What restaurant ( now closed) do you miss?

[Anonymous]

Cosi--service (as a takeout place) was slow but I liked the salad they made thar had the grapes in it.

Free birthday dinner at Bangkok Bistro in Georgetown

Place that made Philly cheesesteaks ans other from the grill items in Georgetown Mall--after that I would stop by Jcrew or Express

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fritzbees! Only because of the mozzarella sticks with rasberry sauce.

Stop the presses this sounds divine I need to try this in my life!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That Philadelphia Cheesesteak place in Gtown that was on the corner of Key Bridge and M street. Can't remember the exact name now...

The have or had a location in West End of Alexandria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Pleasant Pesant which used to be in Mazza Gallery. Especially the desserts.

Thank you for remembering the Pleasant Peasant at Mazza Gallerie! The original Pleasant Peasant was on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. I moved with the Peasant Company in 1983 from Atlanta to Washington to open "PPDC." I helped set up the dessert bar--Paris Brest, Brown Derby cake, the world's tallest lemon merinque pie, fabulous hazelnut fruit tart, deep fried ice cream, and, be still my heart, cappuccino cheesecake with oreo cookie crust.

At lunch, the pizza/pasta menu was downstairs, and the white tablecloth lunch was up the elevator. Remember the giant palm tree that went up through the floor? At night, the downstairs transformed into a piano bar and was packed on the weekends. We didn't take reservations, and a two-hour wait for dinner upstairs was standard operating procedure on a Saturday night. I used to tell handsome, preppy, young guys to come in at 5:30, put their name on the list, go home, relax, take a shower, pick up their date, and come back.

Some nights after work, after midnight, we'd head across the street to American Cafe, which was upstairs above Booeymonger. I always loved the smell of cinnamon coffee that permeated Booey's on a Saturday morning. I hope they haven't changed it.

Hamburger Hamlet just down Wisconsin Avenue was terrific, also. I haven't lived in DC for many years, but oh the memories of the pubs and watering holes in Friendship Heights, Dupont, Georgetown, downtown and Capitol Hill. Is Jenkins Hill still there on Pennsylvania Ave, SE? If so, did they dust the cobwebs from those dead animal heads on the wall even once in the last FORTY YEARS???

Oh my goodness, I didn’t expect to open this post and end up weeping about memories from my 20’s! Perfect details!

My 20s also! And much of my 30s. I wish every person graduating college could move to DC and live downtown, Shaw, Dupont, or Capitol Hill. There is just nothing like it...Marion Barry notwithstanding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Pleasant Pesant which used to be in Mazza Gallery. Especially the desserts.

Thank you for remembering the Pleasant Peasant at Mazza Gallerie! The original Pleasant Peasant was on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. I moved with the Peasant Company in 1983 from Atlanta to Washington to open "PPDC." I helped set up the dessert bar--Paris Brest, Brown Derby cake, the world's tallest lemon merinque pie, fabulous hazelnut fruit tart, deep fried ice cream, and, be still my heart, cappuccino cheesecake with oreo cookie crust.

At lunch, the pizza/pasta menu was downstairs, and the white tablecloth lunch was up the elevator. Remember the giant palm tree that went up through the floor? At night, the downstairs transformed into a piano bar and was packed on the weekends. We didn't take reservations, and a two-hour wait for dinner upstairs was standard operating procedure on a Saturday night. I used to tell handsome, preppy, young guys to come in at 5:30, put their name on the list, go home, relax, take a shower, pick up their date, and come back.

Some nights after work, after midnight, we'd head across the street to American Cafe, which was upstairs above Booeymonger. I always loved the smell of cinnamon coffee that permeated Booey's on a Saturday morning. I hope they haven't changed it.

Hamburger Hamlet just down Wisconsin Avenue was terrific, also. I haven't lived in DC for many years, but oh the memories of the pubs and watering holes in Friendship Heights, Dupont, Georgetown, downtown and Capitol Hill. Is Jenkins Hill still there on Pennsylvania Ave, SE? If so, did they dust the cobwebs from those dead animal heads on the wall even once in the last FORTY YEARS???

Plus, walking down the steps into Chadwick’s across the street.

[Anonymous]

Little Tavern

[Anonymous]

Anchor Inn in Wheaton

[Anonymous]

The broasted chicken place in Arlington

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chi chi's. I don't know why.

+1,000

+1

Loved the Cancun enchiladas and fried ice cream. It was my first time trying Mexican food as a child. It was so good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Pleasant Pesant which used to be in Mazza Gallery. Especially the desserts.

Thank you for remembering the Pleasant Peasant at Mazza Gallerie! The original Pleasant Peasant was on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. I moved with the Peasant Company in 1983 from Atlanta to Washington to open "PPDC." I helped set up the dessert bar--Paris Brest, Brown Derby cake, the world's tallest lemon merinque pie, fabulous hazelnut fruit tart, deep fried ice cream, and, be still my heart, cappuccino cheesecake with oreo cookie crust.

At lunch, the pizza/pasta menu was downstairs, and the white tablecloth lunch was up the elevator. Remember the giant palm tree that went up through the floor? At night, the downstairs transformed into a piano bar and was packed on the weekends. We didn't take reservations, and a two-hour wait for dinner upstairs was standard operating procedure on a Saturday night. I used to tell handsome, preppy, young guys to come in at 5:30, put their name on the list, go home, relax, take a shower, pick up their date, and come back.

Some nights after work, after midnight, we'd head across the street to American Cafe, which was upstairs above Booeymonger. I always loved the smell of cinnamon coffee that permeated Booey's on a Saturday morning. I hope they haven't changed it.

Hamburger Hamlet just down Wisconsin Avenue was terrific, also. I haven't lived in DC for many years, but oh the memories of the pubs and watering holes in Friendship Heights, Dupont, Georgetown, downtown and Capitol Hill. Is Jenkins Hill still there on Pennsylvania Ave, SE? If so, did they dust the cobwebs from those dead animal heads on the wall even once in the last FORTY YEARS???

Plus, walking down the steps into Chadwick’s across the street.

Yes! Chadwick's! There was also a sweet cafe inside the Lord & Taylor that the white-haired set just loved. Oh, how I miss that Friendship Heights vibe. And remember the McDonald's that was I guess in the basement of Mazza Gallerie? I think you went down some stairs from Jenifer Street. I had heard that that was the highest grossing McDonald's in the U.S. How did THAT ever go out of business?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That Philadelphia Cheesesteak place in Gtown that was on the corner of Key Bridge and M street. Can't remember the exact name now...

The have or had a location in West End of Alexandria

It’s called Philadelphia Cheesesteak Factory and it moved to Duke St Alexandria.
It’s still there and still good!

https://www.phillysteakfactory.com/menu

[Anonymous]

Musher’s on university blvd.

[Anonymous]

PP, I meant Kushner’s on university Blvd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The broasted chicken place in Arlington

Whitey’s!

[Anonymous]

Louisiana Express in Bethesda, and its predecessor in Adams Morgan.