re: The next big thing in BR

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how is the bulldog any better than the chimes? The food at the Chimes is better, and beer selection seems to be comparable. The one great thing about the Bulldog is the outdoor seating, but will they allow a similar setup in BR?

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I think the Bulldog has a bigger and better beer selection. I had heard it will have some outdoor seating so I am looking forward to being able to spend a few hours there on wonderful fall Saturdays during football season or before some baseball games this spring.
Can't stand the cluster fck that Chimes becomes. I do consider it more of a restaurant and not really a place where me and a group of friends can go to relax for a while while drinking a little.

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I used to love Rally's until one of my buddies that worked there told me about how many times they'd drop patties on the ground, and the manager told them to cook it anyway.

Always loved the fries back in high school, though.

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Or Checker's in Florida.

...and what's wrong with a little groundgrit on your Patty?

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...and what's wrong with a little groundgrit on your Patty?

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Adds character my friend.

no, and NYC can't take credit for chinese food either.

and TA, when is the last time you went to Pho Tau Bay? I went on saturday, tried ordering the pho with brisket fat for the second time in about a month. Both times the lady says, "oh, you sure you like dat?". I say yes. Hear her yell something about the order and i get a bowl of pho with dry, overcooked brisket meat, with a trace amount of fat. Have they finally gone all round eye in their ingredients? I didn't say anything b/c they are so damn nice in there, but i think that i will have to start sticking to Pho Bang in that area....never, ever lets me down and always has the right nasty bits in stock.

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Pho Bang's Pho>Pho Tau Bay's Pho.

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agreed. But, i won't toss away either.

TA, you realize that even BR had a cupcake place before NOLA? what is the world coming too?

Then you would have to also agree that BR is doing well on the Vietnamese front as well. Plenty of Pho in BR.

BR has good lebanese and vietnamese...I would never argue that one. NOLA has similar or better in both...it would be nice if BR had some other ethnic food (thai, ethiopian, etc) that they were noted for...it would just be cool to only have to travel an hour to find a large population of "x" ethnicity and great restaurants serving their food. I guess what I am saying is that it's ashame that both cities are notable for the same two "foreign" ethnic food

I just wish BR had a great selection of creole, contemporary creole, and cajun places considering it's proximity to the two cities of origin of these cuisines and their relative proximity to the same ingredients. This is what I have asserted in the past as well. But please let's not get into this again.

A real BBQ joint and REAL chinese, preferably from the Hunan/Sichuan regions are my only current wishes for the New Orleans dining scene.

BR > NOLA:
Greek/Lebanese
Plate lunches/blue collar meals/home cooking
Chains
Mexican
cake bakeries

NOLA>BR:
creole
viet
french
italian
steakhouses
Spanish
Pizza
Deli
po-boys
seafood
contemperary american
Burgers - with BR's loss of fairway view, and the downfall of dearman's.
bread bakeries

Wash:
cajun
sandwich spots (not counting muffs, of course)
sushi/jap - neither city is overly impressive.
bbq - same as above

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Arlington Va

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Annandale