Posted in $$$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, breakfast, business casual attire, date appropriate, dupont circle, spirits/liquor, tagged m street bar and grill on June 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The evening started out rough when we went to Hudson and no one waited on my friend and me. We were both dressed business casual (coming straight from the office) yet NO ONE WAITED ON US. We sat there for 15 minutes and nothing. And in case you’re thinking, “Well, they were busy/short-staffed.” No, there [...]
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Posted in $$, $$$, Beer, Belgian, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, McPherson Square, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Seafood, Wine, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tagged brasserie beck washington dc on June 18, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Brasserie Beck. I was supposed to go a couple of different times but things kept happening that prevented my visit. I finally made it with a couple of friends.
On a total personal side note, both of my food-loving friends (who are always up to try new places and cuisine) are leaving DC! Ugh, it’s so [...]
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Posted in $$$, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Indian, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, golden triangle, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged bombay club washington dc on June 12, 2008 | No Comments »
Yet again, another new dining experience! This time, it was the Bombay Club, owned by the same folks who own a favorite restaurant of mine — Rasika.
Food: With my love of spicy food, I asked the waiter what would be better — green chili chicken or the Tandoori chicken chops. He said the Tandoori chicken [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Beer, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Steakhouse, Upscale Happy Hour, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, golden triangle, spirits/liquor, tagged morton's happy hour, morton's steakhouse washington dc on May 21, 2008 | No Comments »
I know, I know — Morton’s is a chain, but unlike some other chains (ahem, none to be mentioned here but take a look at the list of “Restaurants I’ve Been”), they’ve managed to still be pretty good.
Food: First, let’s talk about their enormous (freshly baked?) onion bread they plop in front of you. It’s the [...]
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Posted in $$$, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Seafood, Wine, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, georgetown, healthy, spirits/liquor, tagged hook washington dc, organic sustainable restaurant washington dc on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of my all-time favorite restaurants in DC is Hook. Is it the fact that it’s an organic and sustainable restaurant in DC? Is it the fact that the pastry chef is so widely respected? Or is it because Barton Seaver is such a cutie? Yeah…
Food:To start off the meal, I ordered the calamari salad [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Foggy Bottom/GWU, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, apps, breakfast, business casual attire, date appropriate, dupont circle, vegetarian, tagged blue duck tavern washington dc on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After hearing so many great things about Blue Duck Tavern, I finally went. Why did it take me so long to go?
Food:I went with a client and thankfully, a cool client that’s into sharing! So we ordered their braised barbecue beef “long rib”, crab cakes, triple fried fries, and glazed baby carrots. The fries were more [...]
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Posted in $$$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Seafood, Wine, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, casual attire, date appropriate, french, late night menu, spirits/liquor, tagged cashion's eat place on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
After dog sitting for P3, she was quite generous with her “thank you” gift and gave me a gift certificate for Cashion’s. I was excited because I’d never been before — and so I finally had the opportunity the other week.
Food:To put it mildly, some of the best appetizers ever! I ordered the grilled octupus which [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, golden triangle, kid-friendly, spirits/liquor, tagged georgia brown's washington dc on April 1, 2008 | No Comments »
I finally went to Georgia Brown’s the other day and ordered their fried chicken. I really liked that the meat was all white and there was only the leg bone. The mashed potatoes were pretty good but overall, it was too salty. Was it worth $22?
You’ll see I listed under “Places I’ve been” but I [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, business casual attire, date appropriate, golden triangle, italian, mediterranean, vegetarian, tagged olives restaurant washington dc on March 4, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been to Olives a handful of times and have never gotten anything but a really good (albeit expensive) meal.
Food:I ordered the Greek-style Baby Red Romaine Salad with tomatoes, cucumber, mixed olives, red onions, oregano, and crispy phyllo-wrapped feta. But the star salad was the grilled squid and octopus with a vinaigrette of chickpeas, tomatoes, toasted [...]
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Posted in $$, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, U Street/Cardozo, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, late night menu, wine bar, tagged vinoteca wine bar on February 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m one of those. I like to read reviews about places before I go so I know what to expect. And the review I read about Vinoteca and their food was, to put it nicely, dismal. So what do I do when my friend, who was going with me, asked about this place? I say, “Yeah, the [...]
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Posted in $$, American, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, McPherson Square, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, breakfast, business casual attire, date appropriate, vegetarian, tagged Corduroy Restaurant on February 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I went to Corduroy in their old location (Four Points Sheraton) with a client and a colleague.
Food:We ordered the oysters on the half shell with champagne mignonette which was really good. I could have eaten 30 of these (OK, maybe only 25). We also started with Filipino styled eggrolls. There were two rolls on the plate that [...]
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Posted in Client Appropriate, Latin American, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Upscale Happy Hour, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged ceiba happy hour and free appetizers on February 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Two+ years ago, I went to Ceiba for Restaurant Week. I don’t remember what I ordered, but since I haven’t been since then…well, you know.
Anyway, I do remember the inside of the restaurant was nice and when I was researching Restaurant Week, I stumbled (no pun intended) upon their happy hour information.
Here it is! I’ll have to go back sometime and do a [...]
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Posted in $$, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, mediterranean, tagged iron gate restaurant on January 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Unless you know where you’re going, Iron Gate Restaurant could be easily missed. It has (surprise) a huge iron gate that’s open when they’re open.
Food: While I was there for lunch, we received a basket of bread with a spread that had capers, roasted red peppers, and a bunch of other things. It had a consistency of a very [...]
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Posted in $$$, African, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alexandria va, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, car required, date appropriate, french, p3, spirits/liquor, tagged farrah olivia restaurant on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yet again, I’ve ventured to Virginia! This time, it was for Farrah Olivia during Restaurant Week with P3.
Food:Offering their entire menu during RW (with a few extra charges for some dishes), it was an overall outstanding experience. P3 ordered the painted soup with fruitwood smoked apple, gingered squash, and beet cider. P3 loved the smoky apples [...]
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Posted in $$$, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Spanish, Wine, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tapas, vegetarian, tagged taberna del alabardero on January 24, 2008 | No Comments »
I went to Taberna Alabardero during Winter 2008 Restaurant Week with three other friends. After looking at their RW offering (only 2 options for each course), we decided to order off the regular menu.
Food: We ordered Serrano ham and cheese plate. We also ordered Pencas con Alcachofas Salteadas con Jamon Serrano, which is chard greens and [...]
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Posted in $$$, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tapas, tagged panache restaurant on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
Recently, I went to Panache with a few business associates for lunch.
Food:I usually only go for a quick happy hour and an order of the fried calamari. The calamari is good, but it’s the aioli that makes it really good. When I went for lunch, I ordered the rockfish special which was tasty. It’s been a couple [...]
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Posted in American, Client Appropriate, Parent Appropriate, Pre-theater/pre fixe menus, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, vegetarian, tagged vidalia restuarnat on January 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been to Vidalia for lunch and I remember really enjoying the meal. I haven’t been there for happy hour, but I think that’s going to have to change soon.
Check it out: Monday-Friday from 5:30-6:30 PM, they have a wine tasting with a new theme and three wines for each day of the week. Vidalia [...]
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Posted in $$$, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, italian, tagged Il Mulino New York washington dc on January 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Another place I went during Restaurant Week was Il Mulino New York.
Food: Recognizing it’s RW and their “free appetizers” aren’t around, they did offer a mixture of cooked eggplant, squash, and some other veggies. It had no flavor and the fact it was already there when we sat down didn’t add to the appealing factor. [...]
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Posted in $$, Delivery, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Pizza, Restaurant Review, alfresco, business casual attire, casual attire, date appropriate, italian, vegetarian, tagged luigi's pizza on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
You know when you feel like a decent pie but don’t want to travel? Or what about when your office is order pizza for the interns? Before you hit the typical fast food pizza chain, check out Luigi’s Pizza.
Food: Most of the time, I’ve only gotten delivery pizza and salad. Their crust is thin and [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Seafood, Wine, alfresco, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged kinkead's american brasserie on January 17, 2008 | No Comments »
The purpose of Restaurant Week, in my opinion, is to go to places that are a bit out of your price range so you can “test” them at an inexpensive price and see whether you’d want to go back as a “normal” customer.
As soon as Restaurant Week was announced, Kinkead’s was one of the first places [...]
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Posted in $$, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, apps, business casual attire, date appropriate, italian, mediterranean, vegetarian, tagged locanda italian restaurant on January 15, 2008 | No Comments »
After a few of the cold evenings we’ve had, a few friends and I decided to hit Locanda Italian for some pasta, red wine, and good conversation.
Food:When you have 3 people coming from 3 different places around the city during rush hour, it makes it difficult to make it anywhere at the same time. So while [...]
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Posted in $$, $$$, Dinner, Mexican (not Tex-Mex), Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, business casual attire, casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tagged casa oaxaca on January 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I had been to Casa Oaxaca once before with a group of fun people. Unfortunately, I hated it. I thought the food was horrible and bland.
I was relaying this story to a friend of mine who said that I needed to go again and try it with her. She said I probably didn’t order right. I didn’t want to [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Beer, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Restaurant Review, Wine, business casual attire, date appropriate, french, p3, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged blusser beer, central michel richard on December 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Hi there, I’m P3 and am blogging today’s restaurant review.
My friend and I went to Central Michel Richard at 5:30, before theatre (even though they don’t really have a pre-theatre menu) and it was already starting to fill up fast.
Food:To start with, I ordered the iceberg and bleu cheese salad which had too much bleu [...]
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Posted in $$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Foggy Bottom/GWU, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, alfresco, business attire, business casual attire, date appropriate, late night menu, spirits/liquor, tagged hudson restaurant washington dc, late night menu, old david greggory restaurant on December 4, 2007 | 2 Comments »
**Update 7/1/08 - I went again and it will seriously be the last time. My friend, who doesn’t live here anymore, wanted to go. So I relented. I ordered the Cheesesteak Sliders and they were underseasoned and underinspired. The beef was dry and overcooked. Did they lose their chef? Too bad. I really liked them.**
From left to right, it’s [...]
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Posted in $$$, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Foggy Bottom/GWU, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, business casual attire, date appropriate, healthy, pan-asian, spirits/liquor, tagged asia nora on November 26, 2007 | No Comments »
You may recall that I had mentioned Asia Nora was going to be closing December 21st. I went with a friend (and someone I’m trying to persuade to guest food blog for me — nudge nudge!) and we were both excited about going since we had both heard such great things.
Food:I wanted to save up for [...]
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Posted in $$$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Foggy Bottom/GWU, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tagged dupont, eric ripert, Foggy Bottom/GWU, westend bistro on November 20, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Friends, I went to Westend Bistro recently. I didn’t go the first day they opened, but I went! I don’t think you could have talked to me for 5 minutes without me saying, “I’m going to Westend. You know, Eric Ripert’s restaurant.” To say I was excited and looking forward to going is like saying, “Children [...]
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Posted in $$$, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, New Orleans, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, business casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, tagged acadiana, best crabcakes, new orleans louisiana style restaurant on November 19, 2007 | No Comments »
Sad but true, I had never been. I don’t know what took me so long to go to Acadiana!
Food: Instead of a typical bread basket, you get biscuits with this fantastic butter, honey, and spices mix. The biscuits are hot, flaky, and buttery. The butter, honey, and spice mix with the biscuit — forget it. So good! [...]
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Posted in $$, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Logan Circle, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, alfresco, breakfast, business casual attire, date appropriate, healthy, spirits/liquor, tagged 15ria, best mac and cheese, contemporary american, dupont on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
Went to 15ria with a couple of friends who love food more than I do. So when we get together, watch out! Ha ha, just kidding. But it is always fun to go out for food with them.
Here’s something else — you can bring your own wines (corkage fee applies).
Food: For the table, we ordered [...]
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Posted in $$, Client Appropriate, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, business casual attire, date appropriate, dupont circle, greek, tagged authentic greek, dupont circle, greek, homestyle greek, mourayo on November 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I was meeting a friend at Mourayo for dinner to catch up and try a new place. Both of us forgot the address (and I had left my cell phone at home), but I wish someone would have told me it was the restaurant with the big boat on their awning! Then I would have [...]
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Posted in $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Restaurant Review, Wine, business casual attire, casual attire, date appropriate, healthy, peruvian, tagged half priced wine tuesdays, happy hour half price wine, peruvian on November 3, 2007 | No Comments »
A few weeks ago, I went to Las Canteras with a friend. Not knowing what to expect, we went with low expectations. I came away knowing that I really enjoyed my meal while my friend wasn’t too pleased with her order.
Food: I ordered Camarones a la Limena (sauteed shrimp in garlic, butter, and white wine [...]
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