Wash DC restaurant recommendation

[Jonathan Loesberg]

Obelisk does offer corkage, I think for $25-30. They have a bottle limit, though. They have a very good wine list. Peter Pastan was very geeky about Italian wine.

 

[Larry Stein]

Obelisk is closed Sun-Mon. It was on our short list. Those are the best nights for the dinner. My wife and I are leaving on Tuesday. Many I've looked at I've had to eliminate because of that issue.

 

[wrrntl]

I would put another vote in for Himitsu
Dabney probably has the best list in DC for the wines we love
Bresca is a solid option as well

 

[Yule Kim]

Re: Del Mar and Fiola Mare. I heard they have great food. But, Fabio reacted with hostility when someone my sister knows, who worked at Fiola Mare, came forward with allegations of sexual harassment perpetrated by a co-worker of hers. She left, and, as far as I know, the guy is still working at Fiola Mare.

His food might be good, but you have to have a safe working environment for all of your workers. Hard to recommend his restaurants knowing Fabio has that type of attitude.

 

[maureen]

originally posted by maureen:
Can’t believe no one has recommended Pineapple and Pearls.

Or Del Mar. Owned by DC’s best restaurateurs and at the newly developed “Wharf”.

Notwithstanding Yule’s comment above,

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Headline -Del Mar is already one of D.C.’s best dining indulgences

 

[Karen Goetz]

originally posted by maureen:

originally posted by maureen:
Can’t believe no one has recommended Pineapple and Pearls.

Or Del Mar. Owned by DC’s best restaurateurs and at the newly developed “Wharf”.

Notwithstanding Yule’s comment above,

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Headline -Del Mar is already one of D.C.’s best dining indulgences

I cannot be quiet with "...notwithstanding Yule's comment.." Yule is bringing up a critical reality that we have been willing to ignore as long as we get a superlative experience. An attitude complicit with appeasing a coercive status quo unabated with regard the to the way women are treated (or any "underling" is treated)in business. I will ask: Is it what we put in our mouths satisfying enough for individual gratification that it doesn't matter how it got there? Look the other way as long as what you purchase meets your expectations?! Please think here.
Not personal, but think this stuff through.

 

[Karen Goetz]

originally posted by Yule Kim:
Re: Del Mar and Fiola Mare. I heard they have great food. But, Fabio reacted with hostility when someone my sister knows, who worked at Fiola Mare, came forward with allegations of sexual harassment perpetrated by a co-worker of hers. She left, and, as far as I know, the guy is still working at Fiola Mare.

His food might be good, but you have to have a safe working environment for all of your workers. Hard to recommend his restaurants knowing Fabio has that type of attitude.

I want to support Yule's remarks and his observations. Thank you, Yule, for communicating critical information based on experience, not on ingestment and self satisfaction. We need to consider how what we we imbibe (wine commodities) are the results of labor by others, and how the abuse of that labor is part of what we support with our money. Women being abused is part of what you put in your mouth, and what you support by spending your money on what you swallow and ingest. It is that basic. Selfish or aware? Take a position based on ethics instead of self gratification and pleasure.

 

[Larry Stein]

I agree wholeheartedly with Karen posts. When I read Yule's post, Del Mar and Fiola Mare were immediately eliminated.

 

[BJ]

I like the Tombs.

 

[Howard Cooper]

Central. Food easy enough for younger people and sophisticated enough for you. Allows corkage(two bottles max). Easily located on Pennsylvania Avenue.

 

[Howard Cooper]

And congratulations. She sounds very special.

 

[Cole Kendall]

Just a follow-up; I ate at Bresca this weekend and the food was lovely but the experience was not. We had a 730 reservation and basically had to stand at the bar for over half an hour to get seated (the seats at the bar were largely occupied by people dining at the bar). The first food arrived at the table after 830. Not cool at all, though there were attempts to compensate by bringing out an unpleasant sparkling wine while we stood and offering some mini-cocktail when we finally got seated

Also, the restaurant is fairly loud; it was crowded, with little sound dampening and some thumping music just in case. Maybe on a weeknight (or for a private event) but never again on a weekend.