Pair it with fairly good French Onion Soup for a satisfying summer meal. Alongside came a pair of chicken, cheese and veggie fajita enchiladas, some highly seasoned black beans, and a garnish of salad greens and veggies. The Capital Circle store's collection makes a much better showing. Or to a rarely seen French Dip Sandwich, for a dollar more. 99-cents, Ruby adds slaw and Tumbleweed Onion Straws.
Service is swift, impersonal and often lacking finesse.
The kids mean well, we suppose, but apparently no one's told them that napkins and flatware are essential to civilized dining, every single time. Ashby Stiff is a veteran faculty member and founding director of the European Study Program in Hospitality Administration at Florida State University. A specialist in international, cultural and ethnic foods, he also has done extensive stints in hotel, club and resort management in his native Baltimore and in Washington D.C., Montana, Wyoming, Florida and the Caribbean. Handily, one of his degrees is in writing, from the Johns Hopkins University. All rights reserved.