crazeegirl Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Today was my first visit to Reeves. Never even heard of it until today!! The fried chicken with coleslaw. mashed potatoes and onion rings for lunch today was divine!! Can't wait to try the pies...I hear they have the best strawberry pies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdt Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Today was my first visit to Reeves. Never even heard of it until today!!The fried chicken with coleslaw. mashed potatoes and onion rings for lunch today was divine!! Can't wait to try the pies...I hear they have the best strawberry pies. Where is this place you speak of? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Gastreaux Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 If we tell you, then we'd have to kill you. [Website is long-since out of commission] Edited to add: Is Reeves included on the "oldest restuarants" list? Further edited to add: And their sliced chicken sandwich with hosue made mayonaise is very good as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan7147 Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Where is this place you speak of? Reeves is on G between 13th and 14th street. It is somewhat of a DC institution that has been around forever. I ordered a cake for a birthday last year and it was quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrescentFresh Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 (edited) The Surgeon General has reported that it is hazardous to your health to leave Reeves without their blueberry donuts. Of course it's also hazardous to your health to EAT those donuts, but WTF. Edited July 26, 2005 by CrescentFresh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Gastreaux Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 The Surgeon General has reported that it is hazardous to your health to leave Reeves without their blueberry donuts. Of course it's also hazardous to your health to EAT those donuts, but WTF. Back in the old days, I used to have a Reeves blueberry doughnut Jones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laniloa Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 This is our go-to place for office birthday cakes. Fights have been known to break out over which flavor to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Gastreaux Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 This is our go-to place for office birthday cakes. Fights have been known to break out over which flavor to get. I would think that fights would break out over who gets to go pick up the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laniloa Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 I would think that fights would break out over who gets to go pick up the cake. They will now that I know they have more then cake! Hmmm...next week all the boss-types are out of the office. Perhaps I will have to sponsor a field trip with the rest of the underlings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Gastreaux Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Who ever it was that went to pick up the cakes in the past should get a dose of the "hairy eyeball." Now their little secret is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laniloa Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Who ever it was that went to pick up the cakes in the past should get a dose of the "hairy eyeball." Now their little secret is out. No way -- they are the staff support types that really run the place. They will always have my undying gratitude. I know who takes care of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchelo Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Hmmm, I went there a few times after they moved and felt like too much had changed and it was coasting on its name. Are there old-timers here saying it's as good again as it was before it closed and re-opened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrescentFresh Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 chuchelo said: Hmmm, I went there a few times after they moved and felt like too much had changed and it was coasting on its name. Are there old-timers here saying it's as good again as it was before it closed and re-opened? I can report only on the blueberry donuts. No other non-filled donuts are necessary on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBK Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Sad news from Tom's chat... "Another Washington institution bites the dust. I just learned that Reeves (1306 G St. NW) has closed its downstairs dining room. This is unfortunate news for budgeteers who appreciated a good ham salad or hot roast turkey sandwich. Manager Fabio Orellana told me the high rent and lackluster business did in the 120-seat underground venue, which dates back to 1886 (though not always in that location). On the bright side, the ground-floor bakery will remain open and continue to sell such Reeves' signatures as strawberry pie and "shadow" cake made with yellow and chocolate batters ... " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Gastreaux Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 Bummer. While I have not been there in years, I still recall the strawberry pie and the sliced chicken sandwich with house made mayo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBK Posted April 26, 2006 Share Posted April 26, 2006 It's true. Their fried chicken and strawberry pie were the bright spot of some not-so-great days working crazy hours as a junior associate at a law firm a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBK Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Stopped in to pick up a cupcake on my way back to the office from lunch at Bobby Van's (I wanted to watch soccer, my friend wanted to be within 2 blocks of his office... I guess we both got what we wanted, although I also got a mediocre burger...) But back to the cupcakes at Reeve's -- YUM! They had pies, cupcakes, donuts, cookies. AND, they seem to be doing a carry-out business in fried chicken, mashed potatoes, wings, etc. When I got there I was third in line, but the line grew and as I was walking out it stretched all the way to the door. We've been talking about mom-and-pop establishments lately, and this is one to remember! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pidgey Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 I don't think I've ever had a cupcake give me indigestion before, but the vanilla cupcake I had today from Reeve's certainly did. I was so disappointed. The icing was too sweet with a weird kind of stickiness, and the cake itself was light and fluffy, but I prefer my cupcakes to be a little denser. The cake was a good flavor, so I'm thinking my aversion to the cupcake probably comes mostly from the icing. It was reminiscent of a cupcake I had once from Giant (although I think I prefered the cupcake from Giant a little more...it certainly did not give me indigestion). Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 From today's WaPo Metro section, an article on Reeves closing. They called the strawberry pies and blueberry donuts legendary. I wish I could have tried one. Any guesses whether it will be reincarnated in the burbs, or forever rest in (pie) peace? Jul 5, 2007 - "Bittersweet Goodbye to a D.C. Icon" by Elissa Silverman on washingtonpost.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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