What franchises have you seen in other parts of the country that you wish were in the D.C. area?

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How much money do you plan on investing?

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Anybody say Tim Horton's yet?

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Anonymous wrote:There's a Jersey Mike's in Kentlands.

I want an Eat N Park!!!

Wow -- is eat n park still around? I grew up lancaster, PA and I think the one there closed, I loved those cookies,

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Rubies', Rubio's, Rubio's. A thousand times Rubio's. Love that place. But nothing compares to Wagamama. They finally killed that deal and my heart broke a little.

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Anonymous wrote:Waffle House!

Ew, no. And there are Waffle Houses in the Frederick area.

Anybody remember Papa Ginos in the New England area? They used to be good, not sure if they still are.

Haven't been to a papa ginos in 20 years, but it was good!

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Anonymous wrote:PP mentioned Jamba Juice. We used to drive out of our way to go to Whole Foods in Clarendon - there was a Jamba Juice inside. For whatever reason it's gone... I would LOVE a Jamba Juice and that's a national chain. Robek's and Tropical Smoothie don't compare.

They are making a comeback! One in duping, one at union station, I think there are a couple more. Agree that others are nowhere near as good.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP mentioned Jamba Juice. We used to drive out of our way to go to Whole Foods in Clarendon - there was a Jamba Juice inside. For whatever reason it's gone... I would LOVE a Jamba Juice and that's a national chain. Robek's and Tropical Smoothie don't compare.

They are making a comeback! One in duping, one at union station, I think there are a couple more. Agree that others are nowhere near as good.

ER, dupont.

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Anonymous wrote:Rubies', Rubio's, Rubio's. A thousand times Rubio's. Love that place. But nothing compares to Wagamama. They finally killed that deal and my heart broke a little.

The DC wagamama is dead?

Although while it's great in London I've been disappointed with the Boston ones, especially Faneiul Hall.

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Copper Kettle
Papas
Magic Pan

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Sonny's Barbeque

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody say Tim Horton's yet?

Yes, multiple times.

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Swiss Chalet
Duff's
Carvel

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a Jersey Mike's in Kentlands.

I want an Eat N Park!!!

Wow -- is eat n park still around? I grew up lancaster, PA and I think the one there closed, I loved those cookies,

Eat n Park is still going strong. And we love it. We drive through the Pittsburgh area several times a year and always stop there (there are several including New Stanton, Monroeville, and one in St Clairesville, 0H just across the state line from PA.

We have 1-yo twins and the best part is that kids under 5 get the soup&salad bar for free. Perfect.

The problem...Eat n Park is not a franchise, but a corporate chain.

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Anonymous wrote:Arby's !!!!

There are Arby's all over the DMV.

Yuck! I used to eat at Arby's occasionally. About 10+ years ago, I went for dinner and found a dead roach in my sandwich. How did it die? It was cut in half by the sandwich cook. Half in each side of the sandwich. I showed it to the manager who refused to replace the sandwich or refund my money. I threw the sandwich at the manager and left. I've never been back and will never eat in an Arby's again.

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Anonymous wrote:Sonic!

Love Sonic!