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I will be there--but I will be helping with a horse, not spectating. It is different from the Preakness or the Gold Cup--infield Preakness crowds bring beer, beer and more beer. A hot dog might be included as an afterthought. For Gold Cup, there are more 20-somethings than families, and everyone dresses up. The tailgates are similar in their variety--everything from crystal, silver, and fancy food (like little crab cakes), to a bucket of chicken and a cooler full of beer. The Roedown crowd is dressed more casually, and there are more families. I think the difference is due to the price of admission. Gold Cup tickets are expensive, and have to be bought in advance; Roedown is way cheaper and general admission is paid at the gate. We had a large tailgate at Howard County Races two weeks ago. Here's the menu: Deep fried turkey, a ham, meatballs in barbecue sauce, homemade tomato-butternut squash soup, mushroom quiche, quiche lorraine, assorted cheeses, egg and caviar dip, veggies and ranch dip, salsa and chips, devilled eggs, homemade creampuffs, homemade cookies, and strawberries dipped in chocolate. It was all good. Unfortunately, I will be grabbing a sub on the way over there--no tailgate for me this week.

Now I have to try this place. I do not recall any sushi at the old location (but Momo Taro was right next door). I did see that they had moved the old yellow sign to the new location, but I wonder i the food is similar. Was there pork on the menu? Flat bread? I seem to recall no pork at the old place, at least two kinds of flatbread or 'pancake', and a large section of the menu devoted to lamb. Maybe my memory is going. Edited to correct a typo.

Sunday evening was Eid Al-Fittr, the end of the Ramadan fast. I would expect any halal restaurant to be full on that night. As it (and New Fortune) are sort of on my way home, I will give it a try later this week or early next, and make my first EGullet report.

It is indeed closed. And although the menu items were interesting, I had never been very impressed with the cooking. Their food was very oily, and fried items always soggy, as though the oil temperature was not high enough.