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  1. people can gift you miles or book with miles a trip for you. You may be able to talk someone into doing it for you or offering them cash for miles.
  2. I haven't found anywhere that's better than Yechon.
  3. I think at this point, it's what happens when people look at this situation and try and rationalize how this could happen repeatedly. The mafia makes way more sense than just bad luck and bad management 4 times.
  4. your examples were non specific what if's, not concrete examples. So unless the folks running it are known to be good upstanding citizens, we should just assume that everywhere is shady and avoid them all and anything short of that would be hypocritical?
  5. Didn't say it did, but if something similar happened involving someone else should we not talk about it because some don't believe this is the right forum for that conversation?
  6. If it's a known fact and/or folks are convicted then why wouldn't they be treated the same? It's not like RD is being singled out because people have a grudge against him. What better place would there be to talk about the morality and ethics of the restaurant business than a food board full of people who eat out a a lot and restaurateurs? Who better to talk about it than people who care enough to post on message boards about their meals?
  7. Sorry you don't agree with the use of the word, but it does fit what a lot of people did. I don't think anyone is trying to turn it into anything more than it was. It was your assertion that people should start a charity as an attempt at a dig.
  8. You're assuming they all knew. And at 10% unemployment, can't really blame anyone for trying to get a paycheck. Not really sure what the point of your question is? Do you honestly believe that there's no ethical component to deciding who to spend your dining dollars with? If people didn't keep feeding the problem, they wouldn't keep opening up restaurants and adding to the numbers of folks left in the wake.
  9. except when that person is a felon with a known history that folks chose to ignore for whatever reason. Getting hyper defensive now after another case of it doesn't really change anything, and pointing to those that chose not to eat there for ethical reasons is just an attempt to absolve themselves of any blame. There is a fundamental difference between a boycott and the creation of charity. The assertion that the only way to show you care is to actively create something for everything you choose to boycott is hollow. If you don't care, you don't care. That's fine, but don't try and give people grief who saw it coming and chose not to take part.
  10. yeah, you do. It's not like you consume things at the supermarket or hardware store and then pay for them. Given the specific situation for this restaurant, I don't really see the issue. It's not the kind of place that can rely on walk-ins to fill any open slots, so they have to do what they can to protect the business.
  11. we just got back and tried both. both are exceptional and I liked them more than PDC. DNA was interesting because everything changes weekly and only local. We had an insanely good creme brulee with a local Quebec herb/flower. Grilled pig heart and roasted suckling pig complete with cracklin.
  12. you may want to give them a call. http://www.dixiesheetmetalworks.com/
  13. the meal I had here a few weeks ago doesn't mimic what you folks are saying. We had caramelized fish in a clay pot and a pork rice crepe something we had a lot in the old location and other places, and it just wasn't great. It was ok, but just not what it had been. Maybe it was an off day but didn't taste at all like we had in the past.
  14. policies are set by the lowest common denominator, not by the majority. People with "bad dogs" are the reason you can't have nice things.
  15. dog people are like people with kids, they have a hard time understanding that not everyone wants to be around their dog, especially in places that aren't traditional dog areas (parks, petsmart, vets, etc). I don't really understand why a no dog policy would be shocking or disappointing.
  16. I heard it this morning and presented this way, it seems way more interesting. I like the fact that it was done for a specific purpose, with actual thought put behind it, and wasn't just a spectacle for it's own sake.
  17. La Mexicana Bakery down RT1 in Alexandria makes a really good one.
  18. they both have really good reputations, but since they're mostly custom, they aren't going to have dealers. Before I bought mine, I did a ton of research and I couldn't find anything negative about Klose, Gator or Jambo and went with Gator because they had the right kind of base model that I wanted to customize. I'm also not expecting to have to buy another pit for the rest of my life.
  19. I just bought a new pit from Gator pits after having a chargiller for 5 years. http://www.gatorpit.net/ even the budget pits are 1/4" inch thick steel. Yes they're expensive, but it's not the kind of thing you're going to buy a lot of and if taken care of, you're only outgrow it.
  20. any smoker like that is going to use a lot of fuel because the metal is so thin, it doesn't retain very much heat. you're not going to get a good smoker cheap.
  21. if you're going to want to smoke a decent amount of meat, you're going to need a separate smoker. something that makes a good grill, won't make a good smoker. you wouldn't be able to do more than 2 with the chargriller and even then you'd have to have add the offset firebox and probably modify it to add a baffle otherwise your heat distribution is going to be all over the place in the chamber. I'd stick with the kettle for grilling and either build an ugly drum smoker or buy a decent offset. (I'm partial to offset smokers)
  22. what kind of budget are you looking at?
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