Category Archives: DC

Little Serow – Minibites: January 22, 2012 – January 28, 2012

Minibites are delicious samplings of Don’s culinary adventures, condensed, distilled, and always meant to be savored with your Monday morning coffee. The DCDining.com Restaurant Guide, i.e., Le Grand Champ, is located exclusively on donrockwell.com. (For an extra shot, click on the link … Continue reading

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Corduroy: Minibites, January 15, 2012 – January 21, 2012

Minibites are delicious samplings of Don’s culinary adventures, condensed, distilled, and always meant to be savored with your Monday morning coffee. The DCDining.com Restaurant Guide, i.e., Le Grand Champ, is located exclusively on donrockwell.com. (For an extra shot, click on the link … Continue reading

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The Little Grill Worker-Owned Collective: Minibites, January 8, 2012 – January 14, 2012

Minibites are delicious samplings of Don’s culinary adventures, condensed, distilled, and always meant to be savored with your Monday morning coffee. The DCDining.com Restaurant Guide, i.e., Le Grand Champ, is located exclusively on donrockwell.com. (For an extra shot, click on the … Continue reading

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Little Serow: Minibites, January 1, 2012 – January 7, 2012

Minibites are delicious samplings of Don’s culinary adventures, condensed, distilled, and always meant to be savored with your Monday morning coffee. The DCDining.com Restaurant Guide, i.e., Le Grand Champ, is located exclusively on donrockwell.com. (For an extra shot, click on the link … Continue reading

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A Vegetarian in King’s Dominion, Implied Asterisk

La mujer que llora (Pablo Picasso, 1937) Happy Monday, an entire week spent prepping for the ordeal, forsaking all animal proteins save dairy (I’d give up meat before I gave up dairy), starting with back-to-back-to-back Indian at Masala Art, Indian Ocean, … Continue reading

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Mourir de ne pas mourir

L’Amoureuse Happy Labor Day (and unofficial last day of summer (hat tip: Allen, Éluard, McCarthy, Saramago)), Knock! Knock! Knock!, <groan>, 8 AM room service serving as a wake-up call to September, coffee and tea served in the impossibly elegant suite at the … Continue reading

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Station 4, Southwest

Considering how much time I’ve spent in (the now torn down) Waterside Mall in the past, it seemed downright bizarre that I was walking right through the middle of it, feeling like I was in a strange, unknown place. I’ll … Continue reading

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Graffiato, Chinatown

I don’t watch TV except for a few times a year. When it comes to popular culture (at least, culture that’s made popular through television), I’m as out of touch as anyone. This is neither a “bragging point” nor an … Continue reading

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Salt and Pepper, Palisades

What a wonderful surprise this new restaurant is. It was a gorgeous, sunny evening, so my young dining companion and I grabbed a couple of seats on the patio. He, with his usual Diet Coke ($3, refilled without asking (from … Continue reading

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Comet Ping Pong, Chevy Chase

(See the May 6, 2011 Review here.) One of my favorite things about Comet Ping Pong is the quality of the wines available by the glass, half-carafe, and full carafe. A 2007 Chateau Jouclary Cabardès ($6) is a Grenache-driven blend that’s … Continue reading

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