Comments on: The Best of…

By: Lisa

Lisa — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:00:43 +0000

Also notice best thai is Nava Thai. This is really more in Wheaton then SS but this place is amazing! It is part of a market so you can find tons of cool stuff for the pantry while waiting for your food.

By: Springvale Roader

Springvale Roader — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:56:45 +0000

Sligo,

If it’s the same owners and the same recipes, then the problem must lie with the cooks.

By: Sligo

Sligo — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 00:11:19 +0000

Springvale,

It’s the same ownership, so I doubt the recipes are any different.

By: Springvale Roader

Springvale Roader — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:40:00 +0000

Whoops, never mind. They’re not talking about the Pho joint on Ellsworth. Phew!

By: Springvale Roader

Springvale Roader — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:30:23 +0000

I’m shocked that Pho Hiep Hoa was named as best Pho joint. I’ve eaten in that place twice, once when it first opened, and I thought it was crummy, and a few months later to see if they worked the bugs out, and I still thought it was crummy. Has this place improved over the last few years?

Incidentally, having not seen the entire City Paper article, does anyone know if Mrs K’s new wine cellar made most romantic, best wine cellar, most civilized and greatest eating spot in the entire D.C. region? We went there last night and were blown away. As the missus said, it was like a trip to Paris.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:40:35 +0000

With you on Ray’s – without a martini first (when not gestating) a steak just isn’t a steeeeaaaak. I do try and copy their bleu cheese sauce for our backyard bbq carne, and even if I can’t copy it perfectly, it always tastes great after some gin.

By: Sligo

Sligo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:04:04 +0000

*Sigh* My drinking days are behind me, so a return to Hank’s would be bittersweet, since there’s not really anything else to do there.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:31:41 +0000

We’ve always threatened to stop by Dietle’s but never have. Road trip?

By: Sligo

Sligo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:44:07 +0000

I can’t believe that place is still open. You know why it’s so great? Because it’s the only place in MoCo that is grandfathered in and doesn’t have to adhere to the moronic proportion of food rule. The only food they serve is produced by Utz. Did you ever go to the Dietle’s in Silver Spring? That also was excused from the rule, but shut down (supposedly) as a result of the smoke-free law.

They were connected – I think they were owned by brothers/cousins way back in the day but they had a falling out at some point. Kind of like Adidas/Puma or Strosnider’s in Kemp Mill and the other Strosnider’s. Would be a fascinating story to research.

By: Bonifant more sinister than Thayer

Bonifant more sinister than Thayer — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:12:20 +0000

Nor did QH get any nods in the “dive bar” category – but I gotta say I agree with their choice of Dietle’s in Rockthesda. (cue Cheers music) “You wanna go where nobody knows your name….”