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  1. DanielK
    According to their Facebook page, reopening today at 3p for Happy Hour and 5:30p for dinner. No lunch/brunch yet, and no reservations yet.
  2. DanielK
    There's construction in the shopping center as well, which I'm sure is hurting the walk-in/drive-by traffic. But mostly this is a prod to readers not in the immediate Rockville area that this is worth a trip.
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    I worked in Herndon for a while, but it's been about 5 years. Every few months we'd go to the lunchtime sushi buffet at Matsutake, which was fine as far as sushi buffets go. Never went at dinner or a la carte.
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    We were the only people in there at lunchtime today. That's a crying shame - this is probably the closest to a New York pie you can get in the DC area. But the Sicilian might actually be the better slice. Chicken and meatball parm subs were great too.
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    I haven't been in long enough to give you any dining recs, but why "a lot of time" on Skye? I've traveled for a week+ in Scotland twice, and both times a day on Skye was plenty.
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    Sorry, I disagree with her. In NY Jewish Deli language, a Reuben is corned beef, swiss, sauerkraut, and russian dressing, on *grilled* (never toasted) rye. A Rachel subs out pastrami for the corned beef, and cole slaw for the kraut.
  7. DanielK
    A Cubano normally has both ham (glazed? never seen that) and roast pork. Do they just skip the roast pork at Earl's?
  8. DanielK
    Oh, can't wait to get (back?) there. Their fish dulet is the best Ethiopian dish I have ever eaten (haven't even seen it served this way elsewhere), and their gored gored is the best in the area IMO.
  9. DanielK
    I got a hint that promotion/relegation wasn't immediately obvious to many, so here's a brief description. In many European soccer leagues, in particular the English football leagues, there aren't playoffs. In the top flight (Premier League), there are 20 teams, and they're ranked 1-20 by points (3 for a win, 1 for a tie, and a series of tiebreakers). At the end of the season (38 games - one home and away match against each of the other 19 teams), the team at the top is the winner, and the bottom 3 teams (18-20) are "relegated" - that is, they drop to the next lower division of English football. At the same time, the top 3 teams in the next division down are then "promoted" to the Premier League. This actually goes on down 9 or 10 levels. In the USA, the best equivalent would be in baseball. Imagine if the 3 worst MLB teams found themselves in AAA the next season...
  10. DanielK
    Still getting the ~10% spicy ratio from the Costco ones?
  11. DanielK
    This also drives promotion/relegation, which is even further away in American than eliminating playoffs.
  12. DanielK
    You're parsing my statement incorrectly. I'm not saying that individual accomplishments don't matter. I'm saying that finishing with the best record in the regular season means nothing.
  13. DanielK
    Yeah, the pre-1969 was because having the best record in baseball guaranteed you a trip to the WS. Then they added the LCS, adding a round of playoffs, and then in 1994, the Wild Card. It's very hard to make the playoffs, and very hard to have the best record in baseball. But if that mattered, the Dodgers wouldn't have just dropped 3 prospects and a truckload of cash to rent Yu Darvish for the rest of this season. The ring is all that matters.
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    But there's a reason they picked up a Darvish rental for the remainder of the season - the regular season doesn't count. Only a WS ring matters, and it's been nearly 20 years since they brought one home even though they've won the division 4 years running. Ask the 2001 Mariners, who tied the record for best regular season record, and bombed out in the ALCS. The team with the best regular season record only wins the WS about 20% of the time (since the wild card era started).
  15. DanielK
    I am hearing 3-5 hour (!!!) wait on weekends. A friend of mine's son is the one that built the dragon for them.
  16. DanielK
    Yeah, I've never had a problem finding parking either. Usually right across the street at the convention center, and rarely, having to park on M St.
  17. DanielK
    This sentence absolutely floors me. There are only a handful of places in DC where lunch would cost this much.
  18. DanielK
    I will take your word for it - I don't watch basketball.
  19. DanielK
    This analysis suggests that Irving isn't worthy of the spotlight. Neymar has the chops.
  20. DanielK
    No shock for anyone who saw interviews with him. He was the #3 draw for Barca, behind Messi and Suarez, and he wants to cement his legacy as one of the greatest players ever. You can't do that when one of the greatest ever to play the game is ahead of you on the depth chart. PSG has Qatar money behind them, so unlimited funds. They'll make back the transfer fee in jersey sales the first year alone. Plus, half the Brazilian national team is now on PSG. Neymar said he wanted a more Brazilian feeling in the locker room.
  21. DanielK
    I haven't been in years - I used to go regularly, first to the cart when I worked in Ballston, and then to their store. But they were on the leading edge of an explosion of great pizza places in the area, and now that I have Pizza CS around the corner, it's hard to justify the 30+ minute drive to Pupatella. But I remember them fondly and wish them well.
  22. DanielK
    Closed. :-(
  23. DanielK
    It's not haute cuisine, but sometimes on a road trip, when it's that or some other chain, their perfectly acceptable chicken fried steak does the trick.
  24. DanielK
    I'm far from an expert, and the list is on the website, so you can judge for yourself. I thought it was reasonably priced and had some decent selections, but it was a pretty short list.
  25. DanielK
    Note that the Chef de Cuisine at the Columbia location is currently our very own @Antonio Burrell. The following review should be taken with a grain (or shaker) of salt, because I am friends with Antonio. Short review: GO NOW. Longer review: Immediately vaults into one of the better French bistro meals I have had in the DC area. This is traditional bistro food, tweaked in places with modern presentations and seasonal ingredients. Anything fried was fried *perfectly*. Savory or sweet dishes that involved pastry were impeccably prepared. And classics like pork belly and chicken were spot on. There's a decent though predictable wine list, and a very good coffee and dessert program. Prices are quite reasonable for food of this quality - apps around $10, and most entrees under $20. Note: portions were HUGE, but I didn't look at other tables plates, so it's very possible there could have been "friend of the chef" portions in there. But the prices would still have been excellent if the portions were smaller. There's not as much "Antonio" shining through as you might have seen at some of his previous spots, because this is a Cindy Wolf joint and the palette of French Bistro is the control. But it's clear that he's the driver and mechanic of a car firing on all cylinders, and that's reason enough to visit.
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