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JonParker

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  1. I thought An Loi was excellent when it opened, but it had really gone downhill by the time I moved out of HoCo two years ago. Can you tell me if it's improved since then?
  2. I went once and thought the burger was dry and tasteless, the onion rings were boring, they messed up my order and it cost too much. I won't be returning.
  3. I love that site. I would totally order from him.
  4. I read your caveat, but then you spent the rest of your review dissing things that are simply not their claim to fame. In my admittedly limited experience crab houses don't tend to do other things well. There may be exceptions, but that's the general rule. I try to judge places by what they are and don't try to force them into being something different. If I wanted seafood there's a number of other places I'd choose. Incidentally, I just got around to watching the video in your original post, and I'm pretty sure that's not Sue Island. It doesn't look like it at all.
  5. Joe, it's not a "seafood restaurant," it's a crab house. It's a treasure because it's a real crab house -- fat, heavy crabs liberally seasoned with JO and dumped piping hot on your table, served with lots of very cold beer. You're right, anything off the menu sucks. But that's not what it's about. I completely disagree that a good crab house needs a good soup, a good crab cake, or least of all good onion rings. The old Angelina's (which got raves from you) had what was arguably Maryland's best crab cake, but the rest of the menu was barely edible. Canned veggies? Yep. Fries and onion rings from freezer bag to fryer to table? Yep. They did one thing very well, and sucked at everything else. Yet that was far less defensible than what Sue Island offers. Angelina's pretended to be a full restaurant. The Sue Island menu is basically there for non-crab eaters who end up accompanying a group. One could easily argue that it would be nice if they did a better job accommodating those unfortunate folks, whose lives are already sadly empty without the further insult of bagged chicken fingers, frozen pizza or greasy onion rings. But that doesn't affect the real mission of the place, which is great crabs and cold beer outdoors by the water. And they do a perfect job of that.
  6. My fave BBQ in the area is Andy Nelson's in Cockeysville. Montgomery County might be pushing their catering area, although I honestly don't know. But they've got for my money the best BBQ in the state. If nothing else, their online catering planner includes prices, so you could get an idea of what to expect for your dollar. Andy Nelson's BBQ
  7. I went there last night. And yes, it's exceptional. Of course, if it does get lots of publicity, that's likely to completely change the character and quality of the place. Sometimes you can really help out a struggling business owner by ensuring that the word gets out about an otherwise overlooked gem (see Grace Garden). But other times all that happens is that a once great, blue collar place becomes overrun with Beamers in the parking lot and self-involved yuppies complaining about the service.
  8. I have been told that the whole pies are far better than the slices, but like you I went, was not impressed, and never returned. I don't remember it being awful, just horribly pedestrian.
  9. An update: I just learned that the pork belly BLT, one of my favorite dishes, is no longer available. The pork belly has been replaced with applewood smoked bacon, apparently because too many people were sending it back complaining that it was too fatty. WTF, cretins.
  10. This is our close-to-home place. We've been a few times in the last couple of months. I disagree with Treva on the gyros -- I found it adequate but not outstanding. But the pork belly BLT with tomato confit is delicious. Love the merguez corn dog. They do $7 foie gras on Mondays -- I've had a seared version with grape must that was outstanding. Tuesday is steak night with half-priced steaks. The hangar steak was insanely good (although the mashed potatoes and spinach were forgettable) and a huge bargain at $9. For price-quality ratio this is one of the best place in town.
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