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Baan Thai

Posted on 2015/07/26 by .

Baan Thai, web site, 1326 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 202-588-5889 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | TripAdvisor | City Paper | Ylp | Don Rockwell] Regional Thai cuisine, from four different parts of the country, … Continue reading →

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Urban Butcher

Posted on 2015/07/03 by .

Urban Butcher, web site, 8226 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, MD, 301-585-5800 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | WaPo | Washingtonian | TripAdvisor | City Paper | Ylp | Don Rockwell] Charcuterie, plus the kind of things … Continue reading →

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Banana Leaf

Posted on 2015/07/02 by .

Banana Leaf, web site, 5014 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC, 202-506-7554 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | TripAdvisor | Bethesda Mag | Ylp | Don Rockwell] Across the street from the bookstore Politics and Prose. I … Continue reading →

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Bermuda bleg

Posted on 2015/06/22 by .

I’ll have less than a free day there, but I will put your advice to good use, thanks in advance. What to see and what to eat? Originally posted on Marginal Revolution – click to see comments and suggestions. Related … Continue reading →

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Nanjing bleg

Posted on 2015/05/13 by .

I’ll be there – what to do, what to eat? Have any of you been to the Rising Sun Anger Release Bar? (For a fee, you can beat up and abuse the staff.) How about The Crying Bar? Lots of … Continue reading →

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Restaurant Eve – Filipino

Posted on 2015/05/05 by .

Restaurant Eve, web site, 110 S. Pitt Street, Alexandria, VA, 703-706-0450 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo 1 WaPo 2 | Washingtonian | TripAdvisor | Ylp | Don Rockwell | Gayot] Closed June 2018 Previous Review That’s … Continue reading →

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Xian bleg

Posted on 2015/05/04 by .

What to do, where to go, and above all what to eat? I do of course have the standard guidebooks, what can you add to the basic advice? And how easy is it to buy a ticket for the fast … Continue reading →

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Sushi Capitol

Posted on 2015/04/29 by .

Sushi Capitol, web site, 325 Pennsylvania Avenue SE, Washington, DC 202-627-0325 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Zagat | WaPo | Washingtonian | TripAdvisor | Ylp | Don Rockwell] If government is so good, then why aren’t there … Continue reading →

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One of the last remaining Howard Johnson’s is closing

Posted on 2015/04/26 by .

What was once one of America’s most iconic and popular chains is now down to just two locations. According to NPR, one of the last three Howard Johnson’s restaurants closed its doors this week. Located in Lake Placid, N.Y., the … Continue reading →

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3-D printed food

Posted on 2015/04/25 by .

Marijn Roovers’ epicurean delights have graced the tables of some of the Netherlands’ finest restaurants. But the food designer’s Chocolate Globe is his most intricate — and technologically advanced — creation. A chocolate shell just 0.8 millimetres thick is embossed … Continue reading →

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