Eating Out

Now that the kitchen project has come to an end---it's time for my Blog Awards for the Best and Worst of our eating out experiences. We ate at about 70 places, but now, it's hard to remember all of them...I'll try my best!:

Best:
Best Overall: Doug Fir--cute surroundings, great drinks, fabulous company, yummy food, and cheap.

Best Pizza: Busboys and Poets

Best Wait Staff: Rosemary's Thyme

Best Brunch: Merriweather's in Oregon

Best Burger: Doug Fir in Oregon

Best Steak: Frankie Rolands, Roanoke, VA

Best Seafood Dinner: Boca Bay in Wilmington, NC

Favorite new neighborhood restaurant: Al Crostino

Best summertime meal: Maggie and Andy's gazpacho and scallop and shrimp with mango

Best presentation: Ilona's tri-tomato salad and corn chowder

Favorite cheap eats/place to eat when drunk: Amesterdam Falafel House

Most hilarious conversation over dinner: with Ron and Jessica at Rosemary's Thyme

Most interesting intellectual conversation over dinner: with Maggie and Andy about Guns, Germs and Steel over dinner at their house

Hostess with the mostest: Katie Russell--3 days after having her baby

Best interactive meal: Bethesda Crab House

Biggest Diamond in the Ruff: The Islander

Best Oysters: Hanks Oysters

Best Match of Trivial Pursuit: At Ilona's house over Thai food

Best mix of strangers at a cocktail party: Brent and Robert's

Cutest restaurant: Tao of Tea in Portland, OR and Merriweathers also in Portland, OR

Favorite Standby: Logan Tavern

Best cocktails: Cafe Atlantico

Best BBQ: Flips!

Most creative menu: Cafe Atlantico

Best at anticipating when we are too tired to cook and inviting us over: Ron and Jessica

Favorite lunch place: Tabard Inn

Most favorite place we DIDNT go to: Zaytanya

Best grilled cheese: 18th & U Duplex

Best chain for brunch: Harry's Tap Room

Best chain for dinner: Legal Sea Foods

Best post-wisdom teeth extraction place to eat: Lauriol Plaza



Worst:
Worst overall: Morton's

Worst meal for the wait: Pasta Mia

Worst steak: Morton's Steakhouse

Worst waitstaff: Pasta Mia

Biggest let down: Morton's Steakhouse

Worst seafood: Leopold's in Gtown

Filthiest: 4 Sisters (saw a mouse in the house!)

Worst take out: Simply Home

Worst at trying to be something it's not: Tobaq

Most absent-minded wait staff: Busboys and Poets

Worst burger: Full Sail, Portland, OR

Most inconsistent: Beacon Bar and Grill

Worst brunch: Saint Ex

Worst place we AVOIDED: Bucco di Beppo (pucko and crapo!)

Worst place for soup when you are sick: Sala Thai