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Specific OBX Questions
Thanks for everyone's input so far. My questions seem so ridiculously specific because I've done a fair amount of research for this (and our 2008 OBX) trip, and I'm just cleaning up the loose ends.
For the Kill Devil Grill enthusiasts: don't worry, we went during our last trip. Yes, it was very good. We also hit up Tortuga's Lie, John's Drive-In, and Ocean Boulevard (write up here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/527692?tag=boards;topic-527692)
As I mentioned in the OP, I already have a fairly good idea of the places we'll be visiting. For the curious here it is. Note, that even though we love trying local food, my group of friends and I also love to cook. So, as it has been for every traditional beachweek, most of our meals will come from us. This of course means I get to be very picky about the few meals we do decide to go out for.
Lunch: Capt'n Franks, Outer Banks Brewing (maybe for happy hour as Phyl mentioned), BBQ or Weeping Radish on the drive down
Dinner: Blue Point, Blue Moon, Sugar Shack Take Out (Fried food extravaganza... what? I never said we were classy)
Specific OBX Questions
This is exactly what I needed, SweetPhyl. My thanks.
Thanks especially about Blue Point. Going to a regular dinner and being disappointed is just part of being a chowhound imo, but if I can I'd like that disappointment to not be a place that'll cost me ~$50. Glad to hear that the "new Blue Point" is purely cosmetic. I'm really excited about it.
Specific OBX Questions
Unfortunately we're coming in from DC so we'll be going down the 158. However, if this BBQ doesn't seem worth it, it looks like the Weeping Radish that's mentioned below might be a great substitute.
Specific OBX Questions
Hey everyone. A core group of friends and I will be heading down to the Outer Banks (Kill Devil Hills specifically) later this summer. We've been there once before (I wrote up a post about it) and excited to go back. I have a fairly good idea of the places we'll be going to, but a few questions linger. Hopefully you all can help me out.
1) Blue Point. Two years ago we opted for Ocean Boulevard because it was closer to where we lived. Now, I'm itching to go to Blue Point. However, visiting the website mentions "The New Blue Point". Is this new redesign a sign of new management? Is it different than before? Should I be worried?
2) East NC BBQ. I'm not planning on eating BBQ on the beach (especially since the only apparent real option is up in Corolla). But what I've been seeing is glimpses of recommendations on Rt 158 on the drive down here. I've seen sparse recommendations for BJ's BBQ & Currituck BBQ Co. Any thoughts / recommendations between the two or any others I should look at? I'm hoping for the real thing here (lived in the triangle for 4 years and have spent some time in Lexington NC as well): chopped pork w/ slaw and hush puppies please. If the options aren't that good, please tell me; I won't be upset. I'd rather just pick up some Chick-Fil-A then.
3) Fresh Local Seafood to Take Home and Cook. Pretty much as it sounds. Where's the best place to buy fresh fish/seafood? I'm not talking about Steamer Buckets though. If there's a market I should hit up somewhere or sometime, let me know. The only one I see ever mentioned is Austin's.
4) She Crab Soup. Recommendations? Both carry-out & eating in options welcome.
5) Outer Banks Brewing Station. Thinking about visiting because we all appreciate trying out new beers. However, I haven't heard a lot about it looking through the boards. This would be a lunch visit for us. How is the lunch food? How is the beer (is this something I should ask in the Beer board?)
6) Capt'n Franks. An institution obviously. But is it worth it? We didn't go last time because it came down to being "just hotdogs" and we would rather try more local flair (like John's Drive-In). But maybe it's really just that good? Weigh in with your opinion!
Please keep suggestions in a 10mi radius from KDH (except for the drive-down BBQ of course). That's basically from Duck down to the Causeway. Thanks so much for your help.
Good Cheap Ethnic Eats in Downtown Baltimore
Thanks for the info daveinmd & lulu.
Which pho 75 though, Lulu?
Americanized Chinese food Baltimore
Thought I'd try to tackle your disgust with the Szechuan House/Grace Garden/Hunan Taste praising. Don't know if you actually care, but I like exercises in guessing human behavior. All of the following is pure speculation: I haven't talked in depth about this to any hounders nor do I hold a degree in any human behavior related field. All I've managed to do is eat a lot of chinese food and now have some time to kill in the middle of the day before my next rotation starts.
In the beginning there was naught but Szechuan House.
This is a giant overstatement. What actually probably occurred was that Szechuan was the first and/or most well known place to supply easy-access to more traditional flavors to all customers. The key here is all customers, not just fellow asians or long-time friends of the business. Their "authentic" side of the menu (called something like 'taste of the country' or something similar ... apologies for not remembering) was right there on the standard carry-out menu AND amazingly (!) was in only somewhat difficult to understand english (rather than complete gibberish translated through google).
To explain the ‘overstatement’ part: it’s highly likely that some of the “crappy chinese food places you pass by on the way to work” have chefs with the ability to cook some good traditional tasting dishes. Often times it’s just not financially feasible for them to do so: not enough of their regular client base would order it and many who try it discover that it’s not to their liking (it is, after all, a completely different culture’s food). So they don’t advertise them/make them constantly and instead only prepare them for customers they know are going to enjoy it. Example: there’s a “crappy chinese food place” on the campus of where I went to college that was ‘popular’ (read: late night snack popular) for their general tso’s chicken. I tried to stay away from it until one day I went to their actual location and struck up a conversation with the owner. He offered a plate of their house meal (I don’t think I used the appropriate phrase here. It’s the dish prepared by the cooks for the cooks and workers. What’s the called?): a whole-fish hotpot with complex layers of spicy flavors. It evoked memories of fish I’ve had over in China; it was probably not as refined, but still just as delicious. My two close friends that were there with me (both who considered themselves lovers of food) hated it and went back to their general tso’s.
ANYWAY. So Szechuan House got praised. Hard. Harder than they deserved? Well that depends: should a location be praised depending on its merits relative to all chinese food everywhere, or to other chinese food places locally? If the latter (which is probably more fair ... at least I know that I do not fly anywhere I want for free) than it definitely was worthy of praise. And when the only answer you can seriously give a fellow chowhounder when they ask "where can I go to get some authentic chinese in baltimore" is one location, it tends to seem and starts to become a bit "fanatic" sounding. Hence your "ALWAYS toots their horn so loudly".
In response to your negative comments about Szechuan: First off, your comments about the place being noisy and/or a fire hazard? Really shouldn’t enter the consideration of ‘good food vs. not good food’. All of your statements are true, and yet they probably would make me want to go their more if I hadn’t tried it before. In New York, my uncle used to tell me “If you find a little Chinese place where the ground is so sticky it makes noise as you walk around and there are stains on every wall and you think that rats would think it was too low-class a place to live, then run inside as quickly as you can and ask for the special of the day.”
Next, you’ve had bad food there? That’s hardly surprising at all (I’m serious; I’m not being facetious). Just because a place makes some dishes both authentic and delicious does not mean I expect all of their food to be good. This holds especially true for Chinese food places. These restaurants have so many dishes on their menu (yes, I know many of them are extremely similar) that I would personally find it impossible to not screw up on not just a few, but many of them. My experience of even the good chinese restaurants in the States is that they usually have a few stunning dishes, a handful of decent dishes, a whole mess of nothing-to-write-home-abouts, and then more than a handful of clunkers. Yes, this goes for Grace Garden & Hunan Taste too (let the hate replies commence!)
Speaking of those two fancy “new kids on the block”. It’s so great to have them in our area. They’ve brought authentic flavors (Hunan Taste moreso than Grace Garden … remember I’m stating in terms of pure authenticity here… I’m not saying one’s better than the other) to Baltimore palates. But this craze of support is still probably more than a little bit due to 1) the overall lack of good options in the Baltimore area and 2) the relative new-ness of the two places. Does that mean we shouldn’t be thankful for them? That we shouldn’t support and recommend them? Hell no. We’ll sing their praises until the next guy comes and does just a little notch better. Then we’ll lower our praises to them a little bit (just like how the praises to Szechuan House got heavily pacified after Grace Garden and Hunan Taste came onto the scene … nothing about Szechuan House went down, it’s just that the standard of quality expected in our area went up).
So yeah. If nothing else, I enjoyed writing this.
Good Cheap Ethnic Eats in Downtown Baltimore
Question about Mekong Delta Cafe: is this place relatively new? I don't remember hearing about it when I still lived in Baltimore, and now it seems to be on a lot of threads. Might be worth trying out when I go back to visit.
More importantly though: $9 for pho? That's pretty darn expensive if you ask me. I'd be expecting one of the best pho I've ever eaten because it might be the most expensive. Even the more expensive pho options in Eden Center in Arlington are $8 if I recall. Can anyone chime in on the taste/quality compared to standard area favorites (Pho Nam, Pho #1, Eden Center, etc)?
Much appreciated
Where is Baltimore's Chinatown?
To help clarify these potentially confusing one-liners for you, wench31: there is actually no chinatown in odenton. What happens to be there is a singular place that is very popular called grace garden (see gregb's post for location and reviews).
Charlottesville Delights from a Relocated Hound.
I really like the farmer's market here too. Smaller than I'm used to in Baltimore, but still quite nice. I've been debating on whether or not to take the $12/lb hit and buy some bulgogi from one of the meat people there. Still haven't tried Spudnuts because I'm a bad person.
Specifically for your noodle kick: There's a new chinese (sichuan) restaurant that opened up on 29 and Rio Rd. It's called Taste of China, and the chef is supposed to be a mini-renowned guy. I can't really attest to that fact, but I did try the food. Pretty good. More details from me and others here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/657943#5121429
Though not even close to authentic Mexican, Continental Divide is pretty popular here. And, according to some (I'm more of a straight whiskey drinker so I can't say one way or another), could potentially help your cocktail search.
Past the traditional really popular locations which I'm sure others have told you about (Bodos/Crozet Pizza/etc), there isn't a lot I've managed to try that's truly worth mentioning (similarly tight budget and all that jazz). Although, I've found myself really enjoying sandwiches from Bel-Air Market in the Exxon on Ivy Road close to the Birdwood Golf Club. Flavorful meats and friendly workers.
And if you have the chance and the time, there's always Thai Siam. Really authentic Thai food approximately 40minutes south on 29 from charlottesville. I just took a trip a few weekends ago.
Cheers.
Charlottesville Delights from a Relocated Hound.
I find it awesome that someone else is in my exact same situation. I'm relocated from Baltimore, now here at UVA for grad work. Which grad program are you in, Pane?
Good list; I'll post my own after I type it up.
Hello CVille Hounders! [moved from Southeast]
Awesome info, johnb.
Great report, Giselle! I managed to go over this weekend for some birthday noodles and small plate pickings. Overall, I was pretty happy with the food and very happy with the fact that a place like this decided to come to Charlottesville as I moved in.
First the food (you’ll have to excuse me for not remembering dish names correctly, I ordered in mandarin by talking to the waitress about what they had, but these names should be good enough to find it on the menu):
Beef noodle soup (Sichuan style): Huge bowl. Noodles are the thinner, more standard kind that you’ll find in beef noodle soups. The broth is pretty flavorful and goes great with some spare rice. I would assume the beef was cooked in some ma la sauces, but I didn’t really get those flavors out of the dish. They were a little stingy on the about of beef you get.
Fish and cilantro roll: Heavy amounts of cilantro and ‘ground’ fish inside a thin wrapping. These shells were expertly fried to a light crisp. Delicious, especially dipped with some soy and fresh spicy peppers. You need to really love the taste of cilantro.
Beef and beef tendon in ma la oils (cold dish): A very traditional dish whose translation into English I’ve never even considered before. They’re version was very traditional to the samplings I’ve had before from many different locales (and home). I really enjoyed the flavor (against lots of cilantro). I did notice, however, that they use a bit of a poorer quality of beef than I'd like (not big a significant notice)
Onto a few things I noticed: They are very VERY busy on the weekends. Like crazy busy. Be prepared to wait if you're unlucky either because they don't get the order into the cook, or the food gets forgotten. Also, please note that communicating with the servers if you aren't comfortable with this cuisine (or can't speak mandarin) can be difficult. I noticed a middle-aged caucasian couple that were getting very frustrated and angry with the wait staff.
Cheers.
Thai Siam (Arrington, VA off VA29) Questions
Went down this weekend to Thai Siam, and after a few days of reflection (and work) I thought I’d post some thoughts about the trip. The drive is only about 30-45minutes each way from CVille.
Overall Notes: This was a great experience. I’m not Thai, so I make no claims about true authenticity, but the food was deeply flavorful, layered with spices, and unlike Thai food you’ll normally find (or at least that I’ve normally found). Of particular note are the sauces that she makes: they’re superb. Prices are on par or cheaper than most local Thai places as well. I also want to mention that the owner is a truly wonderful lady to talk to.
Dishes: I want to mention that I’m pretty critical when it comes to reviewing dishes, but I don’t believe that flaws automatically make a bad dish, and I’d like to reiterate my overall enjoyment of the trip.
Thai Dumplings – pork inside, structured similar to shumai that you would get at Cantonese dim sum. Meat was still tender. Appeared hand-made (which is very cool). The sauce that came with was like a soy/vinegar mix (maybe with some ginger as well).
Fresh Spring Roll – vegetarian. Light & fresh ingredients with a fantastic peanut sauce. One of the best peanut sauces I’ve ever had.
Chicken Satay – unfortunately the chicken was quite overdone, and except for a bit of charred flavor it was fairly bland. This was thankfully offset by another fabulous sauce (also peanut based I believe).
Duck Curry & Beef Panang, both thai hot – I really dig the curries here. And they do not skimp on heat, which only makes me enjoy them more. The depth of flavor in these curries is truly delicious (really loved the addition of peeled grapes and pineapple). Unfortunately, the proteins that accompany take a pretty heavy backseat. In fact, you could barely tell what pieces you were scooping out were duck/beef versus anything else. So that was a bit of a downer. Small note- even if you’re not a big spicy lover, I’d recommend trying out the thai hot because of its mixture of flavors, but be careful: there are some peppers inside the curry that could lead to accidental ingestion (followed by hilarity for other table members).
Shrimp Pad Thai – I actually enjoyed this dish much more than I thought I would. Fresh bean sprouts, lime and flavorful peanuts really give their pad thai a level of intricacy that I haven’t experienced in other thai places. Shrimp was also cooked well which was a big plus.
And there you have our meal. I had a blast and hope to go back soon. Thanks to hounders who provided both active and passive help for making this trip possible.
Hello CVille Hounders! [moved from Southeast]
Thanks for the info ncmike! I'm really excited for this.
Took a look at the place today (just popped in early and took a menu). While I agree that their dishes have a wider spectrum than a really focused menu you might see in some really authentic places, I'd have to say that it's pretty clear that they are szechuan-based. I mean, it's there in the name (the chinese one, not the english 'Taste of China'). Plus a couple of what look like ma-la dishes and I think that's (hopefully) where their strengths will lie. The other regional foods are often added to make the menu more rounded and accessible (which by no means automatically makes them bad choices to order).
One of the workers (owner?) immediately struck up a conversation with me in chinese and I found out that they've had places in both Maryland and Northern VA. Love to get to know more about them when I go back.
Overall though, much like ncmike says, all signs are good.
MAYBE I'll get to try it this weekend, but with the hecticness that is my Thai Siam trip, this place might have to hold out for a few more days. Regardless, it will be sampled soon, and I'll post back. Love to hear more about other people's experiences if you guys and gals get a chance to go.
Baltimore - best spot for dinner these days?
Peter's Inn & Henningers are always good options.
Maybe the Annabel Lee Tavern in canton? It's been awhile since I've visited, but I enjoyed my trip. Didn't seem nearly as lively as a place like Brewer's Art or a Woodberry Kitchen though.
http://www.annabelleetavern.com/
Asian Court dim sum; any recent visits? Or Wheaton?
Asian Court is the one off of 70 correct? I've been there a few of times in the past 6 months (most recently about a month and a half ago). It's really not bad. They're not going to wow a dim sum veteran in terms of perfect flavors, but it's pretty solid food. Most importantly though, is that each time I've gone there the food has been hot. Honestly, that might be the greatest attraction (and a rarity in a lot of dim sum places).
I'd recommend sticking to the staples of dim sum if you go. Each time I go I try straying off the beaten path to one of their other more non dim-sum-esque dishes and so far all but one was a bust.
As for the no red meat thing: it's doable, especially if she's otherwise an adventurous or not a picky eater (I remember the turnip cake decent last time I went). Admittedly, you'll probably be getting a few more of the shrimp dishes than normal, but it shouldn't be too difficult.
I'd recommend it, and frankly you don't really have a better option that I know of. Oh, and it's a pretty decent staff too.
Thai Siam (Arrington, VA off VA29) Questions
Hi everyone,
I've been dying to make the trip to Thai Siam ever since I moved to Charlottesville. My thoughts were to get a small group of people (5 or 6) in a car and drive down one night for dinner. I had planned to give the owner a heads up so that she could potentially conceptualize the family-style meal in advance (I'd be leaving the meal mostly up to her discretion).
Here's the big problem: I can't seem to get ahold of the place! I've used both the 434-263-8577 (chow and yelp's listed number) as well as a 434-263-7938 number I found on google. Both numbers simply just continue to ring without answer or voice mail. I tried calling last night around 7:30, and in thinking that she might have just been too busy at that time, tried calling again today both before and after regular dinner hours. No luck. Does anyone know if I might have an old phone number, if there are specific times I should be calling, or any other information I might need to know (like she's on vacation right now or something)?
Secondarily, but since I'm already typing I might as well vocalize, are more minor issues: what dishes have really stood out to those of you who have been here before. I don't necessarily mean specific entrees, but more in the sense of "she prepares 'x ingredient' amazingly" or "this rendition of 'x sauce' is to die for". This way I might have potential requests if it seems like something I'd want or she'd want.
In addition, I do have one individual in my group that does not eat red meat, and another potential group member who is extremely picky when it comes to ingredients (no pork, seafood/shellfish of any kind, and nothing too texturally soft [eg. mainy asian noodles, dumpling, tofu, etc.]) Does anyone have recommendations to accomodate these (particularly the later)?
Thanks for looking in and for your input. If this goes well, I'm very excited to plan a grand trip back with many more people.
Hello CVille Hounders! [moved from Southeast]
I've actually heard great things about Thai Siam, and have already planned an outing coming up (either next weekend or the weekend before thanksgiving). I'm extremely excited about this, and if it turns out to be a lot of fun, I'm looking forward to try and possibly set up a chowhound outing to Thai Siam.
Hello CVille Hounders! [moved from Southeast]
Thought I'd stop by and say hi. I'm originally from and am an active participant of the Baltimore board, but after a few years of working in Baltimore city, I decided to go back and get my MD, so I'm here at UVA for (at minimum) the next four years. Been here for almost two months now and have had a small sampling of food and hope to increase that as I get acclimated to the new town and to my pretty intense program. Unfortunately, the immense shift in income (I'm now paying an organization to work for them instead of getting paid to work ... how is that fair?) means less overall dining out, but I'm hoping that more planning and forethought into my food schedule/budget will still allow me the opportunity to try some of CVille's best every now and then.
I have managed to get out and try a few popular staples including: bodos, christian's, crozet's pizza, continental divide, blue grass grill, and rev soup. First 'pricier' places on the to-do list are Zocalo and Savour. Love the sat. morning farmer's market (I'm there most weeks).
Sad to see the Charlottesville activity on chowhound is a bit slow, but I'd imagine that has a lot to do with CVille being relatively small and not really being a touristy location (nor is it really too heavily along the way of one either in terms of driving), but I hope to get to talk to people about food and get to know and meet up with some of you over the next few years.
My one request for help in this post: I'm looking for decent Chinese. Many online posts (and even uva alumns in my program) state that there is "no good/authentic chinese. period." Can this be true? In a place where so many of the faculty (especially in the sciences/research departments) are asian (I've seen them around) there has to be a place to congregate. Maybe a place that usually is just a takeout place but has a special menu? Anyone? While I love to cook Chinese food, it's a hassle a lot of the time (plus I'm not exactly swimming in free hours these days). So I'd love any insights, even if it's just "I like this delivery place, maybe if you got to know the chefs I'd imagine they could make some decent authentic dishes".
That's my rant. Hope to see some of you around.
-Wangus
Where to get DogFishHead Punkin Ale?
I was in DC (dupont circle area) maybe a month ago, and the whole foods there mentioned that they were expecting to get the punkin ale soon. So that may be an option to check out. (I managed to buy a case for myself last time I swung through Baltimore so I'm still a happy camper).
Cheers,
Best "affordable" steak in Baltimore?
Had a really excellent steak at Jack's for one of their sunday special entrees. All indications would point to their normal menu steak ($18) being good as well. Although the normal menu one is done sous vide, and I'm pretty sure the sunday special wasn't, so... forewarning. (Has personally never had anything prepared sous vide).
BEST PLACE to buy PIES in Baltimore area???
I've enjoyed some of the DD pies while others have been just okay. Does Patisserie Poupon make pies (or is it just cakes)?
What are Balt most over-rated Restaurants?
Crackers: I remember that thread when it came out, but I looked over it again to make sure I wasn't mistaken. It seems to me that the majority of reviews were either good or unbelievably glowing. A quick skim (I admit to not reading every word of the entire page) showed a couple reviews that were distinctly just unhappy about the food as a whole. Yes, there are some mixed reviews (I noticed some interesting reviews that were unhappy about the fact that there seemed to be other people eating in the restaurant... the horror!), but I the feeling I got from that thread was heavily slanted towards the positive.
Sas' comment over there was the same as his/her comment here: short, and so like Foi, I'd be very interested to hear more elaboration.
What are Balt most over-rated Restaurants?
It's been a bit difficult to think about restaurants that fall under this category, and my opinions have changed as I read other people's comments.
Sometimes, people have been stating high price as their reason for an over-rated vote. I find this a bit... unfair. Rarely have I found that information on food hype to be without some sort of price context. Usually it's 'you'll be paying this much, but the food is . If you don't think food is worth the value, that's certainly a reason not to like the restaurant, but for some reason I don't think it's the right sole reason to place it in an over-rated category. I dunno.
Also, these nominees are just places that I tend to see sometimes "hyped" by chowhounders. There's plenty of hype by regular people out there that never makes sense to me (Yay Ruth's Chris? Yay Mo's Seafood? Sigh...).
With that in mind. I have to say that without a doubt, my first vote for most over-rated restaurant is Chiapparelli's. I really wanted to like it, and I know that it's not a largely hyped location, but I do not understand the devotion to their salad. I've gotten it all three times I've been there and all three times it was bland and lacking in fresh ingredients. And this is just the salad: their standard food was consistently sweet, heavy, and overcooked.
Other places include Tio Pepes (though I chalk the hype up to mostly fond nostalgia so there's really no anger here) Matsuri (or really any sushi place that has any 'hype'), and Pasta Blitz (nothing really to add, just wanted to keep the structure of the parenthesis).
And finally, the single statement that may get me exiled from BaltoCHOW:
Grace Garden. Yeah, I said it. Please don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed eating at Grace Garden immensely for many meals, but the kind of reverence that is thrown at it on these boards is a bit over the top. Yes, I understand that Chinese in the area is terrible and as such the Li's have brought a truly welcomed breath of fresh air (albeit far away fresh air). However, if I were to be fair, I'd say the restaurant still compares only decently to mediocre to the good chinese establishments around the country (and even some chefs that have come and gone around the area). I think we sometimes lose sight of that in our excitement of having a traditional Chinese place to call our own. Trust me, I get it: it's new, it's popular, it's definitely everything we strive for in CHOWhound ... but it's still a pretty standard definition of 'over-rated'.
Or probably that's just my opinion.
Solo dining at Charleston
Just a much less useful aside: Due to the smoking ban in Baltimore, no restaurants are allowed to have smoking indoors. The only exceptions are those who obtain an economic hardships waiver which require proof of over 15% loss of revenue over two months after the ban was enforced, and I find it unlikely that the Charleston has one of these waivers. (Only places I know off the top of my head are Ropewalk Tavern and the Havana Club)
Ideally, you'll be able to dine at a table, but at least you won't have to worry about any smoking regardless of the situation.
Brewer's Art Resurrection sold in Stores (Balto & DC)
I can guarantee that both Beltway Liquors in Baltimore (Co.) and the Whole Foods in DC sell them for $9.99. But those are the only places that I asked for quoted prices.
Hot dog options in Durham/Chapel Hill?
A weird suggestion but why not: On Duke University campus there's a hot dog 'stand' (I use quotes because it's more like a shack last time I went back and visited) called Pauly Dogs. When I was an undergrad there I remembered enjoying his Jumbo and Sausage Dogs. He has a huge variety of condiments and topping and has different set specials that are quite popular.
I'm not a hot dog expert (neither then nor now), but I remember them being pretty good.
Edit: sorry. To be more exact: Pauly is on what was once called the Bryan Center Walkway... I think they call it the 'terrace' or something now. Either way, you can ask for the walkway between west campus quad and the bryan center. Parking can be found at and near the bryan center.
Brewer's Art Resurrection sold in Stores (Balto & DC)
Hey guys and gals,
I've been away from the Baltimore scene for a bit (sadly moved away after deciding to head to medical school), so I'm not sure how long this news has been true. But recently I've been craving some Resurrection (let's face it, who doesn't?) and so I called Brewer's and sure enough, they began distributing the beer to the local area liquor stores.
It's in the central MD area in several places. I can guarantee that Beltway Liquors has it, but I'm sure it's in many other places. The bigger news? They've just recently distributed to the Washington DC area as well. Which is great because that's closer to me than Baltimore (admittedly not by too too much). I called the distributor for their DC group and now know tyou can find it in: Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits, Clevland Park Liquors, Scheinder's on Capital Hill, and both the P Street and Wisconsin Whole Foods. Most of these places only have a case or two, so depending on demand, they may be out soonish. So DC hounders, if you ever peak at Baltimore threads (I know I used to peak at DC threads every now and then) and saw us raving about this random beer, do yourself a favor and try it out.
They are sold in 750ml bottles and they are going to be $9.99
I didn't see a mention of this on the boards, so I thought I'd let those of you who aren't already aware a heads up, and those of you who've never tried it now have a chance to get a taste of this wonderful Belgian style beer in the comfort of your own home (or better yet at a friend's home).
Cheers!
-Wangus
Trip Report - Nags Head, Outer Banks
Glad to hear you had a good time. I went last year and have to agree on both Tortuga's being okay but not amazing and on Kill Devil Grill being quite a standout. If you do return to the area sometime in the future, I'd highly recommend John's Drive In: really delicious 'dolphin' sandwiches. It's been awhile so I can't remember the MP, but it's a little north of the general Nag's Head area. Shouldn't be too hard to find as it's a pretty well known institution that really lives up to the hype.
If I ever go back, I'd like to try the Sugar Shack basket and go to Goombays.
Thanks for the report.
chicken and waffles in Baltimore
I was going to say Miss Shirley's as well. I've had them and they are quite good, though not exactly what I remember from North Carolina. However, a couple of friends I've met in Baltimore can't get enough of them. They lowly and melodically chant "chicken 'n waffles, chicken 'n waffles, chicken 'n waffle" whenever we drive to Miss Shirley's.
