Category Archives: DC

Town & Country Lounge, Mayflower Hotel, Downtown

I don’t know as much about cocktails as I do beer and wine, but I sure know a good party when I see one, and last Thursday night at Town and Country? Look out! At around 8 PM, this place … Continue reading

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Fast Gourmet, U Street Corridor

It’s finally happened. A great restaurant has been open for months in the DC area that I knew nothing about, and if it wasn’t for this posting on Fast Gourmet, I probably still wouldn’t. But I’d like to think I … Continue reading

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Corduroy, Convention Center

This is the longest I’ve ever been without going to Corduroy, and I’m going to return sooner rather than later – but not for the reasons you think. I’m going to give myself a little pat on the back for … Continue reading

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Famous Luigi’s, Downtown

I’d like to say Famous Luigi’s is underrated, but I can’t for two reasons: it’s generally not rated, and over the years, I don’t think I’ve ever had anything here other than pizza. But I do enjoy their pizza (which … Continue reading

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Rumors, Downtown

I remember going to Rumors about five years ago, and before that the previous twenty visits were probably back in the 1980s. I’d just left Public Bar, where I’d made it my goal to find something good on the menu; … Continue reading

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Public Bar, Dupont Circle

Imagine 40 flat-screen TVs in one bar. Public Bar is cavernous, with two floors plus a rooftop deck, almost 8,000 square feet of space (including the deck), and forty (40!) flat-screen TVs, about 30 of them on the main floor. … Continue reading

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Casa Nonna, Dupont Circle

The first thing I noticed the other evening when I opened the menu at Casa Nonna made my jaw drop: a $28 plate of Spaghetti Pomodoro staring me in the face. That would be $28 for a platter of dried … Continue reading

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Dino, Cleveland Park

When you hear the term “overrated,” the first thing you should ask yourself is: “Overrated by whom?” In this 2009 chat, Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema says “I really, really, really want to like Dino as much as its … Continue reading

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Ardeo + Bardeo, Cleveland Park

The newly renovated, newly combined, sort-of newly named Ardeo + Bardeo has always been something of a forgotten child in Ashok Bajaj’s burgeoning empire of restaurants. It’s an outlier in location and theme, and until now, has also been bringing up … Continue reading

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New Heights, Woodley Park

(See December 11, 2010 Review here.) The Minestrone ($9 on the bar menu) at New Heights meets some sort of technical definition in that it contains a grain (farro) plus a bean (corona), but it’s more akin to a Palena … Continue reading

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