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Coming out of my long hibernation to chime in here: if you are a fan of the Memphis original, the chicken absolutely translates here.  And if you're not familiar, you should go.  Gus's fried chicken is one of the last things I want to eat before I die.

On 1/26/2017 at 4:44 PM, DonRocks said:

Sorry to mark it closed a day early, but I'm traveling tomorrow, and I'll forget. 

The Patina Restaurant Group only had one restaurant in Maryland, and this was it - they're very much of a New York-based restaurant group.

Not only does Bethesda have a lot of restaurants, but it has a disproportionately high percentage that have closed in the past twelve years.

I wonder if anyone has ever done a correlation between Montgomery County housing prices, and the stubbornness of restaurant owners to believe that Arlington County and Fairfax County have them trounced when it comes to restaurants (although Arlington County's star is quickly fading, and boy, is it a sad thing to behold).

The fact that anybody doing business in Montgomery County has to deal with the DLC can't help matters, either.

Is it wrong that I judged this place negatively on the basis of posting Craigslist job listings on a weekly basis?

8 hours ago, Lydia R said:

Chicken Fried Steak

pleasebeawesomepleasebeawesomepleasebeawesomepleasebeawesome

21 hours ago, Simul Parikh said:

except for free popcorn and some expensive beef jerky.

I have also seen ramen ordered, but I am unsure whether this is public knowledge, or an industry thing.

Also, one key correction - Kingfisher has NO drafts, it's just cans. But Simul is right, it's a pretty great list.

It is my coworkers' and my go-to after-work spot.  If there's a better way to unwind than beer-and-shot combos, 80s action movies on the TV, and free popcorn, I don't know what it is.

Thanks y'all!  Made the reservation for Epic.

Family is in town from Arkansas.  Looking for something for Friday night.  Her parents are not the most adventurous diners in the world, but there's no reason to resign ourselves to the nearest TGI Chilibee's.

Thanks in advance!

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[NB - I changed the title and tagged the thread. Rocks]

7 minutes ago, dinoue said:

Curious if that's for a whole or half chicken. Totally puts in perspective the $56 whole chicken at Kinship if you get half a chicken fried at a place that is not putting in nearly the technique and effort that Kinship is doing and charging roughly the same amount. The smokehouse chicken is listed as a half for $24. I have not yet actually gotten the chicken at Kinship, but commenting based on the raves of everyone who has.

I hope it's for a whole chicken, because $25 for a half chicken with waffles is ridiculous and unjustifiable.

I also hope it's for a half chicken, because while $25 for a whole chicken is at least understandable, serving a whole chicken as what can be gleaned as a personal entree from the menu is just as ridiculous and unjustifiable.

$25 for a plate of chicken and waffles?!?!?!

Closed after service yesterday.

On 9/30/2016 at 11:48 AM, Bob Wells said:

I've had that lamb sammy and liked it as well. But on my last visit to a Matchbox (One Loudoun) I felt it was overpriced. Food is 3-star, prices are 4-star.

It's worth noting that the Loudoun and Capitol Hill Matchboxes have two different lamb sandwiches, and if you thought the one you had at Loudoun was overpriced, I hope (or not? not really sure) that's accounting for the fact that the one in Loudoun is $4 cheaper ($12 vs. $16 on Capitol Hill)

Well, off to Wegmans, then!  Thanks for the help, all!

Anybody else familiar with these?  I fell in love a couple years ago, and I recently developed a serious craving.  Zweigle's sells them direct online, but the shipping is prohibitively expensive ($60 to ship three pounds of sausages?!?! Nooooooo thank you!). Does anybody know of a shop in the area that carries Zweigle's white hots?

If this was close to me I would probably go here for my pho fix, but it's not so good that I'd take a 40 minute metro ride each direction for it.

This is music to the ears of someone who lives within a 10-minute walk.

"Landlord files suit to evict Gypsy Soul from Mosaic District"

I'd question how appealing the menu is, frankly.  It feels like upscale TGI Friday's schlock to me - $12 footlong hot dog, anyone?  And walking by on Thursday night (when they looked open - maybe it was just friends and family?), I was more than a little disheartened to see not one, but two frozen margarita machines sitting behind the bar.

I could obviously be quite wrong, but the first comparison I drew walking by was Rosa Mexicano, down to the tableside guacamole.  Except that Rosa Mexicano at least tries to stay within the realm of Mexican food, whereas AG Kitchen seems to be all over the place.  Latin cuisine! Y'know, Cuban, or Brazilian, or Mexican, or Spanish!  Or a Juicy Lucy?

Sorry to sound so cynical, but in a region with such great Latin cuisine, I just have no desire to ever step foot in a place hawking Latin food for gringos.

Gee, this seems like a problem a restaurateur would *want* to have - I wonder how Elliott Ratley and Nick Lopata (of The Classics) feel about it.

It's not usually a problem - the Fillmore lines go the opposite way down the block, towards Fenton.

Like a rock.

Worth the risk if their customers will Turn the Page.

My vote is North North Georgetown.

South South Gaithersburg!

The article points out that some restaurants choose to implement a standard fee to all dining checks as an administrative charge. The example given was 20%.

This is still a gratuity.  Literally the only difference between this and the system that we currently operate under is that if I suck as a server, you're allowed to express that by docking my tip.

Meanwhile, since it's an "administrative charge," and not actually a gratuity, that means that the restaurant can legally take part of it for themselves even though they're implying that it's really a gratuity.

How is this better than the current setup, exactly?

Open!

Looks like Mandalay to me! I believe I spy the addictively delicious rice salad just out of focus. Please tell me about the dish in the foreground!

The yellow paper placemats are a dead giveaway.

This news is not at all surprising to me, or any number of friends who also worked for the group in the last few years.

"Could Matchbox Become The Next Cheesecake Factory?" by Nevin Martell on washingtonpost.com

Based on my 3 visits, I think that comment is dead on.  I had the fried chicken the first 2 times and just loved the dish despite it being very expensive for a 3 piece chicken dish with a biscuit.  I had the Chicken Pot Pie Fritters and the Hamburg today and they were both dry and disappointing.  At these prices there are simply too many good lunch options within a .5 mile radius to justify going here unless it's for a quick fried chicken lunch.

And even then, I can't see myself running back too many times for three pieces of fried chicken and a biscuit with a total price tag of about $30.  I really enjoyed it when I went for the first time.  And despite working very close by, I haven't been back.

Note this is owned by the same folks who own Scion and Crios (both in West Dupont).

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And in the same building as the Scion location in Silver Spring.  (I assume - I haven't been to either, but the addresses are the same).