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    Has anyone figured out what a "free range cocktail" is?
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    Scottish Highland Creamery located in Oxford Maryland (314 Tilghman Street, Oxford, MD 21654) on the Eastern shore has quite possibly the BEST ice cream I have ever had. Run by Husband and Wife, Victor (a legit Scott) and Susan Barlow. It has been several years since I have been back, but from what I hear it has not diminished in quality. They also make really good fudge. If you are ever in St. Michaels, you can take the ferry, which is also fun. If you haven't been to Oxford, it is a charming town, nice for spring or fall day, or a quiet weekend.
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    Cremcafe, located in Rockville Town Center deserves a thread. This is an Israeli style cafe. I can't vouch for the coffee, although I am told it is really good (my 5 year old loves the hot chocolate). The food is really good. The hummus is homemade every day. It is bright and well seasoned, served with a bunch of pita for dipping. The burekas are made in house and are also very good. This is the extent of my dining there (no need to go any further once you try the burekas!). When I took my Israeli friend there, he couldn't believe he hadn't heard about it or been there previously. Come to think of it, I need to go more often.
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    Pescadeli Team To Open New Cheese and Charcuterie Shop at Bethesda Water Store Location, per Bethesda Magazine.
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    Is this a prediction?
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    Brewing beer is a technical process (with biology also involved), which is not comparable to making club soda or diet coke. Tons of variables must be controlled, such as temperature, timing, ingredients, yeast. Some of the variables are very hard to control. A local brewer recently moved production of their number 1 seller offsite to be brewed by FX Matt in Utica. They had to work over a period of several months so that FX Matt could dial it in and get it right. Once they got it right, in a blind taste test, they thought the product brewed offsite by a big industrial brewer actually tasted better than what they brewed in their brewery. The flagship has been brewed offsite for almost a year now and it has freed them to be more creative and producer a wider variety of beer.
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    For instance, with Goose Island, production of full year beers has been moved to a beer factory, freeing up capacity and allowing the actual brewery to use their resources towards making more esoteric or special beers that had more limited production runs. Goose Island has made more barrel aged and sours and the distribution is better. People discount what the brewing giants do, but what they do is pretty amazing. Try a miller light anywhere in the world at any time and it tastes just like the last one you had. This is no small achomplishment.
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    This article confirms what I have been saying all along. That being purchased allows the breweries to focus on making new and interesting beers and making them in larger quantities.
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    After a visit to Hopkins, my parents visited Bo Brooks based upon the recommendation of my mom's cousin. My parents really enjoyed it.
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    While not located in Philly, or really even near Philly, Troegs is a good ending point to a day at Hershey Park, located a mere 5 minutes from the park on the same street. They have great beer (and if you are lucky they will have an interesting beer from the scratch series on tap), and really really really good food. The tasting room/dining area is impressive and big. The bar is huge. They fill growlers and crowlers of anything on tap to take home. towards the left side of the bar is the ordering for the kitchen. You place your order, they give you a pager, you find a table, get drinks and wait for the food. I had the lamb falafel, served on naan, which was really interesting, served with a harissa chutney and tahina. It was one large "falafel", which was a mixture of lamb, and perhaps chickpeas and a side of thick hand cut fresh fries. It all worked well together. My wife got the seafood roll, which was chock full of shrimp and crawfish in a light mayo sauce--think lobster roll, also served with a side of fries. The highlight of the night though was the grilled cheese, which was made with 4 types of cheese, sandwiched between two huge/thick slices of brioche, served in a bowl with tomato soup on the bottom. Cheese oozed out the edges with a caramelized crispy cheese on the cut side of the sandwich. Top the food off with a nice beer, and it is a great cap to a really fun day at the park.
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    So last week was my week in Bethany. We didn't really eat out much this time, but met friends at Seacrets. It certainly wasn't for the food, not for getting s***t faced, but it was for the novelty of eating outside under full sized palm trees with a sand floor. It was the first time I had been there in probably a decade. Time has pretty much stood still (G-Love and Special Sauce was the headliner band that night). It is also a different experience when you are there with your child, and they hand you the "rules" for being there with someone underage (kind of funny considering my daughter is 5. They just opened a distillery on-site in June, which is new. Okay, now on to the food--it was pretty bad and the service was pretty bad as well. My wife and another friend had salads, one topped with grilled shrimp, the other with tuna. The first time they made the salad with the tuna, it cam with tuna salad. They acknowledged the mistake, re-made it, asked how the tuna should be cooked and it came about 15 minutes later well done. Regardless, they comped it which was nice. I had "Jamaican Tenders" and a side of fries. They were pretty dried out, not very spicy, not very good to say the least, and pretty puny. Someone else got a veggie wrap which looked pretty good and they seemed to like it. Bottom line--don't come here for the food, some here for the ambiance or to get a frozen rum drink called a "Pain in the Ass", served in a plastic cup and sit in an oasis like setting with a canopy of palm trees and a sand floor. If you don't take yourself too seriously and you enjoy the company you are with, you will have a good time at this classic.
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    Well, in a sense, regardless of your pun, the article talks about slowly re-hydrating with warm water, so maybe you have something there.
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    Ramen is the new prison currency (from the Washington Post)
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    I read the article. It is interesting, but I still hold that if the beer is good drink it. I have a bunch of Miller Lite hanging out in my fridge from a party I had several months ago, that no one will drink. Mind you I am a self proclaimed beer snob. You know what? Last Friday, when it was 100 degrees out and we were eating crabs on the deck, nothing could have tasted better.
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    Out of curiosity, why did you decide to post this in this thread at this time?
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    I actually had lunch here last Friday at a soft open. It was actually very good. I got a half pizza and a half salad. Pizza was BBQ chicken, which was fired in a wood burning oven, crust was nice and chewy with a good amount of char, sauce had a nice kick to it, cheese and some onions, what more can you ask for. Salad was a skirt or flatiron steak salad with arugula, blue cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and some form of cooked onions. It all went together well, it is a nice space, and I hope they do well, as it is one of the closest spots to my office. Looks like they want to hit that business lunch catering side too as they said they offer free delivery with setup.
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    Opening a second location in Germantown next to Wegmas per Washington Business Journal. Taking over the space where the Polish Italian place used to be.
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    It was always the reality for me that it was pedestrian sushi, even in the late 80's and into the 90's. My introduction to sushi was in the womb, and spearheaded by our close family friend whose husband is a famous Japanese reporter covering Washington politics. She would only take us to certain places, at certain times when she knew who was working. There were times when she thought a place had slipped and she wouldn't take us out period For a long time the Japan Inn was her go to place. If we wanted California Roll, she had to ask a junior chef, so as not to offend the head chef. She would not have approved of us eating at Matuba, but it is a fond memory of growing up and learning to try new things. To this day, I consider myself very adventurous. My parents and wife have learned to trust me when I drag them to a place that is out of the ordinary or off the beaten track. So for me, Matuba has a central place in my palate today.
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    Looks like they have closed for good, per Robert Dyer. It makes me somewhat nostalgic as we were regulars when I was growing up (there was a picture of me on the wall at one point, and it didn't say refuse service next to it!). Although a Japanese family friend is responsible for my love of sushi, Matuba made it accessible. I haven't been in a while, but I will always have the great childhood memories.
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    I had a similar dish as well at Esca in Manhattan several years ago. It was certainly the standout dish that evening.
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    Yes, but Brooklyn is further than Elevation, especially when it is 100 degrees!.
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    Some more insight into this project from Bethesda Magazine.
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    Brett Schulman explains Cava's decision to raise their base wage to $13.00 an hour. Since the first time I walked into a location, I knew that this concept would be big, well beyond the initial Bethesda location.
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    I wouldn't really know. My mom would drive right past McDonald's and take us to Roy's, because she thought fried chicken was healthier.
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    This building is the site of the old McDonald's. My question--where did all the rats go when McDonald's was torn down?
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