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    Rockville Rewards launches on Sept 9, 2015. Rockville non-profits sell a $25 rewards card good through August 2016. Participating businesses offer discounts to reward cardholders. Some DR-mentioned restaurants include: Ev & Maddy's (10% off dine-in, excludes HH), Quench (20% off at lunch), and Spice Xing (10% off entire check, excluding lunch buffet, max discount $20). Here is a list of the participating businesses. Non-profit partners keep 100% of card sales. On opening day, Sept 9th, the cards will be on sale at these locations for $15 versus the regular $25. A $10 savings up front!
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    So, here's the first line of narrative text currently at the website: But, in 2013 Missy Frederick reported on a press release stating Todd English's consultancy with MXDC had "been fufilled." I just wish the food was better.
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    So, every food service provider orders stock based on standing inventory, previous sales during last homestand, etc. Tonight, no vendors have any bottled water to sell in the stands. Be sure to BYOB for the rest of the homestand or be prepared to wait in line and watch the game on tiny wall-mounted TVs. Just saying...
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    Jose Andres' Pepe food truck will be inside Nats Park for select home games -- tonight and Sunday are such games. I had a fried to order chicken sandwich and it was fresh with a "safe & sane" amount of sauce. Unfortunately, here weren't any tapas or dessert items on the menu board. My +1 went and got a second fried chicken sandwich during the first "lights-out delay" and that sandwich had way too much sauce. Pepe was parked inside the Park behind right field, near the new Team Store, and where the "Build a Bear/Screech" store was previously located. There was no real line today although every customer took an extra minute or two to order. Edited after the game was suspended.
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    Do they still sell small boxes of "ends" trimmed from their pastries first thing in the morning? NOTE: I now, devilishly. have 666 posts.
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    Exciting times. Hopefully they'll be able to keep it together into the post-season.
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    In the same week that the Matchbox empire stated that they were looking for funding to take their concept national, there was this piece in in the Baltimore Sun by J.M. Giordano about Joe Squared: They're looking for $220K for the build-out and move. I hope they'll be able to take the roof-top garden with them. The article closes with this quote that sounds like a similar quotes about DC neighborhoods like H Street and Shaw.
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    The North Bethesda location (Old Georgetown Road & Democracy Blvd) that previously housed Hamburger Hamlet and Dupar's is in the midst of becoming a NYAJ's. Not sure how long the reno will take, but that parking lot will become a nightmare.
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    While "Thrown' Cheese" serves a bland mac-n-cheese (think Kraft stove-top), the mac served at the Virginia stand was savory and had chunks of crispy meatballs incorporated in the rich cheese sauce. Virginia's version is spooned from a restaurant pan and topped with breadcrumbs. On Wednesday, their sandwiches appeared to be served on buns (not biscuits) with a side of kettle chips. The Virginia Crunch (smokey and not too sweet) was a hit with my seatmates and would be improved by having smaller "popcorn ball" clumps in the bag.
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    I don't know how WSJ determines which articles are accessible by all and which are behind the pay-wall. I originally subscribed to WSJ before it was on-line and always felt mocked by the growing pile of unread papers in my office. When it was first offered, I eagerly changed my subscription to paper-less and have benefited from the on-line research tools. Other than the wine column that gave Don heartburn, the reporting is thorough and well-written. For example, yesterday's edition had an article entitled: Restaurants' Secrets to Keeping VIP Diners Happy by Alina Dizik. While some of the information is well-known to even casual readers of DR.com, some were new to me (e.g., Seven Rooms, LDV Lifestyle, and Table8). I'd be interested in knowing if this article and the link to the WSJ blog in the quoted section are behind the pay-wall or open access.
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    I know there are strong opinions about Chick-fil-A on this board. [http://www.donrockwell.com/index.php?/topic/3875-chick-fil-a-a-large-atlanta-based-chicken-sandwich-chain-now-with-a-food-truck/?p=48817] [i'll fix links when I'm not behind a big, green firewall] As a reminder to darkstar's post in the Eating at Nations Park thread, this season has a new promotion [http://www.donrockwell.com/index.php?/topic/8631-eating-at-nationals-park/?p=290739] For seven days after an at-home save, show your game ticket (or season plan holder card) and get a free regular sandwich.
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    The Orioles opening home stand of 2015 is well underway. Changes include the departure of Gino's and Stuggy's (Eutaw Street) as well as Polock Johnny's (Section 5). They've been replaced by Baltimore Burger Co, ESSKAY Gourmet Hotdogs, and Smithfield respectively. The Baltimore Sun's Richard Gorelick describes changes here. He also describes a healthy option from PlantBar that serves cold-pressed juices and vegan food. The Flying Dog stand on the lower concourse has no taps, just bottles and cans, For local draft beer, head upstairs (or up the nearby elevator) to Section 332-336 for Flying Dog and Heavy Seas. There's also a Sweet Water (Atlanta) stand between them. Other choices on the lower level include: Natty Boh, Goose Island, Blue Point, Sam Adams, Modelo Especial & Corona (at Ole Mole), and lots and lots of Bud (even a Cardinal Red beer wagon, without the Clydesdales). If you were at Sunday's game too, here's the gigapan.
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    Reading this thread I was almost hoping that GRK was the new name of the fast-casual Greek franchise presented on CNBC's The Profit. It's not. "The Simple Greek" is still exclusively in the Pittsburgh area. Oh well.
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    At the Red Porch, Karen (taller, field-side) and Laura (concourse-side) tend bar. Both are truly awesome - it's definitely worth knowing where they pour during the off-season. On Saturday, Dujuan (across from the Presidents' Club) had: Atlas Rowdy Rye (6.2%), Port City Porter (7.2%), DC Brau Stone of Arbroath (8%), and Three Star Ghost White IPA (5.9% and only 12 oz v 16 oz for the other taps). Dujuan thought the next tap up would be Mad Fox Irish Dry Stout (4.25%). End of the winter brews. There's a slightly different selection at each of the District Drafts stands (Secs 119, 138, 225, 309). On their website, Mad Fox posted a map with their projected draft schedule. Sometimes they're at only three of the four stands. Maybe the breweries will understand this marketing opportunity, step-up, and send "beer educators" to enlighten the stand staff (in 2011, Shake Shack opened with managers and team leads from NYC). The extra "white space" below the map is from Mad Fox's website, sorry. [Moderators - please fix, if possible] Edit to add that if you were at Opening Day, here's the gigapan link: http://mlb.mlb.com/photos/gigapan/?gpId=61fd8fa437f17302e0fbb73e0d65f3fb&c_id=was&year=2015&partnerId=ed-9077543-789098123
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    The Fox Chapel Shopping Center in Germantown has a sign up announcing a new Bon Chon Chicken. Specifically, it's the recently closed Roy Rogers (previously a Wendy's). This is the same shopping center as the Honey Pig (opened in October 2013). Should I be worried that Bon Chon's sign included the word "addicted" in large letters?
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    I'm wondering, in the shorter horizon, how Jin River will fare after Peter Chang's opens essentially across the street.
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    This exchange originally started on the Fried Chicken thread: Interestingly, here's the announcement about Chef Clark's new job: I still miss Colorado Kitchen. Sigh.
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    Given the most recent comments in this thread, here's an interesting read from Bloomburg Business by Kyle Stock and Venessa Wong. It's the "oral history" of Chipotle: "The builders of a $22 billion burrito empire"”the founder, his father, his college buddies, key execs, and a couple of pig farmers"”open up about how they won the fast-food future. And yes, they dish about McDonald's."
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    David Carr - late of the Gray Lady, but also remembered from City Paper. Bob Simon and now this. Longreads has a brief reading list of his writing and writing about him.
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    Is anyone following this item from NBC-4 about Montgomery County's Department of Liquor Control?
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    This location is in the Giant side of the shopping center near Starbucks and about 0.6 miles from the Smashburger (near Wegmans).
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    That same week, Song of the Sea will also be at the Angelika Pop-up (a long block from Union Market). The screen sizes at the Pop-up are not as majestic as this film deserves. Instead hit Crave, also new in Monkey Mall, but located near the Cheesecake Factory.
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    On 15 Dec, Rebecca Cooper wrote a short blurb about this in the Washington Business Journal. They're pulling out of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan (guess they aren't running for President):
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    West End Cinema: 16 - 22 January 2015 If you missed the summer screenings of this film, it's back for a one screen, one week run.
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    Since this thread is already loopy with martini variants, here's the video for Smirnoff's 'The Mixologist' commercial describing the deconstructed, steampunk reboot of a vodka martini including tapwater from the Library of Congress: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B3Dwmxo4OM
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