When will the restaurants in “downtown” McLean get better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When chefs, waiters and bartenders can afford to live in McLean.

Dc has great restaurants and chefs , waiters and bartenders cannot afford to live there.

Next.

Does McLean have section 8 housing?

What does section 8 housing have to do with chefs, bartenders, and waitstaff? Quite random.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When chefs, waiters and bartenders can afford to live in McLean.

Dc has great restaurants and chefs , waiters and bartenders cannot afford to live there.

Next.

Does McLean have section 8 housing?

What does section 8 housing have to do with chefs, bartenders, and waitstaff? Quite random.

They need somewhere to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When chefs, waiters and bartenders can afford to live in McLean.

Dc has great restaurants and chefs , waiters and bartenders cannot afford to live there.

Next.

Does McLean have section 8 housing?

What does section 8 housing have to do with chefs, bartenders, and waitstaff? Quite random.

They need somewhere to live.

Are you under the impression that chefs, bartenders and waitstaff live in or could even qualify for section 8 housing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in McLean and people have been complaining about this since the 80s.

Same

lived in McLean for 30 years and don't understand who runs the place and why are they so against every idea and how are they still alive? Identify yourselves!

who/what is the governing body?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When chefs, waiters and bartenders can afford to live in McLean.

Dc has great restaurants and chefs , waiters and bartenders cannot afford to live there.

Next.

Does McLean have section 8 housing?

What does section 8 housing have to do with chefs, bartenders, and waitstaff? Quite random.

They need somewhere to live.

So DC has a great restaurant scene vs McLean because DC has section 8 housing to house waitstaff and McLean does not? Are you drunk already? My DH is a chef and there is no way he would even qualify. Even if he did qualify there is no way he would move our white family into the war zone that is DC public housing. He’s been mugged at night leaving his restaurant in downtown. We would not move to public housing. We’re quite happy here in Fairfax thankyouverymuch. A lot of his staff lives in Maryland actually. The ones who live in DC are young, live in shared homes with people often sharing a bedroom and lots of partying and some with major addiction issues. I can assure you the bartenders would not qualify, nor would most of the waitstaff unless they were getting a ton of cash tips they did not report. He has bartenders making over 6 figures.

Why does he work in DC? Good pay and international recognition. He has always worked in restaurants in major cities and none of it, even when he was a line cook involved section 8 vouchers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in McLean and people have been complaining about this since the 80s.

Same

lived in McLean for 30 years and don't understand who runs the place and why are they so against every idea and how are they still alive? Identify yourselves!

who/what is the governing body?

Fairfax County Government

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in McLean and people have been complaining about this since the 80s.

Same

lived in McLean for 30 years and don't understand who runs the place and why are they so against every idea and how are they still alive? Identify yourselves!

who/what is the governing body?

Fairfax County Government

Technically yes, but the McLean Citizens Association seems to control these things, even though they have no authority.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in McLean and people have been complaining about this since the 80s.

Same

lived in McLean for 30 years and don't understand who runs the place and why are they so against every idea and how are they still alive? Identify yourselves!

who/what is the governing body?

Fairfax County Government

Technically yes, but the McLean Citizens Association seems to control these things, even though they have no authority.

So how do we get them to change?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McLean Family Restaurant FTW!

Both my DH and I grew up in McLean and still live in McLean (we are the ultimate townies!) and that place along with Rocco’s and pulcinella are the most disgusting places in all of northern Virginia. I’d rather eat a crunch strap supreme from Taco Bell that eat that garbage.

Problem with McLean? Old people and Tyson’s is so close.

You sound lovely! 🙄

[Anonymous]

Good food isn't a Virginia thing. It's not MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in McLean and people have been complaining about this since the 80s.

Same

lived in McLean for 30 years and don't understand who runs the place and why are they so against every idea and how are they still alive? Identify yourselves!

who/what is the governing body?

Fairfax County Government

Technically yes, but the McLean Citizens Association seems to control these things, even though they have no authority.

What do you mean by “technically yes”? McLean is not a town. It’s an unincorporated part of Fairfax County and the Citizens Association does nothing except vent a lot of hot air.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in McLean and people have been complaining about this since the 80s.

Same

lived in McLean for 30 years and don't understand who runs the place and why are they so against every idea and how are they still alive? Identify yourselves!

who/what is the governing body?

Fairfax County Government

Technically yes, but the McLean Citizens Association seems to control these things, even though they have no authority.

So how do we get them to change?

Seriously?? Literally be the change. Join MCA. Sit on a committee. Vote

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in McLean and people have been complaining about this since the 80s.

Same

lived in McLean for 30 years and don't understand who runs the place and why are they so against every idea and how are they still alive? Identify yourselves!

who/what is the governing body?

Fairfax County Government

Technically yes, but the McLean Citizens Association seems to control these things, even though they have no authority.

What do you mean by “technically yes”? McLean is not a town. It’s an unincorporated part of Fairfax County and the Citizens Association does nothing except vent a lot of hot air.

Seems to me lots of ideas to “vitalize” McLean come and go but at the end of the day it’s the #$#$& MCA board that votes down everything. But we do have a “parade” and Christmas tree at the tree island intersection of chain bridge rd and old chain bridge road. It’s hilarious. And sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When chefs, waiters and bartenders can afford to live in McLean.

Dc has great restaurants and chefs , waiters and bartenders cannot afford to live there.

Next.

Does McLean have section 8 housing?

What does section 8 housing have to do with chefs, bartenders, and waitstaff? Quite random.

They need somewhere to live.

So DC has a great restaurant scene vs McLean because DC has section 8 housing to house waitstaff and McLean does not? Are you drunk already? My DH is a chef and there is no way he would even qualify. Even if he did qualify there is no way he would move our white family into the war zone that is DC public housing. He’s been mugged at night leaving his restaurant in downtown. We would not move to public housing. We’re quite happy here in Fairfax thankyouverymuch. A lot of his staff lives in Maryland actually. The ones who live in DC are young, live in shared homes with people often sharing a bedroom and lots of partying and some with major addiction issues. I can assure you the bartenders would not qualify, nor would most of the waitstaff unless they were getting a ton of cash tips they did not report. He has bartenders making over 6 figures.

Why does he work in DC? Good pay and international recognition. He has always worked in restaurants in major cities and none of it, even when he was a line cook involved section 8 vouchers.

Here's an idea: he could ply his trade in all-white area so your white family wouldn't feel so unsafe anymore . Isn't it ironic that he can't get international recognition in a lily white suburbs? Weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When chefs, waiters and bartenders can afford to live in McLean.

Dc has great restaurants and chefs , waiters and bartenders cannot afford to live there.

Next.

Does McLean have section 8 housing?

What does section 8 housing have to do with chefs, bartenders, and waitstaff? Quite random.

They need somewhere to live.

So DC has a great restaurant scene vs McLean because DC has section 8 housing to house waitstaff and McLean does not? Are you drunk already? My DH is a chef and there is no way he would even qualify. Even if he did qualify there is no way he would move our white family into the war zone that is DC public housing. He’s been mugged at night leaving his restaurant in downtown. We would not move to public housing. We’re quite happy here in Fairfax thankyouverymuch. A lot of his staff lives in Maryland actually. The ones who live in DC are young, live in shared homes with people often sharing a bedroom and lots of partying and some with major addiction issues. I can assure you the bartenders would not qualify, nor would most of the waitstaff unless they were getting a ton of cash tips they did not report. He has bartenders making over 6 figures.

Why does he work in DC? Good pay and international recognition. He has always worked in restaurants in major cities and none of it, even when he was a line cook involved section 8 vouchers.

Here's an idea: he could ply his trade in all-white area so your white family wouldn't feel so unsafe anymore . Isn't it ironic that he can't get international recognition in a lily white suburbs? Weird.

+1. DC resident for 22 years and ( gasp) also white!! Why the chip on your shoulder? I wish i knew which restaurant your DH chefs at so I could avoid it. You sound like a racist moron.