Yeah it's a neat place but now the prices are ridiculous and a lot of the staff is not great

Brillobox blows

Will also vouch for these guys

I'd definitely share your cynicism on DCs high end scene. I stopped even bothering with it after a while. The customer base skews towards people who are fine throwing money away as long as they're at a hyped place or trying to impress their Hinge date and that leads to some totally worthless places with way too much concept. Hope you enjoy Menya Hosaki, it's legit.

Certainly DC doesn't have the options you could get in NYC, SF, or LA for Asian food. I'm not being unrealistic here. Just the original point that DC can't match the overall culinary scenes of Philly, Austin, or Atlanta feels a bit pessimistic to me. I'd say you can have opinions within that tier, but I really feel that DC's grown into that tier in the last decade.

Edit: Just to clarify where I'm coming from, I think DC punches above its size for the balance of variety and quality. You can get solid Vietnamese, Korean, Yemeni, Afghan, Thai, South Indian, Jamaican, Szechuan, Ethiopian, Salvadorian, and so on all within a pretty achievable distance in DC, as well as a handful of good fine dining options. So they don't have the best of everything and there's a nascently Miami-esque hype chef scene that falls flat and the bakeries and pizzarias are lacking, but it feels pretty on par to cities like Atlanta and Austin and Philly for the overall accessibility of good eats in a way most people would live. Plus Menya Hosaki is the best ramen on the east coast.

So your gauge on a city's dining scene is restaurants in the tier of Le Bernadin? Very relatable. I don't think about Little Inn or any of the overpriced chef-of-the-moment spots. I just noticed you called out the Asian food scenes in DC and it seemed like maybe you hadn't explored the suburbs much — for me, the close suburbs may as well be in the city since DC will never be able to expand its borders like other cities.

Based on your opinions on DC food I don't think you get out enough

Atlanta has an excellent food scene. Until a few years ago it was clearly better than DC's

Get a meal at Big Jim's and go check out the overlook. If you're into that stuff there are great book stores like Fungus and Bottom Feeder around point breeze

Place is great but a lot of the produce is definitely not fresh haha

I'd be worried about a Pittsburgh moving business that can't handle alleyways or steps. Most of this city is narrow, steep, or both

As far as cities going it's cheap

Man this is just too clever for the Internet. You should get a job writing for a comedy show!

Yeah but middle aged people loved that place

There aren't many dinner places in Millvale. I'd check if Grant Bar will be open that night

The North End is largely fake Boston at this point. Don't think Brookline is really trying to be.

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