jpschust
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Get your ass off the couch and go for a run. My favorite run in DC is to get on the Mt. Vernon trail and just go. Reward yourself with a beer after the run. No matter how fast you run, you're still faster than anyone on a couch.
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Lebanese Butcher is Halal, not Kosher- they are different. While many Muslims will eat Kosher meat, those who are strictly kosher will never eat Halal meat. PS- that means I just got 10 cents more use out of my Jewish Studies degree. Check out the Kosher board on chowhound
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I miss my sandwiches at the Italian Store so much. Chicago may have significantly better pizza, and it may have some killer butchers, but I still dream about my sandwiches at The Italian Store. -
Wine Pairings with Tasting Menus
jpschust replied to Wine Guy 23's topic in Beer, Wine, and Cocktails
I've been to a number of beer dinners and they've been excellent. I also threw a bbq last year on my back patio and did beer pairings for each course- it was excellent. I can probably find the menu for what I did again if you wish. I also have the last 2 menus from Moto and their pairings here. -
I don't know that you can pay your rent in DuPont without that kind of profit margin.
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Wine Pairings with Tasting Menus
jpschust replied to Wine Guy 23's topic in Beer, Wine, and Cocktails
and I was there about 2.5 mo ago. Not sure to which place you were referring when quoting my post before. If you were talking about CityZen I'd probably agree, if talking about Moto I'd strongly disagree. -
Wine Pairings with Tasting Menus
jpschust replied to Wine Guy 23's topic in Beer, Wine, and Cocktails
Horror Story: CityZen, the wine pairing rip off of the century. Success story, anything Kathy is doing at 2941. I wish more restaurants would open up to the idea that pairings need not exclusively be wine. In some cases they may be liquor, in some cases they may be beer, in some cases they may not even be alcoholic. Maybe the best set of pairings I've ever had were the pairings to the Grand Tasting Menu at Moto in Chicago. -
Apologies as I meant to follow up a few days ago, but life got in the way. I would suggest chive- I've always had good food there and it's in the Gaslamp. www.chiverestaurant.com Flemmings is a somewhat expensive, somewhat local chain that has always been good- it's a steakhouse with really solid seafood and a killer wine list (100 or so by the glass)- http://www.flemingssteakhouse.com/
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I've always had poor service there and for a town that prides itself on seafood, I've always had less than stellar seafood there. Let me do some digging for you- I don't spend a lot of time in the gaslamp, but I've spent a lot of time downtown which isn't too far. One place you must hit for dessert is Karen Krasne's, but I'll find you something pretty solid for dinner too. San Diego isn't much of a food city, but it's got a few hot spots.
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I've never been a big fan of anthony's. Are you going to have a car?
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I hear that it's paired with lafite and rothschilde wines for only a 6 dollar upgrade. Anyways, what advice would you give for the home cook who wishes to elevate their cooking to a more "gourmet" level?
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That's really sad, my heart goes out to Monique and all of the rest of Damon's friends and family.
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The pain is I don't even recall seeing the pairing list when we got a menu. My bad for sure, though no reason for a place of this calibur to take advantage of a patron.
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What is your ideal dinner for yourself? Also, favorite grateful dead show?
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OK, I'm going to be completely honest here. I don't get the hype over CityZen. We ate there last night, and a number of the courses were very good to excellent, though the baby lamb fell very short. Dinner was extremely expensive, moreso than our bills for the full tasting menus at Restaurant Eve and Komi and the quality of the wine, service or interaction with staff was nowhere near as high. What really got me was the wine pairings, which I will note were reduced in price for us based on the really bad lamb dish. Even so, 5 courses of wine pairings from bottles that retail for no more than 15-20 bucks, with 2-3 oz pours, where one of the wines isn't even a wine (it's Rogue Shakespeare Stout retailing at a whopping 6 bucks a bottle or so) makes me feel like I was taken for a ride.
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Yes, we ate there last night. Another place I'm going to miss, though at least I'm moving to the land of the steakhouse.
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*sniffle* last meal at Dino before we head out of town.
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$40 cheap date with full dinner? How about Tallula? Eleventh Street Lounge is a viable option as well.
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last night: thaiphoon. OK, it's not great thai. I'll even agree it's not particularly good Thai, but I needed something spicy and I was in Pentagon Row. It doesn't feel like a meal wasted, but nothing was gained from said meal. Today I've got my last lunch with my boss, then I think he's headed out and I won't see him again. (woo hoo!)
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Chicago has food? Last night I had my goodbye to firefly dinner. We were there past kitchen closing and the staff made it really special. Will, the GM, is a friend, the new Chef, Danny is awesome, and Ted, who I've met on and off a few times as our server has been great. Looking through my opentable list, I've been there probably around 20 times over the last year and a half. Food continues to stay consistently good even after John's departure, and the 3 or so bottles of wine didn't hurt either. Stop typing so loud
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The sad part is we are moving into a place with the first kitchen since I lived with my parents that I feel is really quality to cook in- high end stove is the key for me. I'm really excited to start working on french cooking again. I think we should find a spot for the chipper on a weeknight and then scamper up to PX to have a drink Good call.You'll see posts from me over on lthforum and in the Chicago thread here still.
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Well, it's happening. I'm moving to Chicago with my significant other. She's ready to go, I'm ready to go, but I'm short on eating time. Help me out all, what am I missing- here's our list of what we want to eat before we leave... July 10: Firefly (gotta say goodbye to Will and some of the staff) July 11: Open (but might be slotted for Dino, where we had our first date) July 12: Open July 13: Open July 14: Open July 15: Open July 16: Open July 17: CityZen July 18: Open July 19: Lunch at 2941, no dinner plans yet, last day of work for me July 20: Leave for Chicago, dinner at Moto July 21: Chicago, dinner at Carlos' July 22: Return from Chicago, dinner at TNR Cafe July 23: Open July 24: Open July 25: Open July 26: Happy hour and dinner at The Reef Price isn't really an object with these meals, though we've eaten at virtually every high end restaurant in DC including Komi, Citronelle, Palena, Eve (which we need to slot in there one more day), and 2941 (which we need to slot in there as well). What am I missing? (I'll keep this thread updated to throw some feedback in here)
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I'm going to put a whole lot of money on the fact that they didn't have it indicates they won't. I know the folks at New Belgium pretty darn well and they are insane about the refrigeration of their beer from brewpoint to service point. They simply can't do it to DC at this point. I'll leave aside for the moment that Fat Tire isn't a particularly good beer, let alone a good amber.
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Baseball?
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Interesting. I still own my place over there but I haven't lived in it for about a month since I'm trying to sell it (speaking of which is any Rockwell member looking for an insanely nice condo?). I used to go to Caribou to go buy all my ground espresso and to Tryst for everything else.