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Perhaps ironic, but my initial guess is that neither tax nor tip are included either, i.e., it's $150 just for the food. I don't know this, of course, but if $150 is all-inclusive except for beverages, that's a relatively good value.

I should have indicated that in my post. The $150 is inclusive of food, tax and tip. Beverages not included.

Reservations opened up this morning for the week of 4/12.  I logged in (you need to register with GiftRocker) to check it out.

It come up with several options:

Dining Room - you can book for either 2,3,4 people for $250/each

Chef's Counter - you can book for 2 people for $250/each

Bar Seating - you can book for either 1 or 2 people for $150 (beverages not included)

The BBQ offerings are actually quite good, they have a huge smoker out back where they make everything.

Closing on 4/24/16 per Eater.

"Crane & Turtle Closing Its Doors in Late April" by Missy Frederick on dc.eater.com

Closed.

"Ristorante Posto Closes on 14th Street" by Jessica Sidman on washingtoncitypaper.com

Opening day menu.

Drift-Menu-2016-0218.pdf

Closed. Changing to another branch of Fish Taco.

"City Burger Closes and Plans ro Reopen as Fish Taco" by Andrew Metcalf on bethesdamagazine.com

Looks like this project is in jeopardy of not happening.  On their Facebook page they are looking for investors - selling 10 shares at $5k/share.

They also now have a gofundme page

The full list of 100 is now available on-line.

Habit now has a food truck!! Please, dear Lord, make them drive it 2500 miles east!!

If Lady KN truly loves me, this would be my next car...!

Coming soon to Rockville.

"The Habit Burger Grill Coming to Rockville Pike" by Andrew Metcalf on bethesdamagazine.com

The above thread is titled cheesesteaks not Philly CheeseSteaks.  I've put in my time in Philly, in the PA and NJ suburbs, visited Wilmington a lot, put in a lot of summer weekends on the Jersey Shore, the South Jersey Shore (more Philly oriented) and the Delaware beaches.

Ray's Big and Cheesy or Steak and Cheesy (whatever he is calling it) is such a high quality meat with an abundance of gloppy cheese.   It is the filet mignon of cheese steaks in my opinion.  It oozes out of its roll...so its in a different class.  Its beyond a sandwich...but its better.   Have a shake with it.  Put on your headphones.  Listen to summertime beach music.

Its a sublime cheesesteak.

Can you even get the Ray's cheesesteak anymore and if so where?

According to their Facebook page the 2nd location in Cathedral Commons opened last night.

I was fortunate enough to luck into some free tickets last and took along my son.  It was the first time I have watched a basketball game and only focused on one player the entire time he was on the court. It was amazing to watch how hard he worked to get in position for a watch.

Unfortunately, John Wall put up his best performance of the season on the wrong night.

Grew up in NE Philly until I went off to college so my list is partial to this party of the city:

Steve's Prince of Steaks

Chink's Steaks (now Joe's)

Tony Luke's

Dalessandro's

Slack's Hoagie Shack

Opening another location in Bethesda - former Haven/Pitzze location.

Should we tell them that Bethesda is in MD and not DC.

I wish they would have some standard items that you could order.  I get too flustered with all the options and the pressure of not holding up the line.  It was much simpler when they first opened and had limited options.

Anyone want to share what they commonly order.

Interesting, Rasika was the one spot we were hoping to use our gift certificate at but when I entered the code and search it does not come up.  All the others you listed did and I agree no shortage of possibilities.

Eater finally caught up on your scoop, no credit given.

The Rockville location at Pike & Rose is now open.

The location near Montgomery Mall has closed.

Pesca Deli is now advertising that have also opened a butcher shop across the street at 4961 Bethesda Avenue called Butchers Alley.

I believe it was a Mexican place prior to Jiffy, maybe La Plaza.

I could be wrong but I think the dining certificates good at any OT restaurant are gone and you are now stuck redeeming your points for the gift cards only good at certain places.

We received an Open Table gift certificate ($150) from some family members as a Christmas gift.  The new system is a little disappointing as the certificate is only good for certain restaurants and not any place listed on Open Table.  There is a long list of chains and mediocre places that it can be used. We were looking forward to using at some places we have been wanting to try but no such luck.

I hit up Overwood every once in awhile for lunch and the food is not stellar but consistent.  I usually sit at the bar and the service is great.

Same question came up today in Tom's chat, his response:

Octopus is becoming like pork belly: ubiquitous! Probably my favorite version right now is the octopus crisped over a wood fire at the recently reviewed Centrolina in CityCenter.