Demvtr

I cannot come up with Creme Cafe's web site, even after entering a series of guesses into my browser address field. How can any restaurant in D.C. that purports to be anything more than a take-out joint survive without a web site?

While in town to visit my wife's family for Thanksgiving, we stopped in at Oyamel for a delicious dinner on Friday evening.

You have my envy. I went to Oyamel on Friday night with my family and some out-of-town guests. We were seated immediately and had time to get in our drink orders before my father decided that he could not find anything on the menu to order. He strictly wanted beef, did not have faith in the concept of tapas, and deemed the flank steak on the entree menu a "cheap piece of meat." So I had to intercept the waiter as he wended his way back to our table, cancel the drink orders, and escort my party out of the restaurant. I left a $10.00 tip for the trouble, but I think it's going to be a while before I can show my face at Oyamel again.

For closure's sake, I'll add that we had dinner at Ted's Montana Grill, and while everything was perfectly fine, the contrast in menus and atmospheres was stark.

Next to Palena, WORST DC RESTAURANT WEBSITE EVER! 

If you can figure out Oya's website (http://www.oyadc.com/), color me impressed.

I plugged in a few variations before I came up with the web site (which is not yet fully fleshed out): http://www.rasikarestaurant.com/

I gave Vegetate a try earlier this week. My review is on the City Paper's web site under the "Ontheside" handle:

http://restaurants.washingtoncitypaper.com...nt.php?rID=2781