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	also_not_a_pipe 2010-03-30 09:59 pm UTC (link)
	::wistful sigh:: Can I trade place with her? Please? Pretty please with syrup-laden processed cherries from a jar on top? Because you know that one week they did "The Daily Show" live from Columbus in 2008 or so, and their summation was pretty much "Columbus: football and chain restaurants"? Dayton's Columbus without the football. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	polygamouse 2010-03-30 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	But what Dayton lacks in football, it makes up for in Southern Baptists! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tetradecimal 2010-03-31 01:40 am UTC (link)
	And say what you will about chains, they know how to serve a good Southern Baptist! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2010-03-31 09:19 pm UTC (link)
	HOW TO COOK FORTY HUMANS (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	polygamouse 2010-04-01 01:09 am UTC (link)
	If you wanted to make Serak the Quirky Local Restaurant Owner cry, mission accomplished. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tofuknight 2010-04-01 07:07 pm UTC (link)
	I lolled. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	cygnia 2010-03-30 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	misses North Market (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	also_not_a_pipe 2010-03-31 03:35 am UTC (link)
	Oh man, North Market is one of the reasons I'd sell an organ to move to Columbus. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	eleutheria 2010-03-31 02:08 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure my area has a million not-chain awesome restaurants, but every time I ask for recommendations in the washingtondc LJ comm, I get chain recs. Even when I specifically say please no chain restaurants, I eat in them all the time and want something different. Apparently it's asking too much for members of a city comm to read the damn post. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tez 2010-03-31 03:01 am UTC (link)
	I wish I could remember the name of the awesome Mexican joint I went to the one and only time I was in DC. I'll have to ask. It was amazing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	eleutheria 2010-03-31 04:05 am UTC (link)
	I love Mexican food, so do ask, I'm interested! (Wish I had someone to go with me, though! Nobody I know likes Mexican but me.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tez 2010-04-01 03:07 am UTC (link)
	I have to stop by Jenn's office tomorrow to pick something up anyway, I'll ask her. The margaritas were WONDERFUL. Yum. There's also VOLT but that's a) out in Frederick and b) a bit on the higher-end of the $$ scale. I have not eaten there yet, but I worship at the feet of Bryan Voltaggio and I have friends in Frederick so I'm scheming to make this happen. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	demonbean 2010-03-31 03:49 am UTC (link)
	One of my foodie friends spent four years there for college. I'm posting an open appeal to google buzz, and if she responds with anything good I'll let you know! Er, any specific things you're hoping for? Thai, Nepalese, Mexican, pizza ... ? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

eleutheria
2010-03-31 04:04 am UTC (link)

Mexican or Tex-Mex is good, seafood, Italian, American comfort food... I'm more concerned about the seating, actually, I need armless padded chairs or a padded booth. Which is even harder to get recommendations about, since nobody remembers what the seating is like unless you actually have to. That's mainly why I stick to chains-- I know I can park for free and not have to walk a long way, I know what food is safe to eat, and I know that the seating won't leave me in screaming pain for hours afterward. I just wish I could branch out once in a while and try not-chain ones.

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	demonbean 2010-03-31 11:26 am UTC (link)
	Alas, I don't know about the seating, but I have: Marcel's (foggy bottom) Old Glory (georgetown) Cafe Atlantico (near chinatown; also, any other restaurant owned by Jose Andres) Lauriol Plaza (near dupont circle; she recommended the margaritas especially) This is just off to the top of her head. But hopefully some good leads! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ladyvorkosigan 2010-04-02 05:11 pm UTC (link)
	American comfort food - you could try The Diner in Adams Morgan. I know I've sat in padded booths there. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	ekaterinv 2010-04-06 02:58 am UTC (link)
	My dad lives in the D.C. area and is sort of obsessed with eating out, so I asked him for his recommendations. Sergio's in Silver Spring has awesome Italian food. Is there any particular area you're looking for -- in the city, a certain suburb? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	muppetfromhell 2010-04-10 02:57 pm UTC (link)
	Zaytinya - Mike Isabella of Top Chef is Head Chef and even though he was a dick on the show, it's AMAZING. Turkish/Lebanese tapas. SO GOOD. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sandglass 2010-03-31 03:57 am UTC (link)
	Can I trade places with her, too? She can live here, where there are no chain restaurants, but at least no one will get bitchy with her for complaining about it. And I will live in a place with decent restaurants yay! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kingdead 2010-03-31 06:31 am UTC (link)
	Oh, but Dayton has that cute little block with - wait, that's technically in Kettering. You have the, um. The thing. With the stuff. Yeah... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	also_not_a_pipe 2010-03-31 08:31 am UTC (link)
	Heh, if we're going to split that hair, then the suburb where I live has... um... Richmond! Because fuck it, it's five miles further to Indiana than to Dayton Mall, but it's a more pleasant place to visit. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kosaginolegion 2010-04-02 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	But... we have baseball... (for varying definitions of baseball). And they say the Arcade may, possibly, if you look at it at the right angle and the right time, revive. The Partner In Crime and I have fallen into a rut when it comes to our weekly lunch. I sorta wish we had a teleporter so we could go to all sorts of new places. sigh (Reply to this)(Parent)

	comixology 2010-04-04 09:20 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I was finishing up my undergad at OSU at the time... it was crazytown, too. But at least there are a few nice local places in the short north in C-Bus... ... though Dayton's art museum is about ONE THOUSAND TIMES SUPERIOR than the Columbus museum. It was painful for an art history major, the C-Bus museum. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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