complex as well.
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    I know next to nothing about German wines. MacArthur sells Rieslings from two different German producers both named Schaeffer. Is this the one you mean?
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    I could have written your exact post nearly verbatim except I like beets fine and chicken liver, too. The only food (that I encounter frequently) I'd have to add to the list is hazelnuts. I count myself lucky I can truly like almost any food put in front of me if it's prepared well, so I don't fret too much about the few I find distasteful.
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    For the next five hours or so you can get the Wine Enthusiast for $3.99 a year. 11/24/15 - "Wine Enthusiast Magazine for $3.99 per Year" on discountmags.com
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    They are not being secretive about it, in fact they've placed an ad in that free food magazine that you can pick up around Union market. Which makes me wonder just how concerned they are about the food police, or the real police, going after them for customers "misusing" their product. I have to say it's a pretty ingenious idea, though.
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    Last weekend the DC Costco had 4-packs of Harmless Harvest coconut water, which is far and away the best (and unfortunately the most expensive, though the Costco price was a bit lower than usual) bottled coconut water I've ever had.
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    I would have added two things to Dean's note: the most reliable parking option is a bit of a walk from Dino's Grotto, but there's a large lot at 14th and U under the Reeve's Center that's open to the public on weekends (and maybe weeknights? can't remember, but not during business hours); also, put the Parkmobile app on your phone.
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