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Picture: 19th Century U.S. Navy Commodore Broad Pennant. A rank flag without stars. In his most recent review – a glowing take on Rooster and Owl – Washington Post chief restaurant critic Tom Sietsema reminded us that he tends to low-ball new restaurants when awarding stars. Last month, I wrote a post, “Time to Suspend […]
Read MoreFlagging an interesting piece in the NY Review of Books (via the indispensable aldaily.com), one Harvard-trained philosopher thinks another Harvard-trained philosopher has made a compelling case for not eating animals. It includes interesting thoughts from a Kantian who disagrees with Kant on the matter. Also, this week we posted a couple new reviews for The […]
Read MorePosted: February 28, 2019 [NOTE: With the publication of the Fall 2022 Dining Guide, Tom announced that he would not be going back to using stars.] For the past two weeks, the Washington Post chief restaurant critic Tom Sietsema reminded me why I started this site. D.C. is going through a golden age of dining. […]
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Picture: Lamb Shoulder at Reverie. For those few, hearty souls that have read to the very end, this is the last post breaking down the Washingtonian’s annual list of Top 100 Very Best Restaurants in Washington. In previous posts, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE, we looked at the list of places everyone agrees on. By […]
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Sushi Ogawa: Off the beaten path and overlooked. In previous posts, HERE, HERE, HERE, we have broken down this year’s Washingtonian Top 100 Very Best Restaurants in Washington. Today we turn the scrutiny on ourselves. We look at the places that 17degreesdc.com breaks from the consensus of the Washingtonian and the Washington Post. Is it […]
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Picture: Chloe, a Washington Restaurant Tom Sietsema may be underestimating. We continue dissecting the Washingtonian 2019 Top 100 Very Best Restaurants in Washington. In previous posts we looked at the 50 places everyone agrees on and the places the Washingtonian takes a stand different from the other critics. Today we look at the places where […]
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Picture: Shishito Peppers at Estadio (A restaurant Washingtonian loves). Every year local food-obsessed folks debate the Washingtonian magazine Top 100 Very Best Restaurants in Washington list. There are a range of responses. Three of the most common are: “Oh, I love that place too!” or “How did they miss the place I love?” or “That […]
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“Twenty bucks says he pulls out a Moleskine.” Last week, the Washingtonian put online its list of the Top 100 Very Best Restaurants for 2019. This annual list is a valuable reference point and a conversation starter. In this and coming posts, I will add my two cents to that conversation. Over the past few […]
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