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Anonymous wrote:There was a recent Reddit post about it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1gs7c2t/vienna_foodies_drama/?rdt=62197

Omg, did the moderator of the Vienna Foodies page really pose in front of the Northern Virginia Magazine 50 Most Influential Leaders backdrop and make it seem like she was in the magazine? That’s crazy. How embarrassing for her.

Anonymous wrote:There was a recent Reddit post about it:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1gs7c2t/vienna_foodies_drama/?rdt=62197

Anonymous wrote:I went to a new restaurant in Vienna that Lydia hyped up beyond belief and every meal at our table (5 of us) was just ok. I’ll give a new restaurant time to get into a groove but Lydia talked about this place like both the vibe and food were outstanding. Her OneNeighborhood Foundation gets tons of attention but as someone who works with nonprofits, it seems to have very little transparency or checks and balances regarding how money is spent. I’m not saying that Lydia is knowingly doing anything improper but one person giving away donated money at their sole discretion with little reporting isn’t in the spirit of a responsible nonprofit.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to a new restaurant in Vienna that Lydia hyped up beyond belief and every meal at our table (5 of us) was just ok. I’ll give a new restaurant time to get into a groove but Lydia talked about this place like both the vibe and food were outstanding. Her OneNeighborhood Foundation gets tons of attention but as someone who works with nonprofits, it seems to have very little transparency or checks and balances regarding how money is spent. I’m not saying that Lydia is knowingly doing anything improper but one person giving away donated money at their sole discretion with little reporting isn’t in the spirit of a responsible nonprofit.

We’ve always suspected that her nonprofit is actually all profit for her and her only.

And yea Carnegie sucks. It’s extremely overhyped by VF and the food is shit.

+1000

Carnegie is actually downright bad. It's huge piles of mediocre food. The limp, greasy hash browns are especially bad. My eggs were way overcooked. Yuck. And the service was dreadful.

And yes, we went in response to all of those hype-hype-hype posts on Vienna Foodies about how amazing it is.

It was so weird to me, that FB group, because I moved to Vienna from FCC this spring, and the Falls Church foodies page is normal -- and that is what I expected. Nope. Vienna Foodies seems to be just weird, aggressive advertising. That whole #doyoubelieve?!? I DO!!!! stuff is just weird.

The do you believe thing isn’t the bothersome part of it. Go check out another website for a thread on the real issues

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to a new restaurant in Vienna that Lydia hyped up beyond belief and every meal at our table (5 of us) was just ok. I’ll give a new restaurant time to get into a groove but Lydia talked about this place like both the vibe and food were outstanding. Her OneNeighborhood Foundation gets tons of attention but as someone who works with nonprofits, it seems to have very little transparency or checks and balances regarding how money is spent. I’m not saying that Lydia is knowingly doing anything improper but one person giving away donated money at their sole discretion with little reporting isn’t in the spirit of a responsible nonprofit.

We’ve always suspected that her nonprofit is actually all profit for her and her only.

And yea Carnegie sucks. It’s extremely overhyped by VF and the food is shit.

+1000

Carnegie is actually downright bad. It's huge piles of mediocre food. The limp, greasy hash browns are especially bad. My eggs were way overcooked. Yuck. And the service was dreadful.

And yes, we went in response to all of those hype-hype-hype posts on Vienna Foodies about how amazing it is.

It was so weird to me, that FB group, because I moved to Vienna from FCC this spring, and the Falls Church foodies page is normal -- and that is what I expected. Nope. Vienna Foodies seems to be just weird, aggressive advertising. That whole #doyoubelieve?!? I DO!!!! stuff is just weird.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to a new restaurant in Vienna that Lydia hyped up beyond belief and every meal at our table (5 of us) was just ok. I’ll give a new restaurant time to get into a groove but Lydia talked about this place like both the vibe and food were outstanding. Her OneNeighborhood Foundation gets tons of attention but as someone who works with nonprofits, it seems to have very little transparency or checks and balances regarding how money is spent. I’m not saying that Lydia is knowingly doing anything improper but one person giving away donated money at their sole discretion with little reporting isn’t in the spirit of a responsible nonprofit.

We’ve always suspected that her nonprofit is actually all profit for her and her only.

And yea Carnegie sucks. It’s extremely overhyped by VF and the food is shit.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to the site and looked up sushi, and went to one of the places recommended yesterday for lunch. It was very very good--Sushi Yama. I wouldn't know where to go otherwise since I'm in Arlington.

Sushi Yama is good. I don’t think the Vienna foodies thing is very critical but the saving grace is that a lot of the restaurants in Vienna are pretty good - like not necessarily life changing amazing but relatively good. Sweet Ginger is also good for sushi.

Anonymous wrote:I went to the site and looked up sushi, and went to one of the places recommended yesterday for lunch. It was very very good--Sushi Yama. I wouldn't know where to go otherwise since I'm in Arlington.

Anonymous wrote:I went to the site and looked up sushi, and went to one of the places recommended yesterday for lunch. It was very very good--Sushi Yama. I wouldn't know where to go otherwise since I'm in Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:Vienna resident. My husband and I love to joke about the Foodie posts. All the restaurants Lydia glows about are really mediocre at best, over-priced, and things we've tried once and agreed there's no need to go back. I really don't know how or why she got to be the spokesperson for Vienna, but she recently announced on the FB page that she's the newest cast member of RHOPotomac. We'll see.

Was this announcement on April Fool’s?

Anonymous wrote:Vienna resident. My husband and I love to joke about the Foodie posts. All the restaurants Lydia glows about are really mediocre at best, over-priced, and things we've tried once and agreed there's no need to go back. I really don't know how or why she got to be the spokesperson for Vienna, but she recently announced on the FB page that she's the newest cast member of RHOPotomac. We'll see.

Anonymous wrote:Vienna resident. My husband and I love to joke about the Foodie posts. All the restaurants Lydia glows about are really mediocre at best, over-priced, and things we've tried once and agreed there's no need to go back. I really don't know how or why she got to be the spokesperson for Vienna, but she recently announced on the FB page that she's the newest cast member of RHOPotomac. We'll see.