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  RT> From: hoser@eng.umd.edu (Richard T. Hsu) Organization: Project GLUE,
  RT> University of Maryland, College Park Date: 26 Apr 1994 19:18:51 GMT
  RT> 
  RT> In article <1994Apr21.185622.9100@guvax> tim@cs.cs.georgetown.edu (Tim
  RT> Snyder) writes:
  RT> 
  > Hi there!  I need advice as to where one can find hyperformal dining in
  > DC.
  > 
  RT> Hmmm. Hyperformal is not my specialty, but...
  RT> 
  RT> The Willard Room (in the Willard Hotel) La Colline (on Capitol Hill)
  RT> Jean-Louis at the Watergate (overdone, but hey...)
  RT> 
  RT> and of course, there's always
  RT> 
  RT> The Inn at Little Washington (Washington, VA)

Hmmm.  I used to eat fairly often at La Colline, and I'd call it "business
formal," not "hyperformal."  The decor is formal (gray & mauve), but there are
plenty of people who wander in from offices, nobody dresses up much.

Inn at Little Washington I definitely take exception to.  Expensive (and worth
it!), but not formal at all.  Country dining at its finest -- the waiters and
waitresses all have strong regional accents, their interpretation of how to
serve is very pleasant but certainly not up to European standards, and the
decor is just "country dining room."  Nobody dressed up much the weekend we
were there, and while some people wore suits (and I had brought one for the
occasion), many men were in sports jackets and some did not have ties.

Agree entirely, on the Watergate dining experience.