What restaurant does everyone love but you think is meh?

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Anonymous wrote:The Dabney. Tried it twice and hated it and left hungry. I'm not a big drinker and this might be related -- servers pushing cocktails hard. Food was comically tiny.

I also tried it twice and hated it both times. I don't get how it's consistently making these "best of" lists.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe NoVA-specific but Anita’s. I know it’s supposed to be old-school and a lot of people have nostalgia for the place, but it’s just gross. It’s gross Mexican, it’s gross Tex-Mex, it’s gross Americanized Mexican.

Anita’s slipped after Anita died. They changed the refried beans and it hasn’t been the same since.

We went a couple weeks ago for the first time ever. We expected better. We compared it to the one time we ate at Chili's (is that place still around?), and ended up walking out of Chili's. We did not walk out on Anita's, but maybe should have.

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Anonymous wrote:pretty much everything in DC

Yup

+3. For a place that is supposed to be so "diverse" and "cultural", the food "scene", or lack of, is laughable.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll go first. Founding Farmers. It’s fine but I see people recommend it constantly, especially to tourists and I just don’t get it.

Meh is quite a bit better than I would rate Founding Farmers - actually, the entire chain.

I feel like FF mostly gets by because it's like Cheesecake Factory, in that you can take a group and everyone can find something on the menu they like?

I've only been once or twice, and that was years ago, but I remember it being more inoffensive than outright bad (which is also how I'd rate CF).

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Anonymous wrote:True Foods. Every single meal I've had there (and I've been at least 3 times) has been way too salty.

Agree. I've never had a good meal there. Even if the food were salted appropriately, I don't think it would be very good.

+1 - exceptionally meh

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Anonymous wrote:Barca in Old Town Alexandria. Everyone “loves” their tapas but basically they just put a mixture of honey, salt and butter on everything. Don’t get me wrong, that combo can be delicious in small doses but is sickeningly sweet when on literally everything.

Barca is garbage. Their drinks are watered down also. The tiny strips of iberico ham are a disgrace. If you want to go there for the view, just get a bottle of rosé

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll go first. Founding Farmers. It’s fine but I see people recommend it constantly, especially to tourists and I just don’t get it.

It's pretty bad; especially the one in Park Potomac.
I also hate Panera (if you consider that a restaurant)

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll go first. Founding Farmers. It’s fine but I see people recommend it constantly, especially to tourists and I just don’t get it.

Agree. We had a memorably awful Thanksgiving dinner there one year. Practically inedible.

Same for Thanksgiving. So salty it was cloying and yes to inedible. Never again.

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Anonymous wrote:It's 2941 for me. I've tried multiple times, and I don't get it. I mean I get that it's good food. But there are plenty of other places I'd rather go for a special occasion, even though I'm in Falls Church which makes 2941 convenient.

This is good to know. It’s been on my list to visit.

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Totally agree on FF. It has never been good.

Unpopular opinion: Jaleo. A shame because I adore Jose Andres but it is always just meh.

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Anonymous wrote:I’ll go first. Founding Farmers. It’s fine but I see people recommend it constantly, especially to tourists and I just don’t get it.

It's pretty bad; especially the one in Park Potomac.
I also hate Panera (if you consider that a restaurant)

Also hate Panera. It was great when it was St. Louis Bread Company IN St. Louis but once they expanded out of St. Louis and changed the name, it's been horrible.

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Anonymous wrote:Matchbox

I went to the Matchbox in McLean the other day. Below average food and atmosphere.

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Anonymous wrote:pretty much everything in DC

Yup

You guys just have such an advanced palette and such elevated tastes, I’m incredibly fortunate to even post on the same anonymous message board as you. Wow.

Let me guess, everything in NYC is delectable right? Or is it Paris? Or are you going to go for a really deep reach and just say nothing can compare to the delicacies you enjoyed on your study abroad in Johannesburg or Delhi? Which way are you going to play this?

Palate.

You’re aware of autocorrect or do you have your head too far up your rear to have learned of this feature? It’s notoriously unable to read context clues and correct typos appropriately.

NP. Why didn’t you proofread your own post?

Because this is the internet? WGAF

She was too busy writing an insulting screed that she thought was clever.

This describes 90 percent of the posts on here, lol.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe NoVA-specific but Anita’s. I know it’s supposed to be old-school and a lot of people have nostalgia for the place, but it’s just gross. It’s gross Mexican, it’s gross Tex-Mex, it’s gross Americanized Mexican.

It's New Mexico cuisine. That is not "Americanized Mexican" and it is not "Tex-Mex."

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Chipotle’s