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  1. 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.
  2. This is an important point (FWIW, every Pupatella post I’ve written in the past couple of years would have been from South Arlington).
  3. 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.
  4. Remember back in the 1990s when Thai Square was, by far, the best Thai restaurant the DC area had ever known? Elephant Jumps >> Thai Square, and has been for quite some time.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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. 🙂
  13. [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).
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