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Martini Olives

Posted Thu, 12/22/2011 - 19:31 by Jon

I took this recipe from Bon Apetit: http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2011/12/boozy-olives and merged it with a guideline from a bartending book - dropping the lime juice, adding some fresh rosemary twigs, slightly muddled, and some herbs de provence and some red pepper flakes for color.

A dash of olive brine, and 2 parts gin to 1 part vermouth to cover the olives.

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Good Stuff Eatery

Posted Wed, 11/16/2011 - 17:59 by Jon
Cost: 
$ - Cheap

Location

Good Stuff
303 Pennsylvania Ave SE Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
United States
38° 53' 12.3828" N, 77° 0' 6.1992" W
See map: Google Maps

Meh.

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Mio

Posted Wed, 11/16/2011 - 17:50 by Jon
Cost: 
$$$ - Pricy

Location

Mio
1110 Vermont Ave NW McPhereson
Washington, DC
United States
38° 54' 15.2424" N, 77° 1' 59.6496" W
See map: Google Maps

Happy hour cocktails are great - with amazing and speedy service, and a good combination of normal and more unusual drinks (the cactus pear drink is great. fuscia, but great).

The appetizers are really small for the price, IMHO. I haven't eaten there (and the restaurant is often practically empty during the HH rush).

Great for a quick drink after work, but you may want to move the HH to a place with more affordable munchies quickly.

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Central Michel Richard

Posted Wed, 11/16/2011 - 17:36 by Jon
Cost: 
$$$ - Pricy

Location

Central
1001 Pennsylvania Ave Metro Center
Washington, DC
United States
38° 52' 59.106" N, 76° 59' 33.5724" W
See map: Google Maps

(202) 626-0015
www.centralmichelrichard.com

We had the moz and tomato and cheese puff appetizers, both of which were interesting, but at the end of the day, overpriced for what's really just tomatoes and mozzarella and cheese with bread. The dinner was fine, and well executed, but if I'm paying $18 for a burger, I expect something a bit more exciting, honestly. Nothing was wrong, the service was fine and the decor great, but there was no spark, at least in our menu choices.

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Red Stag SupperClub

Posted Wed, 11/16/2011 - 17:23 by Jon
Cost: 
$$ - Average

Location

Red Stag SupperClub
509 1st Ave NE
Minneapolis, MN
United States
44° 59' 25.0836" N, 93° 15' 13.0608" W
See map: Google Maps

(612) 767-7766
www.redstagsupperclub.com

Modern American localvorish cuisine. Amazing smelt fries, and the duck pate that comes with the confit is out of this world. Live music, great beer and wine.

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Hill Country BBQ

Posted Wed, 11/16/2011 - 16:42 by Jon
Cost: 
$$ - Average

Location

Hill Country
410 7th St NW Chinatown
Washington, DC
United States
38° 53' 42.7668" N, 77° 1' 19.2288" W
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(202) 556-2050
www.hillcountrywdc.com

They tried really hard to reproduce the Texas BBQ pit in downtown DC, and went the extra mile to serve Tito's vodka and ship in the Blue Bell ice cream. For that, well done.

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Ashby Inn

Posted Fri, 11/11/2011 - 20:05 by Jon
Cost: 
$$$ - Pricy

Location

Ashby Inn
692 Federal St Front Royal
Paris, VA
United States
39° 0' 16.4088" N, 77° 57' 5.6304" W
See map: Google Maps

Amazing serving, great locally sourced food and creative, tasty, whimsical meals. We had a beautiful lunch here on the way out to the Shenandoahs for the weekend. A bit out of the way, but definitely worth it.

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Proof Restaurant

Posted Fri, 11/11/2011 - 19:57 by Jon
Cost: 
$$$ - Pricy

Location

Proof
775 G St NW Gallery Place/Chinatown; Downtown
Washington, DC
United States
38° 53' 54.9888" N, 77° 1' 21.8892" W
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(202) 737-7663

Proof might be best known for their amazing wine selection and top-notch bar-tending, but not taking the opportunity to sit down and have a meal there is almost a sin. Their seasonal menu changes weekly and doesn't pull punches. Crispy pigs head (thankfully, not in head form)? Tasty. Perfectly grilled hangar steak with roasted bone marrow? Hits the spot. The serving sizes, even for the larger plates, are reasonable - which means you'll have room leftover for their somewhat insane cookie plate or some selections from the expertly curated cheese board.

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Staunton Grocery

Posted Fri, 11/11/2011 - 19:50 by Jon
Cost: 
$$$ - Pricy

Location

Staunton Grocery
105 W Beverley St
Staunton, VA
United States
38° 8' 57.8616" N, 79° 4' 26.2416" W
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(540) 886-6880
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Great quality, seasonal menu from local producers. Great wine list, fantastic cocktails, warm and friendly staff. Everything we ate was amazing, but the appetizer portions are a bit stingy. Eight dollars for a smallish beet cut into quarters for a table of six? I mean, charge $2 or throw another beet or three on the plate. The entree portions were much more reasonable.

Your rating: None Average: 3 (1 vote)

Hank's Oyster Bar

Posted Fri, 11/11/2011 - 18:56 by Jon
Cost: 
$$ - Average

Location

Hank's Oyster Bar
1624 Q St NW Dupont; Dupont East
Washington, DC
United States
38° 54' 39.906" N, 77° 2' 17.88" W
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Great deal for high-quality, well-respected oysters. I could sit back and drink their awesome custom cocktails and slurp down oysters for hours - especially with the great people watching that the expanded space allows. That being said, don't stray too far from, well, the oyster bar part of the name. The lobster roll was passable, but nothing special, and the rest of the food was merely OK, and a bit pricey (especially in comparison to the oysters). However - the mac and cheese was top notch, if you just really need some non-oyster, non-cold food to complete your meal.

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