Hi Everyone,
My name is Thomas. It's great to find a forum like this. Although I am on the consumption side of food industry, I believe it's my calling to start a restaurant in DC, where I think great strides have been made in the last decade. Some of my favorite haunts are 2Amys, Black Salt, Komi since they first opened, and all my restaurant friends have been talking about Palena non-stop so I need to get there asap. I actually do not religiously follow the critics, I seem to get a much better and earlier scoop from those in the industry at my favorite places. In fact, the overly drawn out reverence for the Citronelles and ego-feeding establishments of DC have, in my opinion, historically slowed down the infusion of great restaurants in DC and perpetuated an old guard that was very harmful to our foodie evolution. My hope was to find other folks who are in-the-know and this seems like the perfect place!
