Suddenly... Gaithersburg.

[Jeff Grossman]

Anybody know anything about central Maryland food/drink? (Alas, I'll only pass through Union Station in Washington DC while changing trains from Amtrak to the Metro.)

Thanks.

 

[SFJoe]

TGIF.

 

[kirk wallace]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Suddenly... Gaithersburg.Anybody know anything about central Maryland food/drink? (Alas, I'll only pass through Union Station in Washington DC while changing trains from Amtrak to the Metro.)

Thanks.

Gaithersburg is not "central Maryland". But, having left that area in 1975 or so, I have no useful advice for you -- other than hop back on the metro.

 

[SFJoe]

An unusual Dining Guide from my former employer.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by SFJoe:
An unusual Dining Guide from my former employer.

Thanks. There are a few non-chains on there so it may help.

 

[kirk wallace]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

originally posted by SFJoe:
An unusual Dining Guide from my former employer.

Thanks. There are a few non-chains on there so it may help.

If all else fails, how about this: http://www.dogfishalehouse.com/

 

[Sharon Bowman]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

originally posted by SFJoe:
An unusual Dining Guide from my former employer.

Thanks. There are a few non-chains on there so it may help.

Ever the optimist!

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by kirk wallace:
If all else fails, how about this: http://www.dogfishalehouse.com/

Sure. Thank you!

 

[maureen]

Geez hop on the redline and come to my house!

On joe's list, cafe deluxe is your best bet.

 

[Steve Guattery]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:
Suddenly... Gaithersburg.Anybody know anything about central Maryland food/drink? (Alas, I'll only pass through Union Station in Washington DC while changing trains from Amtrak to the Metro.)

Thanks.

Don't know your time and transportation constraints, but Gaithersburg isn't that far from Rockville. See this post + quoted text. I ate at A&J a few years back, and it was excellent.

 

[Odd Rydland]

Don't go back to Rockville.

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[SFJoe]

originally posted by Odd Rydland:
Don't go back to Rockville.

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I blame Tony Fletcher.

 

[Cole Kendall]

While I've never been etc. etc. Tyler Cowen lists a few ethnic places in G'burg that may be interesting: http://www.gmu.edu/centers/publicchoice/faculty pages/Tyler/ethnicguide2012_aug.htm

 

[Jeff Grossman]

originally posted by Cole Kendall:
While I've never been etc. etc. Tyler Cowen lists a few ethnic places in G'burg that may be interesting: http://www.gmu.edu/centers/publicchoice/faculty pages/Tyler/ethnicguide2012_aug.htm

Thanks, Cole. Interesting reading and certainly some of them sound good. (On the other hand, he's an economist and they notoriously live in a fantasy world inhabited by reasonable people.)

 

[Yixin]

originally posted by Jeff Grossman:

originally posted by Cole Kendall:
While I've never been etc. etc. Tyler Cowen lists a few ethnic places in G'burg that may be interesting: http://www.gmu.edu/centers/publicchoice/faculty pages/Tyler/ethnicguide2012_aug.htm

Thanks, Cole. Interesting reading and certainly some of them sound good. (On the other hand, he's an economist and they notoriously live in a fantasy world inhabited by reasonable people.)

He's the Plotnicki of ethnic dining, extrapolating from scant data, collapsing multiple vectors into a scalar, permeated with ego. I like Plotnicki, but not Cowen.

 

[Cole Kendall]

In the land of the blind, perhaps the one-eyed man can offer some help.

 

[SFJoe]

Dude recommends Mortons.

Makes you wonder.

 

[Jeff Grossman]

I can use his site as a phone book.

 

[Yixin]

You might want to rethink that, Jeff. From his latest post about Sri Lanka:

"Both of my guidebooks claim the food is mediocre, but you can find excellent Sri Lankan dishes by going to small restaurants and paying less than a dollar (the actual restaurant scene does seem underdeveloped, though the places in the Cinnamon Grand are quite good). Just look for places where everyone is eating with their hands.

Order any vegetarian dish with cashews or a cashew sauce."

 

[Yule Kim]

Cowen has his uses. I don't necessarily like all of his suggestions, but he's at least aware of ethnic food options that the Post or Washingtonian are completely oblivious to.