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"Matthew" <MHT123@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi:  We live near DC and are celebrating my brother's 60th birthday
> party with about 10 close friends.  Originally, we were going to
> celebrate at the "Inn at Little Washington" (a few of us have been
> there there before and it was very nice).  But we are now, we're
> reconsidering due to:
> - the expected @ $180 per person (this includes meal/tax/gratuity/one
> drink) and
> - the long drive (@2 hours each way)to and from the Inn at Little W.
>
> Please suggest a nice high end culinary delight restaurant in or near
> DC. Some unique... and camp or Cool is fine.    My sisters are flying
> in from Texas and New York and I'd like to make it special for all....
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Matthew :) mht123@aol.com

Matthew wrote:

>Hi:  We live near DC and are celebrating my brother's 60th birthday
>party with about 10 close friends.  Originally, we were going to
>celebrate at the "Inn at Little Washington" (a few of us have been
>there there before and it was very nice).  But we are now, we're
>reconsidering due to:
>-	the expected @ $180 per person (this includes meal/tax/gratuity/one
>drink) and
>-	the long drive (@2 hours each way)to and from the Inn at Little W.
>
>  
>
If you are in the mood for seafood, go to Kinkead's, otherwise, reserve 
the Chef's Table at
Galileo.
And for something in the way of special service, try Taberna del Alabardero.

Bill <william.loftin@verizon.net> writes:

> reserve the Chef's Table at Galileo.

Fun, but better, IMHO, is Laboratorio -- a mini-restaurant within
Galileo; you can be closer to the stove and there's intimate, less
fluorescent light.  Chef/owner Roberto Donna is excellent and
personable, answering questions, very enthusiastic. If you are
foodies/cooks, it's a real treat.

(The cooking classes he offers in Laboratorio are also top-notch,
Roberto's also a good teacher)

Check www.robertodonna.com for details, tho I don't think it mentions
the chef's table in the main restaurant kitchen.

> And for something in the way of special service, try Taberna del Alabardero.

Very enjoyable.

In article <86ad1wa5a1.fsf@PECTOPAH.shenton.org>,
Chris Shenton  <chris@shenton.org> wrote:
>Bill <william.loftin@verizon.net> writes:
>
>> reserve the Chef's Table at Galileo.
>
>Fun, but better, IMHO, is Laboratorio -- a mini-restaurant within
>Galileo; you can be closer to the stove and there's intimate, less
>fluorescent light.  Chef/owner Roberto Donna is excellent and
>personable, answering questions, very enthusiastic. If you are
>foodies/cooks, it's a real treat.

The chef's table in the kitchen was more intense and intimate for really
being "near the chef and the art". However, reservations for this must be
made well in advance.

Kinkead's is tough to knock. We had the most excellent Wellfleet oysters
there two weeks ago, followed by two excellent entrees. Excellent service
and atmosphere. We're Going again tomorrow night!

Johnny's Half Shell was very good the two times I went. The old chef at
Obelisk has a new restaurant in Cleveland Park that is supposed to be good
although I have no first hand experience.

Have fun!
Adam

-- 
Adam Finkelstein
adamfATradixDOTnet

> nice high end culinary delight restaurant in or near
>DC. 

That would be Petits Plats on Connecticut at Woodley Park.  A very fine
Roussellon/Proven�al place with fireplaces in every room.

Neil

Try L'Auberge Chez Francois in Great Falls.

Matthew wrote:

> Hi:  We live near DC and are celebrating my brother's 60th birthday
> party with about 10 close friends.  Originally, we were going to
> celebrate at the "Inn at Little Washington" (a few of us have been
> there there before and it was very nice).  But we are now, we're
> reconsidering due to:
> -       the expected @ $180 per person (this includes meal/tax/gratuity/one
> drink) and
> -       the long drive (@2 hours each way)to and from the Inn at Little W.
>
> Please suggest a nice high end culinary delight restaurant in or near
> DC. Some unique... and camp or Cool is fine.    My sisters are flying
> in from Texas and New York and I'd like to make it special for all....
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Matthew :) mht123@aol.com

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On 3/31/04 5:52 PM, in article
119415ca.0403311452.af96213@posting.google.com, "Matthew" <MHT123@aol.com>
wrote:

> Hi:  We live near DC and are celebrating my brother's 60th birthday
> party with about 10 close friends.  Originally, we were going to
> celebrate at the "Inn at Little Washington" (a few of us have been
> there there before and it was very nice).  But we are now, we're
> reconsidering due to:
> -    the expected @ $180 per person (this includes meal/tax/gratuity/one
> drink) and
> -    the long drive (@2 hours each way)to and from the Inn at Little W.
> 
> Please suggest a nice high end culinary delight restaurant in or near
> DC. Some unique... and camp or Cool is fine.    My sisters are flying
> in from Texas and New York and I'd like to make it special for all....
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Matthew :) mht123@aol.com


If Italian cuisine is more your speed, Maestro at the Ritz-Carleton Tysons
Corner can't be beat for either the service or the food, IMHO.

-- 
-Dan
dwelwell@comcast.net