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Beer Selection at Giant and Safeway
DonRocks replied to DonRocks's topic in Beer, Wine, and Cocktails
Remember when I always used to write things like, “Remember this post 20 years from now?” We’re two years away … … and nobody - nobody - has ever called me out on the Rhinoceros misspelling. -
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This is an important point (FWIW, every Pupatella post I’ve written in the past couple of years would have been from South Arlington).
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Call me clueless, but I didn’t realize until just today that the “RAD” in “RAD Burger” stood for Ruthie’s All-Day (*). PS: The lyrics in “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” aren’t “I get high! I get high! I get hiiiiigh”; they’re “I can’t hide! I can’t hide! I can’t hiiiiide!” How’s that for the ultimate Mondegreen? So, now your day is ruined also. 😛 (*) They’ll substitute cheddar for American if you ask.
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I had it last night, and it was the wettest, soggiest pizza I’ve ever had (from anywhere, if memory serves me). The panzarotti, however, are consistently good.
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As someone who’s had carryout from Pupatella more times than I can remember, I’ve learned from experience: Always specify “Please cook well-done” on your online order, then when it arrives, have the oven, along with your best All-Clad baking sheet, preheated to 500, and then heat it for 8 minutes (depending on your oven - mine is pretty lame). It comes out about as good as it can be every time. My build-your-own is fresh (not smoked) mozzarella, caramelized onion, sausage, and either pepperoni or sautéed mushrooms depending on preference - the pepperoni is small, crispy when reheated, and pretty mild. Their Veggie Panini is good, keeps nicely overnight, reheats the same way (wrap it in foil), and *greatly* benefits from a drizzle of your best balsamico. I usually get fresh (not smoked) mozzarella on this also, but once I forgot, and noticed that their smoked mozzarella is nowhere near as aggressively (I would say inedibly) smoked as it was a few years back, so this is also a preference thing. Don’t sleep on their Panzarotti either. They retain their heat during delivery, and will instantly silence young, hungry stomachs while the rest is reheating.
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When I had dinner with Andy Hayler, I asked him which three cities he’d most like to live in other than London: One of his answers was Kyoto. Go to his website, filter by “Japan” and whichever city you’re interested in, and then you’ll get a sortable list. Outside of Japan, you’re not going to find a better starting point.
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I went on Feb 10, and got a couple pizzas to go (thanks, captcourt). It was packed and overflowing with families - Pizzeria Orso is the 2 Amys of Falls Church. For neighborhood pizza, you can draw a legitimate comparison between Orso and Pupatella, but now that Enzo is no longer kneading dough, Orso has better pizza.
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Do you not find these as oleaginous as Danny Zuko’s pompadour? I ask in earnest because I’ve had this dish at least twice, enjoy the basic flavors, and could round-trip a carryout order in twenty minutes, but have actively avoided it.
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In case anyone is looking for Huy Fong Sriracha (there was a big shortage awhile back), they have cases of it at the Falls Church (Seven Corners) New Grand Mart location.
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I’m convinced that competitive eaters (and I’m not sure this person is one) have some sort of dendrite and/or Schwann cell dysfunction that inhibits signals from traveling to their brain.
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If anyone is able to add up the à la carte prices here, and reach $50, let us know. I can’t believe Restaurant Week still exists. Then again, I can’t believe over 74 million people … oh, never mind. 🙂
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Carryout: At What Point Do You Fold?
DonRocks replied to DonRocks's topic in Washington DC Restaurants and Dining
[Even our Ace has forgotten! People can write whatever they want to - I’ll change the title accordingly (or move the posts into a more topical thread, eg, if a thread is titled “Bread,” and someone posts about “Butter,” I’ll move that into the Butter thread, with a snapback link to the Bread thread.)] And I was going to get carryout from Kismet (which is the best Indian restaurant in the area that I’m aware of), but one look at their menu made me cringe. I could swear, for example, that the Dal Makhani ($15) and Pindi Chickpeas ($15) were both $13 just a month ago, although I’m not certain. This restaurant was already cringey-expensive for carryout, but it’s so good that I close my eyes and order; not this time. (This is why I usually write prices down, and encourage others to do the same - sort of a historical record, so to speak).