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    Guess I'm trying to do my own fact-checking. Yesterday's WaPo Food Section "Worth the Trip" had this: Did the offer change?
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    The kitchen closes at 2:00p per a sane-sounding gentleman on the phone (301-LUV-RAYS).
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    If you play the video in reverse I swear there's a point where RR moans "grrr...Dan Cole...mmmm" and her eyes roll back in their sockets.
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    WARNING: There is a Midday Michael. The surreality doesn't end with just his bedhead, popped lunch cherry or my transmission grinding shift from being at work one minute, at RTC the next and too soon back to work again. No, it's being in a relatively quiet place, fully awake and fully focusing on the food. Sure, we eat with our eyes first, but without the distractions [and sipping tonic water only] the quality of "Ray's" steak is amplified. Sorry, I didn't get all the permutations of the Filet Mignon committed to memory. I'm probably going to take my time and servings of bisque or spicy onion or lentil soup to fashion lunches suitable for productive non-steak-stupor afternoons. There was ample metered one-hour parking on their block and 2-hour meters the next block north on Colesville. This will be a great place for both restorative solo lunches or meetings in the booths.
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    It was good to see the update on Shoebox in the Cupcake article today.
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    Also agree with understanding existing customer base. Important to know if customers are mainly walk-ins or corporate accounts to boutique gift shops/grocers and if their numbers hopefully are growing.I had a distant memory of a Food Network "Recipe for Success" episode. Two cookie entrepreneurs shared a commercial kitchen in the DC area and were making decisions about growing/continuing their businesses. One made the addictive Salty Oat Cookies sold at Teaism and currently lives/bakes on Cape Cod - she may be a good contact...
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    Welcome to one of our unsolved mysteries. Perhaps we'll have to wait until the DEA lab finalizes their analyses.
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    WaPo posted an Annapolis Irish Pub RoadTrip map in their Sunday Source. Sometimes I have trouble picturing where these places are located and have to rely on the kindness of fellow Rockweilers...
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    I can't imagine that situation allowed you to enjoy the taste of your food. Also of unhappy note: CK will be serving dinner tomorrow (3/10), but not brunch.
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    Instead of highlighting excellent restaurant wine programs, the most recent two WSJ wine columns have been venting sessions. Last Friday's was the columnists' ten minor issues that cloud the restaurant wine experience and today's column revolved around reader write-ins. All the usual suspects. However, one complaint was local and I'm wondering if anyone knows the restaurant cited:
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    Late this afternoon I dropped by and found the sofa, but there weren't as many magazines and way more tables: two freestanding four-tops, two tables pushed against the wall (?three-tops) and two smaller deuces. Two ladies were cooking up a storm in the back and I regretted only getting a $3 bottle of ginger-pineapple juice as an afternoon snack.
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    It's been a while since I've eaten there (after a positive mention from a maybe CityPaper-era Kliman), but at the time there was only a two-top table, a couple of plastic lawn-type chairs, a wornout sofa and an ordering window into the kitchen. At lunch time, the room was pretty much filled by the furniture, more than my bodyweight in old magazines and folks awaiting carryout orders. There's a table out front, but even with perfect weather Georgia Avenue and the Cork & Bottle across the street are not picturesque. I'll try and swing by in the next couple of days to see if they've rennovated to make the interior look like the website's photo.
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    Thank you Heather for posting the link to Waitman's report [because I'd skipped over it when I started reading this thread]. It prepared me for meeting Franco. His megawatts of energy more than made up for the power failure. It was near impossible to keep up with him during the tasting. Everything he poured was different and heartfelt. The most interesting was the wine that had a funky nose and turns out to have more than hints of blue cheese. My purchase included two bottles of that NZ Sauv "Dyed in the Wool" -- good stuff in spite of the sheep on the label (some folks are on a "no animals, ever" rant).
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    CK will be taking reservations for Easter Sunday (April 8th) Brunch again this year. I don't know if they'll have prescribed seating times again this year, but the pacing and atmosphere last year were wonderful - a relaxed meal with the staff enjoying the tranquility too. It was cool to walk in and see a table waiting for us.
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    I will be in New Orleans in a couple of weeks and welcome your recommendations. Aside from a sentimental meal at Commanders Palace, my friend & I are looking for chowish, non-touristy places. We both figure Emeril's and the other big names will get their share from our colleagues, so we want to give our business to a wider circle. In addition to lunch/dinner places we're looking for a few weekday breakfast suggestions. Our complicating factor is we won't have a car. Please indicate whether your suggestions are walkable from the Canal Street side of the French Quarter or if it'll require a cab. I've read the Times-Picayune dining page and the New Orleans board on Chowhound. After reading the Feb 18th WaPo article "The Dish on a New Orleans Renaissance" and resource guide, I was interested in reading more about Mélange in the Ritz Carlton and found this reviewon the Offbeat site.
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    Carrie... Why doesn't your signature appear on OP in this thead the way it does here: Mealbreakers looks like the beginnings of an idea for a great book!
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    TPSS Co-op is my source for Bee George Honey. Locally produced from local bees and neighborhood pollen. Not sure how they stock their produce, but it seldom looks farmer's market fresh. ETA: Today saw a new, to me, product in the SS location. Three varieties of Bare Fruit (2.6 oz bags): Bake-Dried Granny Smith Apple Chips, Bake-Dried Cinnamon Apple Chips, Bake-Dried Fuji Apple Chips and Bake-Dried Pears. All organic without additives or preservatives. I may have found my new afternoon snack.
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    It is quite tasty and I'm looking forward to having the Charcouterie plate again because Central has since started serving their own cured meats along with a nicely sized portion of the Chicken Faux Gras. If you don't have your book handy, Ruth Riechl demonstrated Chef Richard's recipe on Gourmet Magazine's PBS show. The mousse is one pound chicken livers, one cup butter, a half-cup heavy cream (among other things) and no duck at all. The Parsley Gelée includes cucumber of all things. ETA: I'm glad Central's serving lunch - can RTC, please, be close behind?
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    Have any DC patrons/bars/restaurants been ticketed for smoking ban violations? Not really something on my radar, but after reading this article about the nonenforcement of Hawaii's smoking ban and our thread about the rapid ticketing of foie gras serving Hot Doug's in Chicago I began to wonder... In a city where teenagers are welcome in bars - anything is possible [maybe not "an only-in Hawaii" situation].
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    The most recent Washington Business Journal had an interesting profile of Joe Englert on its cover.
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    I'm very happy for Dean & Kay because this means more to readers here than stars from TS:
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    I'll probably wait for warmer weather to try some blends from this website:
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    Looks like Maryland is working harder to protect us from buying shares in cows from small dairy farms. Maybe things are looking up in for raw milk advocates in Ohio.
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    Thankfully the article is online now. After reading TedE's post in the News & Media thread, I spent a goodly amount of time Thursday on City Paper's site looking for the article [half the current edition's articles were online, half were NOT].If you're interested in more comments on this regulatory issue, read the thread "The Grapes are Free."
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    Will Antonio's new menu keep the bargain Don mentioned upthread?
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