Meaghan

This well worth my 600 pennies.

Ridges are hot.

I think I need to go to this place for sentimental reasons. I grew up in Glen Echo and my dad taught darkroom classes at the Park for years. When I was a little I remember going to the place that is now The Irish Inn, but then it was a dive called Travs. No doubt there was beer drinking on carved up wooden tables, there was the white rubbish riding motorcycles. But I was with my dad, eating chili passing time til my was finished studying.

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Does it use real coffee? The in-laws have a pod system and while it makes decent coffee I can't help but worry about the plastic products that can't be recycled....

Why, yes, it uses real live coffee. It has an " insulated thermal reservoir" inside, too. Ipod not my coffee. I'm a very anti-pod person. I got an ipod one year for X-mas and left it in the box for nearly two years. My dad accused me of selling it (what a jerk!!).

Tap water kills 1900 fish.

That means DC tap water is more toxic than sewage. WASA wit dat?

... I had no problem paying for the dish to begin with, but took offense at the server being charged for the mistake of the owner and kitchen.

Agree. Usually I don't want to give a place like that my money because you can bet that's not the only injustice... So, did the server go and consult with the owner before relaying the policy or did it appear that this was a regular drill? Was the owner on the premises?

On this the eve of Labor Day in America, I went to an ethnic restaurant where we ordered our food mild as was our want. One dish arrived so hot that even I, one who can handle things hot and spicy, went youza... Well, when we reported the problem to our server with a request to find out why it was not mild she scurried to the kitchen to inquire.

Upon her return she informed us that the sauce was premade and all they could do was hot. I checked the menu and it was not so marked. At this point we were nearly done with our dinner as time had passed. We requested that nothing be brought to replace the dish and to this she replied:

No, really you must accept something as we will charge you because if you don't pay I have to pay. It is our owner's policy.

Upon hearing this my mouth dropped; and I thought thank G-d for unions and fair labor standards. I felt terrible for the server as it wasn't her fault that the owner has a menu that does not reflect the kitchen and that the kitchen uses premade sauces.

Needless to say I spoke to the manager and said on the eve of Labor Day, in the shadow of the United States Capitol something seems unfair about making a server pay for the mistake of the kitchen and management. To this he replied "I was once a server and would you please feel out a comment card."

They ended up comping the dish and the server swore that she would not have to eat the cost, but to be safe I tipped enough to cover the cost of the dish as well as the meal.

In general, though, I'm feeling like that an ethnic restaurant (to which one sometimes trolls miles outta the way just for sake of an "ethnic experience") the diner should arrive with the expectation of total spicing or whatnot-a potential gastrointestinal and tastebiudial inconvenience-at the very least...and that true-to-heart ethnic places shouldn't have to accomodate for a non-ethnic palate. That's no poke at anything or anyone, merely Meaghan's opinion.

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Spanish tapas are good, often as good as the Asian/French tapas that you're seeing around. I like Greek, tapas, too. It's nice that so many tapas bars opening up, and with som much variety. They go well with vodka martinis.

Can I have some of whatever you're smoking?

Click here (registration required). Al Crostino, Zaytinya and Cafe Milano get the nod. Yawn.

Wow. It's really scary to see the words 'escape' and 'Washignton, DC' in the same sentence.

Why not Charlottsville or something?

GW wouldn't have wanted it this way.

And what did guests eat? One visitor from New York recounts the following:

At dinner wine, porter and beer. After it we drank about three glasses... At dinner we had two pint globular decanters on table, after dinner large wine glasses. Port was brought in claret bottles ... Menu ... Leg boil[ed] pork, top; goose, bot; roast beef, round cold boil[ed] beef, mutton chops, hommony, cabbage, potatoes, pickles, fried tripe, onions ets. Table cloth wiped, mince pies, tarts, cheese; cloth of[f], port, madeira, two kinds nuts, apples, raisins. Three servants.

PS: I hear GW liked his peanut soup and hoe cakes a lot. Lost all his teeth at 57.

Il Radicchio. Tell me about that place. It's been there and I'm wondering what it's doing.

Having said this, I would not rush back to Guajillo. In my experience, I have always wanted it to be good, as the menu reads nicely and offers up some very authentic sounding dishes. But the flavors just do not shine. Enough said for now

If you're willing to broaden the genre a bit, Samantha's has some inspiring (and authentic) Mexican along side its Salvadoran. In fact, the menu calls itself 'Fine Mexican and Latin American Cuisine.' And there you have it.

Mmmm. Thai Square is still such a gem.

Just yesterday, I reminisced with a known food dignitary about:

Roasted Duck in Red Curry Sauce ($10.95)

Tender slices of roasted duck in spicy red curry with diced pineapple and basil leaves

I see Thai Square carry out and Alsatian riesling in my future.

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While on the subject of food and kitchen gadgets, take a look at this one. Let's see, Vintage brand seltzer costs, what, 59 cents at Whole Foods (prolly 42 cents at Giant). I think I'll pass on this one...

Oh, wait! How did I know Boating Life would pick this up?

Today you can catch miss Nadya on WETA's "The Intersection" (90.9 FM at 11:40 a.m. or listen on-line ) beginning at 11:40 a.m. Good luck, cat!

Dear Santa -

Please bring Monica one of these. She needs the pow'ah of a 2.25hp Poulan two-stroke.

This thing was designed for the alcohol-centric world of boating or car-based bartending. I think it would look hot next to all my Dale Earnhardt memorabilia.

Love how the website hooks with, "Be the Life of the Party...Get More Dates!"

I want one of these!

Men should not like this toy!

I love you, breakfast!

Oh, no you di-n't!

I am sure the Capitol Market on 11th ST. will be open while Corduroy is closed.

Great wine selection there, too.

I want the Corn Zipper.

Your go now. Keep it real, though. No wine pods.

This reminds me...

Last time I was at Rio Grand having a couple of drinks, my friend picked up the coaster, which has the very animated Uncle Julio on it, and he made it talk to me about money in a Speedy Gonzales voice.

"Ahhhhh, you got skunked agggainnn."

If nothing else, I laughed...

Uncle Julio

I make my bed out of marzipan.

Shouldn't this be in the DonRocks is a Rockstar thread?