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 $$, American, Beer, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, casual attire, columbia heights/mount pleasant, date appropriate, kid-friendly, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged tonic restaurant mount pleasant on June 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I had gone to Tonic for a drink before when a friend and I were waiting for a couple of seats to open at Adam Express. We decided to go back when Thai Fest Day was cancelled due to the rain. Although we didn’t know that and so we drove up there. Then when we realized there was no [...]
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Posted in $$$, 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 $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, American, Brunch, Dinner, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, spirits/liquor, sushi, tagged left bank restaurant washington dc on April 23, 2008 | No Comments »
I know I said I’d only blog about the really good restaurants, but sometimes there are good concepts that don’t go quite as I think the chefs meant. I think that’s what happened with Left Bank breakfasts.
Before I get to the food, I wanted to bring up that the chairs (not the booths) are just [...]
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Posted in $$, $$$, American, Beer, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Logan Circle, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Seafood, Upscale Happy Hour, Wine, apps, breakfast, casual attire, date appropriate, golden triangle, kid-friendly, tagged nage restaurant washington dc on March 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I don’t know why, but the Beacon is always viewed as a good place for HH (happy hour) and food. Personally, I disagree. Instead, I prefer to tell people about Nage.
Food:While their menu can seem somewhat limited (it’s seasonal), their chalkboard offers another 10 various options — and from that menu, you can have a pre-fixe [...]
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Posted in $$, 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 $$$, African, American, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Wine, alexandria va, alfresco, apps, business casual attire, car required, date appropriate, french, p3, spirits/liquor, tagged farrah olivia restaurant on January 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yet again, I’ve ventured to Virginia! This time, it was for Farrah Olivia during Restaurant Week with P3.
Food:Offering their entire menu during RW (with a few extra charges for some dishes), it was an overall outstanding experience. P3 ordered the painted soup with fruitwood smoked apple, gingered squash, and beet cider. P3 loved the smoky apples [...]
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Posted in $$$, 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 $$, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Korean, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, Upscale Happy Hour, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, tagged mandu restaurant on January 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I heard Mandu, a Korean restaurant was coming into Dupont, I was excited. Mostly because I am on a Bibim Bap kick. Yum.
Food:I went with a colleague for lunch and we were hungry. So we ordered “mandu” pan-fried appetizers, two veggie, two shrimp, and two beef & pork. The table favorite was shrimp. Since it was [...]
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Posted in $$, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Pizza, Restaurant Review, casual attire, cleveland park/woodley park, date appropriate, italian, kid-friendly, spirits/liquor, tagged 2amys pizzeria on December 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I enjoy a good pizza and have been eating a lot of it. In fact, I was thinking I’ve been over-doing the pizza thing until I was recently in the 2Amys neighborhood. Then I remembered their hot, yummy wood-burning pizza and I had to get one.
Food:I’ve been several times and have always enjoyed the pizza. Most recently, [...]
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Posted in $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Brunch, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Restaurant Review, Wine, alfresco, casual attire, date appropriate, french, spirits/liquor, vegetarian, tagged champagne bar, napoleon bistro and lounge on December 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Owned by the same people who run Cafe Bonaparte, Napoleon opened February 1, 2007 in Adams Morgan. I had been once before and had ordered a salad which was decent. But when a friend was in town and wanted to catch up, I thought it’d be time to try this place out again.
Food:I ordered C&C [...]
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Posted in $$, 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 $, Brunch, Delivery, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Restaurant Review, alfresco, breakfast, casual attire, golden triangle, healthy, kid-friendly, vegan, vegetarian, tagged java green, vegan restaurant on December 3, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I used to be a vegetarian after I read Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle (not Fast Food Nation, I don’t know why either…maybe I didn’t think it was as disturbing). Then one day, I wanted a burger and I haven’t looked back since.
But, I appreciate vegetarian food and was intrigued when I found out there was [...]
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Posted in $$, American, Beer, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Pizza, Restaurant Review, Wine, casual attire, date appropriate, kid-friendly, late night menu, spirits/liquor, tagged late night offering, matchbox dc, mini burgers, sliders on November 24, 2007 | No Comments »
You could easily walk past it and not even realize, but nestled in between a rib joint and a former Chinese restaurant, here’s another great find in the area.
Food: Their menu offers something for everyone. While I’ve had their pizza, their 3.6.9 mini burgers and onion straws are my favorite. Today though, I felt like expanding my [...]
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Posted in $$$, 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 $$, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Brunch, Dinner, Happy Hour, Lunch, Restaurant Review, Wine, business casual attire, casual attire, date appropriate, healthy, peruvian, tagged half priced wine tuesdays, happy hour half price wine, peruvian on November 3, 2007 | No Comments »
A few weeks ago, I went to Las Canteras with a friend. Not knowing what to expect, we went with low expectations. I came away knowing that I really enjoyed my meal while my friend wasn’t too pleased with her order.
Food: I ordered Camarones a la Limena (sauteed shrimp in garlic, butter, and white wine [...]
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**Update 11/20/07: I went. Click here for my review.**
Super Chef Eric Ripert’s Westend Bistro will be opening on November 8th. No doubt the line will be ridiculous, but it will be worth it.
His new restaurant, according to Zagat buzz, is going to be “classic French and American fare (think fish burgers with saffron aïoli and roast stuffed [...]
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Posted in $, Adams Morgan/Woodley Park, Brunch, Dessert, Dinner, Lunch, Mexican (not Tex-Mex), Parent Appropriate, Restaurant Review, breakfast, casual attire, kid-friendly, tagged authentic mexican, mexican grocery store, mexican restaurant washington dc, MIXTEC on October 24, 2007 | No Comments »
My favorite Mexican (not Tex-Mex) food is at Mixtec in Adams Morgan. I’ve been numerous times and have never been disappointed.
While I know they were closed recently, they’ve re-opened with a little grocery store next door.
Food: Seriously, favorite Mexican food. I don’t care what you get, but you MUST order the fried plantains. They are [...]
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Posted in $$, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Restaurant Review, business casual attire, date appropriate, vegetarian, tagged best margaritas, oyamel washington dc on October 20, 2007 | No Comments »
I really wanted to like Oyamel. I did. I was looking forward to going for a long time. There were a couple of problems, but the number one was that there were so many fruit-flies swarming around our food, that we kept having to swipe at them to keep them away. This is not the way [...]
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Posted in $$$, Brunch, Client Appropriate, Dinner, Lunch, Parent Appropriate, Penn Quarter/Chinatown, Restaurant Review, alfresco, business casual attire, french, kid-friendly, tagged Chinatown, Penn Quarter/Chinatown on October 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Quite possibly one of my favorite restaurants in all of DC is Les Halles. It’s not just because I think they have great mussels, French onion soup, and escargot. Or the great steak and frites. Or their alfresco seating. Nor is it because Anthony Bourdain is associated with the restaurant (though important to note that [...]
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