Anonymous wrote:OMG the movie theater!

I have a very vivid recollection of seeing Pulp Fiction there in 1994. I had just moved to DC for my first post college job. I think if that every time I go by there.

OMG the movie theater!

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Anonymous wrote:So Front Page, Buffalo Billiards, The Big Hunt, and Brickskeller are all gone?

Correct.

It really surprised me when brickskeller closed — they were really unique and it was always crowded. And it’s not like fancy beer has gone out of favor — I think it’s more popular now than it was 30 years ago.

A friend worked there. It was due to ownership/management not really knowing how to run such a business. The demand was there, but they failed when it came to execution.

It was a total mess 20 years ago, they NEVER had anything in stock. I would always give the server my top 3 beers, and 9 times out of 10, she would STILL have to come back to get another order because they were all out of stock.

I once got served a cooked burger that somehow had a patty that was wrapped in Saran Wrap at the Brickskeller. Pretty sure it closed soon after. But it was such a cool idea for its time, even if the beer menu was in large part fiction.

OMG!

I thought it was bad when I ordered a pizza there and received a microwaved pita bread, covered with ketchup, and a slice of what tasted like American cheese. It was room temperature when it arrived.

For anyone who remembers Food for Thought, where I spent a lot time in my 20s, there’s a reincarnation of it inside Black Cat on 14th Street and even a Facebook page for it.
https://www.blackcatdc.com/food-for-thought.html

RIP to your dad. This made me miss my own dad, who died a year ago. We lived a nice Italian restaurant. RIP dad.

Also rip Johnnys Half Shell!

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Anonymous wrote:Not DuPont but anyone remember AV Ristorante on NY Ave? Loved their juke box and pizza!

All I can think of when I think of AV is that Scalia was a regular. 😂

AV and Galileo. Remember when Roberto Donna was such a huge thing in the DC Restaurant scene?

Yes! We used to go to his ayce pasta place and if parents were in town we’d try to go to Galileo. Too bad he never paid his taxes.

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Anonymous wrote:I was thinking the Italian place might be Al tiramisu on P and 20th? That’s been there forever. You go down steps to get in, I think.
The French place I remember was in georgeotwn and was something simple like Le Bistro or something. I don’t remember if it was in a standalone building though.

Was it Trattu?

I LOVED Trattu! So romantic!

Back in the day the locals called DuPont Circle the “fruit loop.” How times have changed.

Does anyone else miss the coffee shops?

Are there still good non-chain coffee shops to hang out in?

Anonymous wrote:Not DuPont but anyone remember AV Ristorante on NY Ave? Loved their juke box and pizza!

All I can think of when I think of AV is that Scalia was a regular. 😂

AV and Galileo. Remember when Roberto Donna was such a huge thing in the DC Restaurant scene?

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Anonymous wrote:Othello sounds right

Yes!

I think it was Otello on CT Ave.

Not DuPont but anyone remember AV Ristorante on NY Ave? Loved their juke box and pizza!

Anonymous wrote:Othello sounds right

Yes!

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Anonymous wrote:French: La Fourchette?

That was in Adams Morgan, not DuPont

They had a great ostrich steak

Yeah, loved that place.

This is a fun topic. Long shot, but does anyone remember Mr. Egan’s? It was just south of the circle. My dad worked at a building on DuPont Circle and used to take us to lunch at Mr. Evan’s in the late 80s when I was a kid. It was a really dark, divey place that had a free popcorn machine and booths and stuff like burgers and sandwiches. I remember Mr. Egan being really nice to my sister and me.