Worthwhile DC Tasting Menus According to Zagat

[darkstar965]

A (very) mildly interesting Zagat take on supposedly 'less obvious' and good-bet tasting menus in DC right now.

With apologies to Korby Kummer, and though the food at some of Zagat's picks is better than what I'll suggest here, Kushi is currently offering very good tasting menu value on a relative basis. FWIW.

[Escoffier]

Personally, I've found that if you enter a restaurant and tell your server to "feed me"...most will arise to the occasion and you'll eat well (albeit not cheaply). I've done this from DC to Paris to Amsterdam to Panama City and every time a server has brought food that either isn't on the menu or is a favorite or is just good. Zagat is late to the party and I prefer not to see menus...it's more fun that way.

[ad.mich]

Zagat's decision to enter into the local blogging game with these constant slideshow listicles is killing any credibility they still had with me.

[darkstar965]

Zagat's decision to enter into the local blogging game with these constant slideshow listicles is killing any credibility they still had with me.

I think Zagat lost credibility (or at least failed to be useful) years ago. And, now more than a year since they became the bazillionth Google acquisition, they're just doing what many internet/'new media" types are doing: shotgunning every blogging idea known to man with little in the way of original insight.