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  1. FunnyJohn
    Although, I'm reserving judgement, I'm not reserving snark: This place sounds like an excellent complement to the Cheese Cake Factory across the street.
  2. FunnyJohn
    Maybe they'll come up with a pill that could transform me into a mouse -- I like cheese.
  3. FunnyJohn
    DC may restrict food trucks to protect restaurants Say it ain't so!
  4. FunnyJohn
    Probably the Norks did it. Or maybe just gremlins. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/21/us-korea-north-attack-idUSBRE92K02W20130321
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    I think there are two issues in play here: 1) Condescension on the part of the bar tender 2) Not being willing to make available to patrons the "common" and more asked for varieties of whatever. #1 is just unacceptable #2 is a business decision as long as it is done without #1
  6. FunnyJohn
    Isn't this the stuff that Jay-Z stocks at his club?
  7. FunnyJohn
    Has this happened to you around here?: "Shea Berry, a musician living in Brooklyn, simply wanted to grab cocktails at the bar in Prime Meats in Carroll Gardens with a friend last October, but when she ordered a martini made with “a nice vodka,” the 33-year-old got something she wasn’t thirsting for: a tall glass of attitude. “This is a place that makes their own tinctures and brines their own onions, so we figured they would have some good vodkas,” Berry says. Turns out, she was wrong. “We were told that there’s only one vodka and it is very low-grade,” she recalls. The bartender’s attitude was, “ ‘We are only offering you the s - - ttiest vodka because, if you drink it, you are an [idiot].’ It was super annoying." I'm hoping this is a strictly NYC phenomenon.
  8. FunnyJohn
    Now's an opportunity to reminisce about the last time there was a great restaurant (or in this case, potentially great) in this area.
  9. FunnyJohn
    Any word on plans to have lunch service?
  10. FunnyJohn
    It's Food not Foo, but I agree -- what do we have Food Network for? NBC must be getting desperate.
  11. FunnyJohn
    Precisely! Since my #1 rule is never drink and drive the Metro is a Godsend for me.
  12. FunnyJohn
    The closing of Whitey's was a blow to its many customers over the years, but Josh is right -- the neighborhood ceased to tolerate the drunken brawls and other bad behavior of some of the patrons and the liquor license was withdrawn -- just as simple as that. Not wishing to sound like a snob, I will nevertheless suggest that Tallula was a plus-up for the neighborhood.
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    My buds with whom I get together for an occasional drink, sometimes at DK or New Heights, refuse to take the Metro from Bethesda -- beneath their dignity or something, but they constantly bitch about how hard it is to find parking, although they always manage, usually in the areas Don recommends.
  14. FunnyJohn
    Yes someone sculpted an entire room -- furniture and all -- out of Belgian Chocolate. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=19nXOqiWUH8
  15. FunnyJohn
    Hot Damn! I guess Green Turtle will have itself some competition.
  16. FunnyJohn
    "8. Bourbon mixes and pairs with many things well thanks to its flavor profile, once described by someone we just made up as "a whole farm buried in a slag mine and then strained through the drawers of a werewolf." Try the following combinations, or experiment yourself: Bourbon and ginger ale Bourbon and ginger beer Bourbon and cheese popcorn Bourbon poured into the bottom of a Blizzard and taken into a children's movie Bourbon and gummy bears <----A CLASSIC Bourbon oh god there is really nothing else on in the world except Choppedit's on everywhere forever and why how did this happen bourbon Bourbon and stale uncrustable found under couch=depression tiramisu" There are 9 other comments/suggestions. Click Me!
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    Did you know that there are side bets during Restaurant Week? Apparently there was at least one: Australian Lamb (which promotes Australian Lamb) sponsored a contest among ten of the establishments participating in RW for who, by customer vote, could prepare the best dish featuring...Australian Lamb. Willow, which you've probably guessed by now, won for its two dishes: 1) lamb, merguez sliders; and 2) cassoulet featuring lamb shank and a sausage made by Jamie Stachowski. As the winners, Tracy O'Grady and husband Brian will be going on a trip to Australia sometime later this year for the Sydney Food and Wine show which is supposedly one of the best in the world. Tracy wants to get the word out to others in the biz that these kinds of contests could become a fixture during RW, or even at other times of the year, and encourages everyone to consider participating, and for other food producers to consider sponsoring. She would also like to thank all her customers who voted for her lamb. The two dishes are still available -- I had the sliders yesterday for lunch and they are delish! The cassoulet is on the dinner menu.
  18. FunnyJohn
    Darn-it!
  19. FunnyJohn
    Dean: I choose to conduct my political activities through other channels than the way I participate in the marketplace. While I take your point in general I could say that the potential and probably unknown consequences of virtually every purchasing choice I may make, if I were to follow your methodology, would lead me to don a loincloth, get a bow and arrow, and cook whatever I could kill or obtain through forage on a fire in front of my cave. There are pros and cons to virtually every product we purchase. While you may have personal knowledge that WFM is truly run wickedly, I have heard plenty of stories from persons that I consider equally reputable that it's marketing practices are no more predatory than other large food suppliers. You have given me a good reason to drop in to Dino soon to discuss this further. BTW I did stop in around Christmas time, but you were off that evening. Hope to see you soon.
  20. FunnyJohn
    Another reason to avoid Great Wall on the weekends is that some of the prices on meat/seafood are higher than other (slower) days of the week. Although the last time I went on a wkday morning there were buses bringing shoppers in from out of state -- didn't affect parking, but sure did affect the wait time at check-out
  21. FunnyJohn
    Here's the Menu [coutesy of Urban Daddy] "Coming later this year: a raw bar and charcuterie station, and a 70-seat patio overlooking the river." Probably explains why the newsletter described it as a "pop-up" for the time being, as Tujague said above.
  22. FunnyJohn
    This just in New Menu at Guy Fieri's Outstanding Manhattan Food Emporium: Here's one entry: Appetizer Honkey-Tonk Double Barrel Meat Loaded Blast $14.50 A Sammy Hagar lookalike pushes your face into a leather bag filled with oil and if you eat the whole thing, you get to eat a 13 pound burger. [a cautionary on not registering your own full domain name] edited to add: I guess I need to look at previous posts before I do my own [another cautionary]
  23. FunnyJohn
    So far works on mice "Researchers have developed a cocktail of alcohol metabolizing enzymes that speedily reduces blood alcohol levels in drunk mice. The treatment, which has been compared to having 'millions of liver cells inside your stomach,' could have far-reaching implications for drinkers." Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280254/New-alcohol-busting-drug-sobers-seconds-developed.html#ixzz2LNUZrmDv Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook I'll probably have liver failure before this gets approved for use by humans -- sigh.
  24. FunnyJohn
    CLICK me
  25. FunnyJohn
    FWIW Article by John Fund on this on today's National Review website: http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/340971/mackey-maverick-john-fund . My criteria on where I will be shopping in priority order: selection/quality of product access -- i.e. how easy is it get there and park when you do comparable price point customer service Practically, this translates into an early Saturday morning shopping run to Falls Church Farmers market, TJs and then Whole Foods across rt 7 from TJs. Safeway, for common household products not available at locations above. [since the Farmers Market doesn't open til 9 am during the winter, infrequent stops there.] I agree with Don, that unless there is firm evidence of abuse of children, employees or animals, I will leave political considerations out.
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