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    15 ria

    in D.C. & DelMarVa: Dining

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    Not necessarily a bad choice - just perhaps a risky one. How about this? Tell us exactly what you hope for with respect to food, location, price and atmosphere, and we'll talk about our favorites?

    15 ria

    in D.C. & DelMarVa: Dining

    Posted · Edited by JennyUptown (log)

    I haven't been to this restaurant since Chef Jamie Leeds left (and even before she left, I never ate anything I was eager to return for - I thought it was OK and the space was so bland and boring). Is there a reason you chose 15 r.i.a. over all of our other wonderful D.C. restaurants? I don't have any reason to dissaude you, however I can't encourage you either.

    Undiscovered gems in NEPA

    in Pennsylvania: Dining

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    I made a trip back to NEPA for Easter (brunch at Patsel's) and to celebrate my father's birthday (14 of us dined at Amici for that). The real highlight, though, was Old Forge style pizza at Armetta's in Clarks Summit. Oh my...that was GOOD. Three of us had a half tray (six rectangular slices) and top to bottom, it was the best pizza I have had in a long time.

    The crust wasn't as doughy as some other Old Forge style pizzas I have had (and liked admittedly). Instead it was somewhat lighter and almost airy. Delicious tangy tomato sauce and a cheese blend I'd peg as part mozzarella, part provolone. Six slices for the grand sum of $6 and change.

    Favorite defunct New York City restaurants

    in New York: Dining

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    La-la-la...I'm not listening! Seriously, this makes me sad. I wonder if we ever crossed paths at Vans. :smile:

    To make this somewhat on topic, I miss Rodizio, about 50% for the food and 50% for the fun, festive atmosphere. I spent a few birthdays there, enjoying caipirinhas and meat on a skewer with friends.

    There's really only 1 that immediately springs to mind for me. We used to vacation in the Outer Banks every summer when I was a kid. There was a pizza place in Nags Head that we ate ate on the 1st night of our stay every year. It was called Van's Pizza & the support colums for the building went right through the center of the tables which were painted red. Van's was still there last time we were down in 1998 (after some 25 years of visiting)  but in a completely different form. It was a "regular" Italian restaurant & the pizza wasn't anywhere near as good.

    Dining and Discipline

    in The Daily Gullet

    Posted · Edited by JennyUptown (log)

    Loved it, Ya-Roo!  Great suspenseful build-up to, uh, non-climax.  :wink:  

    As I read it, I thought back to last year at this time when a guy I met two or three days prior (and decidedly did not go home with) e-mailed me to say "I really want to taste you."  :blink:

    I wonder if that approach and pick up line has ever worked for him before?

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    I'll never know. I cut him loose before we ever had a first date. I do know that when I responded with angry silence to that first msg, he sent a follow-up saying "your lips, I mean" and then "winked."

    Dining and Discipline

    in The Daily Gullet

    Posted

    Loved it, Ya-Roo! Great suspenseful build-up to, uh, non-climax. :wink:

    As I read it, I thought back to last year at this time when a guy I met two or three days prior (and decidedly did not go home with) e-mailed me to say "I really want to taste you." :blink:

    Dinner for Bachelor Party

    in D.C. & DelMarVa: Dining

    Posted

    Generally speaking, though, Buck's offers one and only steak. It's a good one, but I don't think that makes it a steakhouse.

    Nothing says "bachelor party" quite like a meal with Carole Greenwood.

    :blink:

    this being in the delmarva forum, why specify at all? 

    regardless, how about:

    charlie palmer

    colorado kitchen

    capital grille

    palena back room

    buck's fishing and camping

    Dude (ette?):

    Despite the butch name and the big steak, Buck's Fishing & Camping is way too sensitive male for a bachelor's party.

    Though, if Carole herself would burst out of a cake, sashay over to the table and....substitute both the sauce and the vegetable from one of her entrees, I'd be pretty excited.

    I think you are missing the gist of the request. I don't think he plans on having the party at the actual restaurant. Besides, if this was a restaurant appropriate for a bachelor party, could you really expect to have the best meal of your life there? So as far as a place for a steak, not too haute, I think buck's fits the bill. lap dances, football and male bonding, probably not so much.

    Pork Belly & Guanciale: Local Sources?

    in D.C. & DelMarVa: Dining

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    Dino was out of guanciale last night.

    I don't know where you can buy guanciale for home consumption, but I do know I saw it on the menu at Dino on Sunday. Cleveland Park. It was on the mercato portion of the menu so it may not be there long.

    I poked my head in while they were prepping for dinner crowd. They said that it came to their kitchen directly from Italy.

    However, they also recommended the source in New York City...and the fact that Frank Ruta makes his own guanciale, a remark uttered with a respectful nod to the north.

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