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Made-for-TV watering hole but above ground and with better bar banter. Sprawling, multi-level restaurant and grill (with an ‘e') feeds the lawyers upstairs, gets countless interns drunk on White Russians. Framed headlines decorate walls, comfort diners with the notion of a more innocent time when people wore Panama hats, read newspapers. Unbending to decades of dietary neuroses, Republican menu matches Kansas City to Martha's Vineyard. Seared, broiled, and grilled–American as apple cobbler.
New York fine dining visits DC country cousins under the behest of George Bush the first. Resulting "American fare" menu pulled straight out of The Godfather–you know, back when the mafia st... read more
Founding father of the revolutionary pairing of food and literature. Glass-covered back porch to bookstore welcomes all, serves all: whodunnits to Hemingway, chicken caesar to Moroccan tagine. Thic... read more
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