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From: jan@ois.com (Jan Morales)
Subject: test post
Organization: Objective Interface Systems, Inc.
Distribution: dc
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 19:19:41 GMT

Could someone please e-mail me and let me know that this post made it out
of our system?  Thanks...
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Newsgroups: dc.politics
From: shankha@clsi.COM (Shankha Mitra)
Subject: Re: COME ON
Originator: shankha@clsi
Reply-To: shankha@clsi.com
Organization: CAD Language Systems Inc.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 16:43:50 GMT


In article <1993Jan4.223938.11676@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca>, wdickeson@mta.ca writes:
> 
>    This is just an invitation for everybody to start posting 
> messages on this newsgroup.  I just subscribed to it and am
> hoping to hear some interesting opinions on some political
> issues facing us today-i.e. abortion, the president-elect,
> racism,etc. 
>                                   Hoping to hear from you soon,
>                                       Starr

Didn't you hear?  Everyone decided to take all the hot discussions (guns, etc)
to dc.general instead.  They like it better over there.

Shankha
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From: wdickeson@mta.ca
Subject: COME ON
Reply-To: wdickeson@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada 
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:39:38 GMT


   This is just an invitation for everybody to start posting 
messages on this newsgroup.  I just subscribed to it and am
hoping to hear some interesting opinions on some political
issues facing us today-i.e. abortion, the president-elect,
racism,etc. 
                                  Hoping to hear from you soon,
                                      Starr
Organization: The American University - University Computing Center
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 20:41:49 EST
From: <HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Looking for 32 oz steak serving restaurant

Do you really think it's a good idea to eat this way?

H.

Herschel Browne
Once of "The" American University
From: doug@lpf.umd.edu (-=* < doesn't exist >*=-)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Dim sum
Summary: -=-=-=-< a correction >-=-=-=-
Keywords: -=-=-=-< a correction >-=-=-=-
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:50:29 GMT
Followup-To: don't bother.....
Distribution: usa
Organization: hah!  we don't need no steenkin' organization!


In article <1iiu6dINN2k9@mirror.digex.com> rlb@access.digex.com (Richard L. Butler) writes:

>allen@kamet.det.dec.com (Allen "b.b." Leibowitz) writes:
>>wchu@world.std.com (William Chu) writes:
>>: Thanks to all those folks who answered my question about dim sum!
>>: I think I'm going to check out this place called Fortune near
>>: Bailey's Crossroad.  
>>
>>I assume this is the same place:
>>       Good Fortune
>>       2646 University Blvd., W.
>>       Wheaton, MD 20902
>
>I have heard that Good Fortune was started by one of the chefs who previosly
>worked at Fortune.  The dim sum there is similar in preparation and
>presentation, and IMO well-done.  Perhaps even as well done as Fortune.
>Certainly, if you live in MD, it's more than a bit closer.  Parking is a
>pain, though - it's on the northern edge of the Wheaton Triangle area, which
>is not abundantly provided with convenient parking.

	not exactly.... it is owned and run by the same people who own and
run tung bor (in wheaton plaza) and was opened outside the 'mall' so that
they would be able to stay open until 02:00.  they are one of the best
chinese restaurants in the area, (i would rate them about # 3 or 4 in the
d.c. metro area,) and have better dim sum than the baily's crossroads place,
and even better than the tung bor restaurant.  the closest place that is
better is in china town in new york....

>
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	another opinion, worth what you paid for it!
	and, as always, i am/at:

             doug:  < doug@eng.umd.edu > : < doug@lpf.umd.edu >

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                 is to help me take my life less seriously....
                                it's only life, after all......"

                              closer to fine... the indigo girls
From: cwechter@cyclone.mitre.org (Christine G. Wechter)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: What is your favorite steak house
Date: 6 Jan 93 15:46:35 GMT
Organization: Mitre Corporation, McLean, VA



Has anybody tried any non-steak items at Outback?  I would love to take my
SO there, it sounds like he'd love it, but he doesn't want to go because 
he thinks there'd be nothing for me to eat (I'm not a steak lover, but 
given enough ketchup, I can eat anything. I think the potential ketchup-on-steak
scenario is really why he refuses to go with me). 


Thanks, 
Chris
From: dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (WiseGuy)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: What is your favorite steak house
Date: 6 Jan 93 17:57:00 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. USA
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1

In article <1993Jan6.154635.2060@linus.mitre.org>, cwechter@cyclone.mitre.org (Christine G. Wechter) writes...
% 
%Has anybody tried any non-steak items at Outback?  I would love to take my
%SO there, it sounds like he'd love it, but he doesn't want to go because 
%he thinks there'd be nothing for me to eat (I'm not a steak lover, but 
%given enough ketchup, I can eat anything. I think the potential ketchup-on-steak
%scenario is really why he refuses to go with me). 

Their chicken and baby-back ribs are also very good.  Don't forget the
"Bloomin' Onion" as an appetizer!

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From: neve@nlm.nih.gov (Leif Neve)
Subject: Ivy's New Improved Lunch Fare
Reply-To: neve@nlm.nih.gov
Organization: National Library of Medicine
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 18:22:58 GMT

Ivy's (Indonesian/Thai food)  on Norfolk Rd. in Bethesda
has a great luncheon special these days
for $5.25 that you'all won't want to pass up.
It allows you to pick almost any entree as your main
dish and accompanies it with an appetizer, soup and
rice.

Yum!
Leif Neve
From: m1slw01@fed.frb.gov
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re : Who Owns It (Tell me about the Hafts)
Date: 8 Jan 93 18:45:32 GMT



Obviously I am quite ignorant of the Haft family and
their business dealings. Exactly  what catastropy did
they bring to the businesses in this area?? Are there
articles that I can read to find out more of their
doings?? It's obvious from the postings that they've
has done a whole lot of damage.



-Shay Woodside
 Washington, DC
From: Roger.Firestone@f349.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Roger Firestone)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: What is your favorite steak house
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 18:55:00 -0500

* In a message originally to All, Jeremy J. Epstein said:
JE> From: jje@vti.com (Jeremy J. Epstein)
JE> Newsgroups: dc.dining
JE> Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.

[stuff deleted]

JE> PJ Skidoo's in Fairfax (on Route 50 just west of Fairfax
JE> Circle)
JE> has very nice prime rib for a bargain price (something like
JE> $7.95
JE> on weekdays).  It frequently gets written up as a cheap-eats
JE> selection.

Drawback of Skidoos is that the service has been _terrible_ every time I've
eaten there.  Slow, inaccurate, clumsy.  There are better cheap-eats places
unless $$ is the _only_ thing that matters.  Myself, I'll skimp on ambience, but
I _would_ like to be served what I ordered in some reasonable period of time.

Roger M. Firestone

Newsgroups: dc.dining
From: jwnagle@loglady.ninds.nih.gov (Jim Nagle)
Subject: Re: What is your favorite steak house
Reply-To: jwnagle@loglady.ninds.nih.gov (Jim Nagle)
Organization: National Inst. of Health, NINDS, LMCN
Distribution: dc
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 19:50:35 GMT

Never been myself but a colleague of mine at NIH says the Orleans House in
Rosslyn is good....Houstons is good but does not take reservations.
Never been but have heard good things about the Outback Steakhouse...there's
one in Herndon and perhaps some others too.
-jim
From: bobp@cherise.UUCP (Robert Parkinson)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: cheap seafood places in Annapolis?
Date: 8 Jan 93 17:19:09 GMT
Reply-To: bobp@cherise.UUCP (Robert Parkinson)
Organization: S&R Software, Incorporated

>>I figured I'd try here.  I'm looking for an inexpensive seafood
>>place in/around Annapolis.  The picnic-tables-and-brown-paper-

The Cioppino at Mums, right next to the city dock, is great. 
But then, I've never had it except after a long, wet sail
to get to Annapolis, so anything would taste good.

Middleton Tavern, just next to Mums, always has good food, but it
isn't particularly cheap. Their seafood is good.

bobp@sandr.com
From: perez@seismo.CSS.GOV (Ricardo L. Perez)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Looking for 32 oz steak serving restaurant
Date: 12 Jan 93 19:52:49 GMT

In article <1993Jan6.162319.3903@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, mikail@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Mikail Shams) writes:
> 
> 	I had a 32 oz steak on Dewey Beach, DE last summer (don't
> laugh it was a great deal).  Can anyone tell me if there are any 
> restaurants in the DC area where they serve steaks this size?
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Mikail Shams
> 

If you want a 32 oz. steak, Mortons of Chicago has it.
They're located in Georgetown, Tysons Corner and Manassas.
But, be prepared to spend some bucks.  I took my wife there
for our anniversary, and with a before-dinner drink, a nice
wine, steaks (not the big ones), dessert, after-dinner drink,
and tip, it cost me over $200.  It was nice, but it wasn't
that great.

Rick P.
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From: Scott.Berg@p4910.f349.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Scott Berg)
Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: How Owns It
Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 13:07:00 -0500

 >>I have heard repeated stories of a truely fantastic beer and
 >>wine store located somewhere out Rt 50 near Chantilly
 >>Virginia.
 > ...
 >>Or, is it just 2,500 miles west on Rt 50, at a California
 >>Liquor Barn :-)

 > You're looking for Total Beverage, which is on Rt. 50

Just remember that it is owned by the Haft family of Crown Books, Trak  Auto,
and Dart (remember them?) Drug who's green mail damn near put Safeway out of
business.  I wouldn't shop in any of their stores, but it is a free country, and
I'd defend your right to.  Try Vienna Vintners, 300 E Maple in Vienna.  Small,
intimate, and very customer responsive.
From: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Dim sum
Date: 8 Jan 93 13:07:56 GMT
Reply-To: dlee@oasys.dt.navy.mil (David Lee)
Distribution: dc
Organization: Carderock Division, NSWC, Bethesda, MD

In dc.dining, allen@kamet.det.dec.com (Allen "b.b." Leibowitz) writes:
>wchu@world.std.com (William Chu) writes:
>: Thanks to all those folks who answered my question about dim sum!
.: I think I'm going to check out this place called Fortune near
.: Bailey's Crossroad.

>I assume this is the same place:
>       Good Fortune
>       2646 University Blvd., W.
>       Wheaton, MD 20902

>It was a superior dim-sum restaraunt.


No..No... The Fortune Restaurant frequently cited is between Bailey's
Crossroads ans Seven Corners in Northern Virginia; not in Maryland..
It is located on Route 7.. Very busy on weekends; but pretty good Dim Sum
with decent variety..
.
.
.
...
Newsgroups: dc.dining
From: alufml@fnma.COM (Francois-Michel Lang)
Subject: cheap seafood places in Annapolis?
Reply-To: alufml@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 14:14:52 GMT

I know this is dc.dining, but in the absence of annapolis.dining,
I figured I'd try here.  I'm looking for an inexpensive seafood
place in/around Annapolis.  The picnic-tables-and-brown-paper-
"tablecloths" type of place is just fine.  I'm not interested
in anything fancy.  Any suggestions will be appreciated!

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From: rlb@access.digex.com (Richard L. Butler)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Dim sum
Date: 8 Jan 1993 03:59:09 GMT
Organization: The Fourth Drawer on the Left, Second Column
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allen@kamet.det.dec.com (Allen "b.b." Leibowitz) writes:
>wchu@world.std.com (William Chu) writes:
>: Thanks to all those folks who answered my question about dim sum!
>: I think I'm going to check out this place called Fortune near
>: Bailey's Crossroad.  
>
>I assume this is the same place:
>       Good Fortune
>       2646 University Blvd., W.
>       Wheaton, MD 20902

I have heard that Good Fortune was started by one of the chefs who previosly
worked at Fortune.  The dim sum there is similar in preparation and
presentation, and IMO well-done.  Perhaps even as well done as Fortune.
Certainly, if you live in MD, it's more than a bit closer.  Parking is a
pain, though - it's on the northern edge of the Wheaton Triangle area, which
is not abundantly provided with convenient parking.

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From: mmathai@slc1.UUCP (Matt Mathai)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: cheap seafood places in Annapolis?
Date: 7 Jan 93 13:17:56 GMT
Reply-To: mmathai@arinc.com (Matt Mathai)
Organization: Aeronautical Radio, Inc., Annapolis

In article <1993Jan6.141452.4188@almserv.uucp> alufml@fnma.COM writes:
>I know this is dc.dining, but in the absence of annapolis.dining,
>I figured I'd try here.  I'm looking for an inexpensive seafood
>place in/around Annapolis.  The picnic-tables-and-brown-paper-
>"tablecloths" type of place is just fine.  I'm not interested
>in anything fancy.  Any suggestions will be appreciated!
>
You might try Mike's which is on Route 2 on the South River.  It's right next to Paul's, which is CONSIDERABLY more expensive.

Matt
From: carm@cs.umd.edu (Richard Chimera)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: What is your favorite steak house
Date: 6 Jan 93 22:10:12 GMT
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742


Everyone forgot about Blackie's House of Beef on 22nd St & M in DC.
I had the cajun blackened primed rib which was out of this world!
Has kind of a New Orleans style to it, and so does the little deli next
door which just got finished being redecorated into the N.O. style.
Reasonable prices for DC, good atmosphere though a bit noisy I think.

+Rick
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From: jje@vti.com (Jeremy J. Epstein)
Subject: Re: What is your favorite steak house
Organization: Virtual Technologies Inc.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:28:11 GMT

Roger.Firestone@f349.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Roger Firestone) writes:

>I've heard that the Outback Steak House (there's one in Arlington on Rte 50 and
>I think another in Reston) are decent.

I believe it's in Herndon (not Reston) in the K-Mart shopping center.
There's also one in Centreville in the Union Mills shopping center
(corner of Union Mills and Braddock Road).  Haven't tried it yet...
my cholesterol count can't take it!

PJ Skidoo's in Fairfax (on Route 50 just west of Fairfax Circle)
has very nice prime rib for a bargain price (something like $7.95
on weekdays).  It frequently gets written up as a cheap-eats
selection.
-- 
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From: mikail@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Mikail Shams)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Looking for 32 oz steak serving restaurant
Date: 6 Jan 93 16:23:19 GMT
Organization: Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences


	I had a 32 oz steak on Dewey Beach, DE last summer (don't
laugh it was a great deal).  Can anyone tell me if there are any 
restaurants in the DC area where they serve steaks this size?
Thanks in advance.



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ADNET Systems Inc.          ~ ~
930.6 GSFC/NASA             o o
Greenbelt, MD 20771          |
Phone: (301) 286-4633        =
email: mikail@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov

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From: allen@kamet.det.dec.com (Allen "b.b." Leibowitz)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Dim sum
Date: 7 Jan 1993 20:09:38 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Farmington Hills, MI
Distribution: usa
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wchu@world.std.com (William Chu) writes:
: Thanks to all those folks who answered my question about dim sum!
: I think I'm going to check out this place called Fortune near
: Bailey's Crossroad.  

I assume this is the same place:
       Good Fortune
       2646 University Blvd., W.
       Wheaton, MD 20902

It was a superior dim-sum restaraunt.

    --
Allen Leibowitz
DEC ULTRIX Resource Center       <allen@det.dec.com>
Farmington Hills, Michigan  USA
From: mikail@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov (Mikail Shams)
Newsgroups: dc.dining
Subject: Re: Looking for 32 oz steak serving restaurant
Date: 8 Jan 93 16:37:33 GMT
Organization: Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences

In article <93007.204149HERSCH@auvm.american.edu>, HERSCH@auvm.american.edu writes:
|> Do you really think it's a good idea to eat this way?
|> 
|> H.
|> 
|> Herschel Browne
|> Once of "The" American University


	I love staeks.  The way I look at it is, now I am 24, in a couple of 
years I have to give up a lot of things I like to eat.  Well lets say I 
won't give it up I'll eat with moderation.  I am 215 lbs  right now and I think
its okay for my height at this age.  Besides I don't eat like this every
week or even every month and I get plenty of excerceise.  Once or twice a year 
I want just pig out.


Mikail Shams
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Opinions expressed here are solely mine and not that of ADNET Systems Inc. or
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From: shankha@clsi.COM (Shankha Mitra)
Subject: Aarathi (Indian restaurant)
Originator: shankha@clsi
Reply-To: shankha@clsi.com
Organization: CAD Language Systems Inc.
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 93 16:26:48 GMT


I know everyone out there is desperately searching for yet another Indian place. So
I found an excellent one.  Called Aarathi on Maple Ave in Vienna.  Has very good
South Indian stuff (welcome change if you ask me from that same old (oops) stuff
they serve in every other place).  Prices $8-$12.  Quite packed last time I went
there (but that was on New Year's Eve night).

Shankha
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From: louray@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Panayiotakis)
Subject: Re: What is your favorite steak house
Organization: George Washington University
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 22:37:02 GMT

 'aven't tried many, but for a delicious buffalo burger (steak, burger,
same thing) try the Brickskellar.  (PLUS, it's a walk from GWU)
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From: s5uagm@fnma.COM (Andrew Miller)
Subject: Re: What is your favorite steak house
Reply-To: s5uagm@fnma.COM
Organization: Fannie Mae
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 21:42:43 GMT

In article 296@vti.com, jje@vti.com (Jeremy J. Epstein) writes:
>Roger.Firestone@f349.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Roger Firestone) writes:
>
>>I've heard that the Outback Steak House (there's one in Arlington on Rte 50 and
>>I think another in Reston) are decent.
>
>I believe it's in Herndon (not Reston) in the K-Mart shopping center.
>There's also one in Centreville in the Union Mills shopping center
>(corner of Union Mills and Braddock Road).  Haven't tried it yet...
>my cholesterol count can't take it!
>

IMHO the Outback is over-rated and  over-crowded.  This last week-end,
I finally withstood the 65 minute wait for a table and had dinner at
the Centreville Outback.  The food and service were good and the meal 
was a fair value.  The Ceasar salad and appetizers were even very good....  
BUT, no way would I wait that long for a table again!  They refuse to take 
reservations, and the bar is always overflowing with poor souls
waiting for a table.  Bedlam!

In that area... 

	Try the new Lone Star Steak House - a few dollars more expensive,
but 1/4 the wait.  They serve baked sweet potatoes and portions just as 
abundant as Outback.  Perfect preparation and good service.  Prices just
a few dollars more than they should be for the atmosphere etc.

>PJ Skidoo's in Fairfax (on Route 50 just west of Fairfax Circle)
>has very nice prime rib for a bargain price (something like $7.95
>on weekdays).  It frequently gets written up as a cheap-eats
>selection.

	PJS's is a great pick, but stay away from the seafood.  Poor quality
fish with poor preparation.  Parking is a pain, due to parking attendants at 
the furniture store next door, who get kickbacks from tow truck drivers. ;-(

				- Andrew -



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From: esther@verdix.com (Esther Lumsdon)
Subject: Re: OK, where is it?
Organization: Verdix Corp
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 15:07:17 GMT

hsu@pix.com (Dagwood Splits the Atom) writes:

>You're looking for Total Beverage, which is on Rt. 50 about 4 miles west of
>I-66.  The shopping center it's located _behind_ has a traffic signal and

>They do _not_
>have a license to sell hard liquor, so don't waste your time looking for
>interesting Scotch there.

It's worth mentioning to Maryland and D.C. residents, that liquor is
sold only in state-run ABC stores in Virginia (except when you purchase
liquor in drinks, and on military bases).  Beverage, convenience and
grocery stores in Virginia sell only beer and wine.  I don't know
where liquere (spell?) falls in the laws, however.

I am not making any sort of political statement about the alcohol laws
in Virginia!
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