Category Archives: VA

Virtue Feed & Grain, Alexandria, VA

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Don

It was 6:20 PM on June 10, 2011, and Virtue Feed and Grain had just opened its doors to the public for the very first time fifty minutes earlier. Both the upstairs and downstairs bars in this cavernous space were … Continue reading →

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Cafe Taj, McLean, VA

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Don

I used to go to Cafe Taj a lot back in the mid 1990s. Lately, my visits have tapered off to once every other year or so, and not just because I’m busy running around to every other restaurant in … Continue reading →

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Trummer’s on Main, Clifton, VA

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Don

It was the rare combination of a Sunday where I had absolutely no obligations, and a late afternoon with picture-perfect weather. What better circumstance to take a little drive towards Clifton and go to Trummer’s on Main for their Sunday … Continue reading →

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Eamonn’s – A Dublin Chipper, Alexandria, VA

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Don

Ye olde reliable Dublin Chipper striketh again. In what seemed to be a recurring theme with my French house guests, semi- fast food reared its head again in Old Town at Eamonn’s (following in the footsteps of Surfside, Maoz Vegetarian, … Continue reading →

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Blanca’s, Falls Church, VA

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Don

Blanca’s is a relatively unknown Salvadoran / Tex-Mex restaurant that has been right on S. Washington Street since 1989. It’s dingy exterior conceals an interior with slightly more charm than you’d expect. Note when you walk in, there’s a little … Continue reading →

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Samuel Beckett’s Irish Gastropub, Shirlington, VA

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Don

It wasn’t so long ago that Shirlington was a quaint little strip with one really good restaurant (Carlyle Grand Cafe), and a few lesser ones. Now, that strip is still quaint, but Carlyle is a shadow of what it once … Continue reading →

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Pupatella, Arlington, VA

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Don

(See the January 31, 2011 Review here.) All hail the new King of Pizza in the Washington, DC area. I’m coming right out and saying that, as of late May / early June, 2011, Pupatella is the best by far, … Continue reading →

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Ray’s Hell Burger, Arlington, VA

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Don

It should say a lot that on their first full day in the United States, I took my house guests to Ray’s Hell Burger. Old, old school French senior citizens, they were bewildered and engaged by the vivid, youthful atmosphere … Continue reading →

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Pizzeria Orso, Falls Church, VA

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Don

(See the April 30, 2011 Review here.) Uh oh. “It” happened. If you click on that April 30th review, you’ll see in the penultimate paragraph that I expressed a concern about a possible future decline at Pizzeria Orso, but in … Continue reading →

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The Pure Pasty Co., Vienna, VA

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Don

(See the January 26, 2011 Review here). The Pure Pasty Co. is one of the few places that brings out primal cravings in me. The pasties here are so good that at any given moment, I could be perfectly happy … Continue reading →

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