What is going on with Lakelands and Kentlands?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC people, enjoy your ruby Tuesday and fuddruckers. Don’t act like it’s all fine dining.

The problem is that none of it is fine dining in Gaithersburg/Kentlands/Whateverlands.

Btw, there are no Ruby Tuesdays or Fuddruckers in DC anymore. DC has its fair share of terrible, hole in the wall restaurants. However, if you’re going to attempt to be insulting, please name the correct mediocre restaurants.

That's ridiculous. There are plenty of good restaurants in the Gaithersburg area (though not, currently, specifically in the Kentlands shopping center).

Are any of those Gaithersburg restaurants Michelin starred? I’ll wait.

Do you live in Washington, Virginia? I'm sure that you wouldn't settle for living in a backwater with no three-star and only two two-star restaurants, would you?

Yes, the Inn at Little Washington. Even that rural backwater has better dining options than Gaithersburg.

That rural backwater has better dining options than DC!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No 3 star rated restaurants in dc. The lack of humanity is hard to bear.

We’ll have to settle for two 2 starred restaurants, plus 12 others. That’s 15 more Michelin-starred restaurants than the entire state of Maryland.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/13/here-are-the-2019-michelin-star-restaurants-for-dc/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC people, enjoy your ruby Tuesday and fuddruckers. Don’t act like it’s all fine dining.

The problem is that none of it is fine dining in Gaithersburg/Kentlands/Whateverlands.

Btw, there are no Ruby Tuesdays or Fuddruckers in DC anymore. DC has its fair share of terrible, hole in the wall restaurants. However, if you’re going to attempt to be insulting, please name the correct mediocre restaurants.

That's ridiculous. There are plenty of good restaurants in the Gaithersburg area (though not, currently, specifically in the Kentlands shopping center).

Are any of those Gaithersburg restaurants Michelin starred? I’ll wait.

Do you live in Washington, Virginia? I'm sure that you wouldn't settle for living in a backwater with no three-star and only two two-star restaurants, would you?

Yes, the Inn at Little Washington. Even that rural backwater has better dining options than Gaithersburg.

That rural backwater has better dining options than DC!

Lol, sure. Have you been to Washington, VA’s other Michelin restaurants?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No 3 star rated restaurants in dc. The lack of humanity is hard to bear.

We’ll have to settle for two 2 starred restaurants, plus 12 others. That’s 15 more Michelin-starred restaurants than the entire state of Maryland.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/13/here-are-the-2019-michelin-star-restaurants-for-dc/

?

Typically 2 + 12 = 14, not 15.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No 3 star rated restaurants in dc. The lack of humanity is hard to bear.

We’ll have to settle for two 2 starred restaurants, plus 12 others. That’s 15 more Michelin-starred restaurants than the entire state of Maryland.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/13/here-are-the-2019-michelin-star-restaurants-for-dc/

That’s 14 more than the entire state of Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No 3 star rated restaurants in dc. The lack of humanity is hard to bear.

We’ll have to settle for two 2 starred restaurants, plus 12 others. That’s 15 more Michelin-starred restaurants than the entire state of Maryland.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/13/here-are-the-2019-michelin-star-restaurants-for-dc/

So for the 2 times a year I might want to go to one of these restaurants I should live in DC and commute out of the city to get to my job, send my kids to DC schools, commemorating on a similar house, have no greenspace, far from hiking, biking, kayaking and all the other stuff we do when we are not working?

Doesn't make sense.

[Anonymous]

Commemorating was spend more.money on

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The obsession with "fine dining" is bizarre to me. How often are you eating out that this is the most important part of your life.

I know there is a lack of kitchen space in most DC homes so maybe that is why cooking and having people over is less common and eating out is so important.

Even if you eat out once a week, that is 8 hours of your life but it seems to dominate your life.

Obsession? No. I’m just pointing out the fact that if you’re celebrating a special occasion at a nice restaurant, it’s nice to not have to include a 1.5 hour rountrip drive to DC. It’s either that, or Red Lobster.

Oh we would go to Frederick not DC. But my family prefer my cooking to a restaurant for special occasions. Could not imagine celebrating a family birthday at a restaurant how cold and impersonal, that is so limiting. Do you not include children in birthday celebrations?

DC is fun for a Caps game though.

Perhaps that is yet another way that city folk and country folk are different. I prefer to have restaurants cook and serve the majority of my celebratory meals. Btw, my children love Blue Duck Tavern—it’s pretty kid friendly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No 3 star rated restaurants in dc. The lack of humanity is hard to bear.

We’ll have to settle for two 2 starred restaurants, plus 12 others. That’s 15 more Michelin-starred restaurants than the entire state of Maryland.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/09/13/here-are-the-2019-michelin-star-restaurants-for-dc/

So for the 2 times a year I might want to go to one of these restaurants I should live in DC and commute out of the city to get to my job, send my kids to DC schools, commemorating on a similar house, have no greenspace, far from hiking, biking, kayaking and all the other stuff we do when we are not working?

Doesn't make sense.

No, you should definitely stay in Gaithersburg. It suits you.

[Anonymous]

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Perhaps that is yet another way that city folk and country folk are different. I prefer to have restaurants cook and serve the majority of my celebratory meals. Btw, my children love Blue Duck Tavern—it’s pretty kid friendly.

"Country folk" in Gaithersburg?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The obsession with "fine dining" is bizarre to me. How often are you eating out that this is the most important part of your life.

I know there is a lack of kitchen space in most DC homes so maybe that is why cooking and having people over is less common and eating out is so important.

Even if you eat out once a week, that is 8 hours of your life but it seems to dominate your life.

Obsession? No. I’m just pointing out the fact that if you’re celebrating a special occasion at a nice restaurant, it’s nice to not have to include a 1.5 hour rountrip drive to DC. It’s either that, or Red Lobster.

Oh we would go to Frederick not DC. But my family prefer my cooking to a restaurant for special occasions. Could not imagine celebrating a family birthday at a restaurant how cold and impersonal, that is so limiting. Do you not include children in birthday celebrations?

DC is fun for a Caps game though.

You DC people are so freaking ignorant.

If we want to go to a restaurant for a special occasion, we don't need to go to Red Lobster.

Here are 2 options in Kentlands:

Vasili's (a 5 min walk because it's in Kentlands; my parents, who have lived in Manhattan their entire lives, love it there)
Kenaki Sushi (not fancy, per se, but excellent sushi)

In Montgomery County:

Founding Farmer's (yes, there's a Rockville location -- you must be shocked)
Jaleo's in Bethesda
Il Pizzico in Rockville
Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana in Gaithersburg, which has actually made Washingtonians list of 100 Best Restaurants
Peter Chang in Rockville, which also made the Washingtonian list

Among others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The obsession with "fine dining" is bizarre to me. How often are you eating out that this is the most important part of your life.

I know there is a lack of kitchen space in most DC homes so maybe that is why cooking and having people over is less common and eating out is so important.

Even if you eat out once a week, that is 8 hours of your life but it seems to dominate your life.

Obsession? No. I’m just pointing out the fact that if you’re celebrating a special occasion at a nice restaurant, it’s nice to not have to include a 1.5 hour rountrip drive to DC. It’s either that, or Red Lobster.

Oh we would go to Frederick not DC. But my family prefer my cooking to a restaurant for special occasions. Could not imagine celebrating a family birthday at a restaurant how cold and impersonal, that is so limiting. Do you not include children in birthday celebrations?

DC is fun for a Caps game though.

You DC people are so freaking ignorant.

If we want to go to a restaurant for a special occasion, we don't need to go to Red Lobster.

Here are 2 options in Kentlands:

Vasili's (a 5 min walk because it's in Kentlands; my parents, who have lived in Manhattan their entire lives, love it there)
Kenaki Sushi (not fancy, per se, but excellent sushi)

In Montgomery County:

Founding Farmer's (yes, there's a Rockville location -- you must be shocked)
Jaleo's in Bethesda
Il Pizzico in Rockville
Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana in Gaithersburg, which has actually made Washingtonians list of 100 Best Restaurants
Peter Chang in Rockville, which also made the Washingtonian list

Among others.

Are those your best options? Those are mostly fine mid-tier chain, but certainly nothing to brag about. Well, at least you can come to DC to really experience fine dining.

[Anonymous]

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Are those your best options? Those are mostly fine mid-tier chain, but certainly nothing to brag about. Well, at least you can come to DC to really experience fine dining.

What's the difference between "fine dining" and "good food", besides $$$$? I'm asking sincerely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The obsession with "fine dining" is bizarre to me. How often are you eating out that this is the most important part of your life.

I know there is a lack of kitchen space in most DC homes so maybe that is why cooking and having people over is less common and eating out is so important.

Even if you eat out once a week, that is 8 hours of your life but it seems to dominate your life.

Obsession? No. I’m just pointing out the fact that if you’re celebrating a special occasion at a nice restaurant, it’s nice to not have to include a 1.5 hour rountrip drive to DC. It’s either that, or Red Lobster.

Oh we would go to Frederick not DC. But my family prefer my cooking to a restaurant for special occasions. Could not imagine celebrating a family birthday at a restaurant how cold and impersonal, that is so limiting. Do you not include children in birthday celebrations?

DC is fun for a Caps game though.

You DC people are so freaking ignorant.

If we want to go to a restaurant for a special occasion, we don't need to go to Red Lobster.

Here are 2 options in Kentlands:

Vasili's (a 5 min walk because it's in Kentlands; my parents, who have lived in Manhattan their entire lives, love it there)
Kenaki Sushi (not fancy, per se, but excellent sushi)

In Montgomery County:

Founding Farmer's (yes, there's a Rockville location -- you must be shocked)
Jaleo's in Bethesda
Il Pizzico in Rockville
Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana in Gaithersburg, which has actually made Washingtonians list of 100 Best Restaurants
Peter Chang in Rockville, which also made the Washingtonian list

Among others.

Are those your best options? Those are mostly fine mid-tier chain, but certainly nothing to brag about. Well, at least you can come to DC to really experience fine dining.

None of them are chains, except for Founding Farmers (which is hardly mid-tier); WTH are you talking about?!

The chef at Inferno used to be the executive sous chef at Jean Georges (ever heard of it?).

If you're going to insult this area, at least use facts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Are those your best options? Those are mostly fine mid-tier chain, but certainly nothing to brag about. Well, at least you can come to DC to really experience fine dining.

What's the difference between "fine dining" and "good food", besides $$$$? I'm asking sincerely.

Nothing. This is the thing bozos like these DC posters don't get.

I grew up in NYC and the biggest thing people who don't understand good food don't get is IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EXPENSIVE.

Some of the best food in Manhattan is cheap. Joe's Pizza, the hole in the wall dim sum places in Chinatown, Korean fried chicken joints, etc.

Lastly, like PP said, the places listed above aren't chains. Founding Farmers and I believe Jaleo have other locations, but they're hardly "mid-tier chains." The rest only have 1 location.