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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lots of places have great sized small plates. Bacchus of Lebanon in Bethesda for example. Many of the mezze are ample enough for two of us (husband and wife) to share 4 small plates or 5 (and with 5 we end of taking food home). This is a style of eating in many cultures that isn't a trend - it's how people have been eating for generations.[/quote]

Bacchus is one of our favorite restaurants.  Love it and agree that this is a style of eating, particularly in the middle east.

In Spain, however, tapas are not meant to be dinner.  People eat tapas while having a drink in a bar in the early evening.  It's followed by a proper dinner much later in the night.  It's nice that tapas have made their way over to the US, but I have to agree with everyone on this thread that the concept has run it's course and it's over-used in this city - all of Mike Isabella's and Jose Andres's restaurants are small plates.   Seriously - do waiters still have to ask "are you familiar with the concept of small plates?"!!!!!

To the PP who went to Lincoln - don't even get me started on that place!!  Expensive, average tiny quantities, and so loud DH and I were screaming across the table to hear each other!!

My recent favorite dining experience with normal-sized portions was Le Diplomate.  I'm still dreaming about the Foie Gras![/quote]

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