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mcknight@ncst2.nrl.navy.mil (Rob McKnight) writes:
>>From: rnoon@bogart.uucp (Rhonda Noon)

>>            I want your honest opinions!!!!  Whaddya think
>>            of Fleetwoods ( Mick Fleetwoods new club) in
>>            Alexandria?????

>And where is it?

At 44 Canal Center Plaza - on the river, east of the parkway
(Washington St.), in the north end of Old Town. It is *hard* to find,
unless you're familiar with the area along the bike path. They have
a voice information system at 703.548.6425; options include detailed
directions to get there. (Parkway [Washington St.] to Montgomery toward
the river, left on North Fairfax, right into Canal Center Plaza).

Summary of opinions so far:
- food ("creative western American") better than expected, and reasonably
  priced for Old Town.
- good place for lunch, surprisingly!
- the crowds haven't been as bad as expected.
- nice to have a "big name" associated; helps encourage people like
  Bonnie Raitt to drop in, as she did a couple of weeks ago.
- there are a significant number of bad seats, especially upstairs,
  from which you can't see anything.
- there are questions about how long it will last, particularly in light of
  the fact that it's not mobbed now. Fleetwoods's Hollywood place folded
  in about a year after opening to raves. The Post said that Fleetwood's
  financial backers are the owners of Carlisle Grand Cafe in Shirlington,
  so presumably they're in the DC area for the long haul.

-- Larry