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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What places have you tried that were not up to snuff?[/quote]

OP here - I am an avid diner, but off the top of my head:

Blue Duck - Very mediocre (used to be better), but always extremely overpriced.

Red Hen - Fine but simpleton. I've been three times (in my neighborhood) and the menu always lacks a sense of adventure.

Rasika - here I will make a NYC comparison. In NYC I would go to Tabla (now closed) which made Rasika seem like a mall franchise.

Le Diplomate - I consider this the number 1 "hype" offender. These dishes wouldn't make it past the hostess stand at Balthazar (which Le Dip is trying way too hard to be).

Founding Farmers - Organic Applebee's.

Del Campo - mediocre from top to bottom.

My takeaways are this:

- Mid and high-end DC establishments are offensively overpriced. Is there a reason for this? 
- many big production restaurants where food is second to ambience.
- DC is big on commoditization, as soon as a restaurant is popular, the immediate reaction is to build another. (Why? this does not happen anywhere else)[/quote]

I'm from Philly, and I think what makes Philly good is that there are plenty of BYOB places.  Without liquor, these restaurants have to compete on food.  Therefore the quality of the food goes up while the prices stay down, because they can't charge the way they could if they were also serving $15 cocktails and expensive bottles of wine.[/quote]

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