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    Even though it's convenient for going to a movie at the Charles, this place is really mediocre and overpriced. You're much better off going to one of the nearby mom and pop Korean restaurants and getting real food than this tapas rip-off stuff, or go to Pazo for higher quality tapas.
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    I eat here with some regularity and keep coming back because they do all the standards well, have an experienced and friendly staff, good parking, a very good wine list and reasonable prices. A good choice for a bustling neighborhood bistro. The table under the stairs is a nice, quiet private spot.
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    Washingtonian's Best Bites gave a nice write up to Proof. Apparently the sablefish is well loved in-house as well: As for the decor, critic Sara Levine agrees with jordanu:
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    There are recipes posted here.
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    It was a wonderful way to spend two cool hours on a hot summer day.
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    Welcome, Whitemarshjohnny! There is a longer Martick's disussion on chowhound.com. The moldy, musty smell, peeling wallpaper, ripped plastic seat covers, soap-spotted jelly jar wine glasses (and that's before I even discuss the so-called "brasserie" fare) may appeal to some in Baltimore as "charming." I give Morris credit heading into the kitchen every day - but I'm just not drinking the charm Kool-aid.
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    me! And Manresa later in the week.
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    (703) 841-7297
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    For Neopolitan-style pizzas, Iggie's on Calvert St. in Mt. Vernon is worth seeking out. It's a funky little space - self-serve and seating at mismatched chairs and tables, and there is a great long communal table in the middle, but the pizzas are what makes it worth coming back for. The thin crusts have a really nice char, and hold up well to the toppings. My favorite is the "Alice" which is fresh tomatoes, spinach, goat cheese, pesto, and garlic with parmesean cheese. Their plain Margharita is also good. For something different I tried the Anatra, which is duck confit, blue cheese, red onions and asparagus. It was ok, but you have to be in the mood. There are two sizes, the 8" and the 14" - prices are $6.50-$10 for the smaller and $10.50-16.50 for a large. That's probably a little high for Baltimore, but nothing out of the ordinary for DC. There's also salads (avoidable), pastas and soup, but it's the pizza that I go for. The owner, Linda Heckman came from the now-closed Soigne. They don't take tips, but there is a jar for the "charity of the month" which is always a local charity. And it's only a couple of blocks north of Center Stage.
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    Wiki-wiki. In New York City blocks it is either 5 Short Blocks or 2.5 Long Blocks.
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    I'll have to get this. When I lived in Manhattan I went to Shopsins for breakfast a lot. The first one on the corner of Bedford. Not enough to be a regular, but enough to learn some of the rules. Put Colorado Kitchen's rules to shame. For instance, you could not order the same thing as anybody else at the table! Not that it was a problem with that menu God knows. Supposedly Woody Allen was a regular but I never saw him there. It was amazing how Kenny, the owner, (and his daughter, the waitress) could remember all the different things on the menu and reach up and pull just the right ingredient containers off the shelves.
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    Welcome elpedro1. You may have missed it upthread, but Beck's has a beer sommelier you can call upon to help with your beer selections. Next time have him help, and that should really impress your date - maybe even moreso than ordering bottled water.
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    Isn't pizza is still nominally considered to be Italian?
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    Just a few days ago, OpenTable listed this place as "Black Pepper," a new restaurant taking reservations, for an impending opening. Now it's nowhere to be seen on the website. It was listed at 1143 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. Now that space seems to be occupied by MBrasserie, (and also where Shula's was.) Did they just change the name at the last minute? OpenTable's blurb says MBrasserie is:
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    Another venture from David Winer, who owns Logan Tavern and Merkado Kitchen, is supposed to open this week in Columbia Heights. It is being described as an "industrial-chic American" restaurant with an outdoor patio. No idea on the menu.
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    I understand including a recipe as SOP, but the writer could have chosen to make something just slightly less simplistic than a rum and tonic. I am not suggesting he start with a Zombie, but maybe a Pink rum and tonic, or a Flamingo would have made for more interesting reading.
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    32nd Annual Pork, Peanuts and Pine Festival And the Marshall Tucker Band too! July 21-22 at Chippokes Plantation State Park in Surry County, Virginia, on the banks of the James River. They'll be serving up charcoal grilled pork chops, ham sandwiches, sausage, bbq, pork rinds, cracklings, chitterlings, salted peanuts, peanut candy, peanut pie, applejacks, lemonade and other healthy food. Marshall Tucker Band will be on stage Saturday from 3:30pm - 5:00pm, but there will also be gospel, country and bluegrass playing. And of course there will arts and crafts, hayrides, and a parade with Little Mister and Miss Peanut (no, not our Peanut). and pssst: free admission. More info ---> here
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    [Central New Jersey Thread continues ----> here.] Good luck Blake and Beth!!! I will miss seeing you at the bar at RTC as you start a new life in the home of the jug handle.
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    A random dim sum selection More steamer baskets arriving: Not exactly sure what this dessert was, but it was delicious:
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    Panico's on Church Street. Even if the decor is somewhat dated (and the prices high for the neighborhood,) their daily osso buco special is out of this world.
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    This sounds like one of those "there's two sides to every story" meals. You describe your dinner as a "very, very disappointing" experience, yet the food you did get was fine and you got to sit where you requested "not long after" you arrived. Did you explain to your waitress (or anybody else) that the wine you had chosen was intended for fish dishes and that you would like a different wine that would pair better with the octopus, pasta and risotto? IMO, the waitress should have been commended rather than criticized for erring on the side of caution by checking with the kitchen before taking your dessert order. Understandable given you'd been "absolutely furious" that she hadn't done so with the entrees.
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    A 2 Amy's pork sausage, pancetta and polpettine pizza. Whoda thunk? How did the crust hold up under all that meat, cheese and grease?
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    My road trip turned out best it sounds like. Parked the car (free all weekend) at New Carrollton Metro garage. Greyhound Bus arrived on the dot to pick us up. New bus, 10 passengers, plush reclining seats, quiet ride up without a single stop and pulled into Port Authority 15 minutes early. Hopped on the R train and was at Canal Street about four hours after I got on the bus in Maryland. $23. Return trip on Sunday was almost as effortless: a full bus, but very respectful and quiet, smooth and air conditioned. There was the usual Delaware toll back up, but the driver did a work-around and we got back to Maryland non-stop in slightly over four hours. $23. No complaints here! The dim sum at DSGG was excellent. We ordered mostly from the steamed dumpling lists, both vegetarian and meat/poultry/seafood. We had rice roll with shrimp, shrimp dumplings, shui mai, chives and shrimp dumplings, duck dumplings mushroom dumplings, chicken with sticky rice in lotus leaf, Chinese parsley dumplings, steamed bao...whatelse??? Fresh mango pudding for dessert that was new to me and a real winner. On the fried side we tried the shrimp and mango rolls which were delightful, and we started with some fresh Chinese broccoli. They had run out of the roast pork buns by the time we wanted to order them at 2pm. We had a reserved large round table in the center of the room. It was a bit loud to be talking across the table, but what a feeding frenzy! I will post some photos later. At the gelateria, my selectioins were hazelnut and blackberry. Both were very good, but the blackberry didn't pack a full flavor punch like the hazelnut, nor the unique kick of cucas87's basil.
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