That was one of the first things I said when I checked in with the host at Jose Andreas’ Zaytinya, for, even though I had a reservation which I was on time for, they handed me a beeper and told me it would light up when a table was ready. Um, really? I know you’re a big, bustling, popular eatery, but you really can’t keep track of your customers with reservations better than that? The last time I was handed a beeper like that was when someone convinced me to stop at The Cheesecake Factory at the mall. Yeah. Doesn’t set a good tone for the rest of the meal I can tell you.
We lucked out and found that one of the restaurants we were most interested in trying – Againn, a decidedly contemporary, upscale, high-brow-cocktail version of a Gastropub - was literally right around the corner from our hotel. So this was our later-side Saturday night dinner pick….the last chance we’d have to sit back and relax a bit before the craziness of the Fancy Food Show in the morning.
Being New Yorkers, we were more than a bit surprised that at 9pm on a Saturday night, this restaurant – currently on the Washingtonian’s list of 100 best restaurants – was only slightly more than half full. Surprised, but not overly disappointed, as this meant we were able to get one of outside umbrella tables…a great score on such a rare, humidity-free DC night.
Filed Under: DC, Restaurant, Travel, WashingtonAnd the girls of FlavorJunkie and Five Finger Foods are there….and we couldn’t be more excited!
We got into town this just after noon today and our first stop (of course!) was for lunch. We headed over to the H Street Corridor to try some Ethiopian food at Ethiopic. As its only open for lunch on weekends (and all our dinners are booked up) – we were glad it was Saturday.
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Here’s the Flavor Junkie round up of all the eating we did in New Orleans.
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Buttermilk Fried Chicken at Nola
There are so many good things on the menus—it’s hard to choose! *smile*
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