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2 posts · Apr 5, 1998 to Apr 15, 1998

David A.Apr 5, 1998
On Sat, 04 Apr 1998 06:08:39 -0500, [email removed] Heather A. wrote:

>
>> >>Okay, this year my vacation is going to be in D.C.
>> >>
>> >>What are the absolutely *MUST EAT AT* restaurants?  :)
>> >>
>> >>Heather A.
>> >
>> >well, give us a clue -- type of food?  price?  other qualifications?
>>
>>
>There are no qualifications, I'm asking for the restaurants that one just
>absolutely must eat at if you're in the area.  The restaurant that no
>matter what you would go to.  It's not a type of food/price/travel issue.
>Just like when I go to Providence, I *must* have a sub from Geoff's, I
>*MUST* go to Al Fornos.  In Kansas City I *must* have go to Arthur
>Bryants.  In Cynthianna I must have fried chicken :).  In New Orleans...
>well, in New Orleans I just get really fat. :)   A really nice person
>e-mailed me a tip about a Moraccan restaurant, said that it's in a iffy
>neighborhood, but worth it.  Getting there is not a problem.  Mostly I
>just want to be sure that I make use of my time there.  Good quality
>eating.  I don't want to go and then three weeks later have six people
>tell me "You didn't eat at *insert restaurant*" and look at me like I
>should be packed off to the local insane asylum. :)
>
>I'm talking about the restaurant that if you went somewhere and you didn't
>eat there your heart would break and you'd say "eh, what difference does
>it make if I live tomorrow, I didn't eat at *insert restaurant*"
>
>
>Thanks for any help,
>
>Heather A.

Heather--

I lived and worked in the  DC restaurant scene for eight years. Here are my selections. Believe me, you won't have a bad meal!

Vidalia.  new american
Kinkaids.new american
The Prime Rib.Incredible steakhouse.
1789. new american with a nod to traditional Continental.

JMO
DA
Marc D.News-Journal CenterApr 15, 1998
> On Sat, 04 Apr 1998 06:08:39 -0500, [email removed]
> Heather A. wrote:
>
> >
> >> >>Okay, this year my vacation is going to be in D.C.
> >> >>
> >> >>What are the absolutely *MUST EAT AT* restaurants?  :)
> >> >>
> >> >>Heather A.
> >> >

A favorite restaurant of mine in DC is La Colline -- one of the nicer French restaurants I know. The desserts are fiendish! I also have a favorite Chinese restaurant, but unfortunately I don't know its name, I just know it when I get there -- it's in Chinatown.

TNT
  -- Marc Davidson @:>
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