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    The steakburger on a lunch menu, please?
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    There is a third way to stretch Dupont Market's capacity besides adding hours or expanding down the block (out on a sidewalk where dogs are still permitted).I heard a cool story on pubic radio this morning. Farmers Market Goes Online describes how New Hampshire shoppers are able to preorder online and then on market day only have to hit the pick-up booth instead of the jammed marketplace. The Local Foods Plymouth website is active for incoming orders on Tuesdays (so farmers get orders Wednesday) for Thursday market. It a neat site because you can see what's available "up North."If this was adopted at the larger markets run by Farm Fresh, arrival times and shopper denisty woundn't be such an issue.
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    I'm not sure if we have enough chili chefs... Hmm, giving sides some serious consideration.
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    For those reading this in the future -- I'll save you searching the ToddChogArchive:
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    Doesn't Myriad Restaurant Group own 15 ria in the Washington Terrace Hotel?
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    Not sure whether you're looking for delivery or eat-in. For eat-in/carry-out try Vicino across the street from Jackie's. It's kid-friendly in an old school way (well-mannered families, not take 'em to a noisy place so nobody'll notice). Not DOC pie, but real in its own way. If looking for delivery, you may need to resort to TJ's imported, frozen pie with some minor "modifications."
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    I haven't had a chance to compare PTI's regular menu with the regional dishes from our May DR dinner, but hope many are available. From the Eastern/Bengali course I preferred the Kosha Mangsho Shorshe over the Bata Maachh - its mustard hit me as a single note that overpowered the fish. The evening was a blur of spice (among other things), but a great introduction to regional Indian food not found elsewhere in DC - it's worth checking out.
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    I drop by Rodman's for UK candy after dentist appointments (getting my parking validated). but have no home inventory to check their source (long term survival is rare in my care). I'll look closer next time. By the way - there's a UK bar with a skyline that looks like NYC on the wrapper - does anyone know its name?I remember English guests shocked to see a Twinings tea in my pantry that they'd never seen before -- Irish Breakfast. They promptly bought several boxes to take home...
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    There was a McCormick's ad in Sunday's paper that gave new meaning to the term "Old Spice." Basically, the spice pictured is almost old enough to drive...
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    There were two WaPo articles in August: Aiming High, Aiming Low about Food Lion's market segmentation strategy and With Stores in Store, Giant Goes Gargantuan about Giant's response to the increased competition.So, how does Food Lion decide which stores stay the same and which morph up (Bloom) or down (Bottom Dollar)? An article on the Acxiom website describes how this company allocated customers into 70 (seventy) market segments and matched them household by household with Food Lion's member discount card database to determine merchandise mix. Now, it was probably used to determine whether your neighborhood gets a Food Lion, Bloom or Bottom Dollar (quick, helpful house-hunting flags when scoping out a neighborhood). Two FLs in Gaithersburg have morphed; one each, Bloom (behind Costco) & Bottom Dollar (same center as New Fortune). Haven't checked either of them out -- sticking with TJ/Costco/SFW, but eager to see Harris Teeter when it opens out on Rt 28. Sorry Harold, from page 2 of Bloom's current sales flyer (bulk mailed to my house): Edited to respond to upthread query
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    This week the Washington Post had a couple of interesting RTC mentions: On Wednesday, I saw the RTC Pastry Chef's name in "print" for the first time. Leigh Weinfield is late of Citronelle, Charleston, and Palena(?) and my new dessert hero. I remember Yi Wah (the bartender) singing her praises when I had a light, solo dinner at his bar (2 apps, dessert and bar pairings), but neglected to get the spelling of her name. Recently, someone I work with took his hometown honey to dinner and commented that Leigh's Peach Charlotte was better than Mom's version (to Mom's total dismay and request for a recount). Buried in Thursday's Montgomery County Extra (local edition) was a mini-review of RTC.
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    They're baaack. A sure sign that summer's over. There was a nice photo of a relaxed and smiling Chef included with their eNewsletter, but I haven't gotten permission to post it here.
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    Bastille was one of the new restaurants mentioned in an article titled "Chefs Check In" from today's Wall Street Journal (subscription required). While the article focuses on big-time chefs opening outposts in hotels (with tough performance/attendance clauses in their contracts), it describes Bastille in a text box along with other new restarants around the country (e.g., BLT in DC):
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    Thanks for reminding about this place. It's in the light industry area behind the Beltsville Costco (off Route 1, north of the College Park Ikea).The Restaurant Association of Maryland site has a pretty comprehensive equipment supplier list (includes DePalo and Martin Bamberger in Baltimore). I went to the All Clad seconds sale, held in the Washington County (PA) fairgrounds, last year and was greatly rewarded (lots of 70% off stuff) because I was one of the first 10 (yawn) in line when they opened. A great adventure (usually early June & December) -- call the AC corporate offices for sale dates.
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    /Bump/ Thought y'all would like to get some follow-up on this situation. Not sure where Fran O'Brien's is with getting a new location -- but the Wounded Warrior dinners live on in rotating locations. Hal Koster and Marty O’Brien still participate and are greatly aided by the generosity of Washington's restaurant community. There's a good article in last Friday's Stripe (Walter Reed's weekly newspaper).
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    Fortunately, there is a bottomless coffee urn in the lobby at work. Fortunate because I was able to partially caffeine-resuscitate myself before eating the cannoli I carefully toted back from today’s lunch. It was still touch & go, but I survived the bolus of sugar and crispy shell without falling off the Glasgow Coma Scale. Don’t know what would have happened if I started with the Chocolate Hazelnut (w/Mini-Jimmies) instead of the safer Cherry Pistachio side… It was a great lunch made even better by sitting with some familiar faces in the back patio. Hope this wasn’t the last grill, but really glad I made it if it was.
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    No, HH has always owned Portner's. I think they opened in something like 1983-84 and got their initial manager from the Chevy Chase HH.
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    I've noted your place driving on Rt15 by Mount St Mary's College (near the turn for RoundTop Skiing). Looks like a big ole barn of a roadhouse. What's weekend lunchtime like for a designated driver on the road towards Gettysburg trying to avoid chain fastfood?
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    The announcement that the Boston Globe's Joe Yonan will be joining the WaPo Food Section mentioned an article he wrote on food shopping in Montreal. Excellent read and thought it should be linked here.
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    I've had luck going early. Like (waiting in line) before they open on the weekends or arriving before 5p during the week. I missed lunch at work a couple of weeks ago and treated myself to an early dinner. It was a wholly different place -- like a cool, airy café that nobody's heard of -- dreamlike. I caught this piece done with the WaPo GOGs on yesterday's CH9 evening news-nowcast (click on video link). Too bad their reporting didn't clue the viewers about the parking...
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    Now that thoughts are turning to Restaurant Week -- I'm thinking about revisiting places NOT participating in RW. One of them is Pyramids -- a moroccan restaurant a couple of blocks south of Howard University Hospital on Florida Ave (two blocks east of intersection with Georgia Avenue). I was part of a mixed group of DR and CH folks who recently tucked into an amazing meal there. Steve's report on Chowhound reflects my experience at the table. One thing, the carrots had an intense cumin flavor that reminded us of some "special Sichuan" food no longer found in our area (NO relation, just happy memories). If you're driving east on Florida, turn right on 6th on the corner where the restaurant's located and I've been lucky with parking in the first block in the neighborhood. Kdhkg Bnows (cook & wife of owner) says she usually stays open well past midnight because Howard Univ. students call for late, late meals (a real endorsement). Note that there are only three 4-tops, 2-3 deuces and about 5 tall stools for eating on a bay window bar -- our group of five put two of the 4-tops together because we ordered so very much... I must give props to Tom Sietsema for writing a blurbette on this place in May (repeated again in a recent TomChat):
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    Maybe I've been eating out too much lately, but I don't see Tom's star(s) in the body of his review - only three stars submitted by one reader in the overview box... Tom's 13 August review of Jimmy's on K Street
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    Rx: Muga Rosé, 120cc PO x1 Dominion Unfiltered Wheat Beer with a fat wedge of orange, 240cc PO x1 Muscato D'Asti, 80cc PO x1 Sig: Sip slowly, each in turn paired with wonderful food, head home, elevate feet, smile. Repeat PRN stress, hunger, fatigue. Dr. Yi Wah, RTC (Practice limited to the sacred healing art of the potent potables)
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    Free SS-WiFi is just one of the benefits of the new, downtown Silver Spring. There's a Panera in the broadcast area and a swanky new dinner spot.
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    Yes, hopefully none of you saw me driving into work this morning laughing my head off (just having read this thread before hitting the road) when this story was broadcast (between traffic reports) on WTOP radio. This is for a competitor of Wine Clip -- the Bev Wizard, although they both share magnet technology.... Is there a scheduled PR blitz every couple of months?
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