I wasn't saying it wasn't good, and yes, there was a shrimp cocktail on the menu,
I wouldn't judge by how many regulars to measure how good a restaurant is unless it fills up the restaurant with them 3+ times a week. Restaurants also can't live on regulars. Lots of shit places have a lot of regulars.

I'm confused...Lee Gregory is the Chef/Owner of Alewife per their site -- I feel like he's the name associated with it as folks were familiar with his food from his Roosevelt days: https://www.alewiferva.com/learn-more

Lee Gregory (3-times James Beard semi-finalist) of Alewife should definitely be on this list.

Sunny Baweja of Lehja should also be on the list, also a James beard semi-finalist.

Also, Sub Rosa and Brittany Anderson are James Beard semi-finalists. Which is still a huge honor, but perhaps worth the distinction. Pretty sure David Shannon is the same.

Peter Chang, a James Beard finalist, could potentially be on this list as well as he has a restaurant here.

I feel like you're being a little disingenuous by suggesting their food was as basic as shrimp cocktail. I never saw that on the menu. Did they have a few items that were on the menu for *years* (like their delicious ceviche)? Yes. But they had a lot of regulars who were regulars for a reason.

Fill it to the brim, pour it out, then add in any bourbon. Seriously, any one of them.

Lol. There was a sauna exerciser at the Y when I lived in SW Virginia. She reported me to the front desk for just wearing a towel in the sauna. They informed her that clothing was not required in the sauna and just gave me a heads up. I sat on my towel as Freya intended from then on. She stared daggers at me, sweating to the oldies in spandex AND SHOES in a goddamned sauna. The shoes killed me.

You don’t need a rooster if you just want eggs.

Do you drop the marshmallow in or just chow down?

Also great with tonic and a few drops of a Chartreuse concentrate/elixir over ice.

Kinship was a pretty affordable Michelin restaurant in DC, I think we spent like 150 for two there.

He also gave her an STD and tested positive for one 2 days after the birth of one of the last 2 kids they had.

ACAC has a steam room and a sauna, if two counts as multiple.

Yeah I mean it’s pretty cool bc the committee are actual people who really know food, so I’m sure it feels great to find out you got that far. I just feel like chefs sometimes use their James beard nomination as more than it is. People hear James beard and swoon, and there are so many given out, that to me it feels lackluster.

Head north, NOVA. Centreville and Chantilly have a few Korean day spas.

https://spaworldusa.com/

https://virginia.kingspa.com/

No, of their James Beard awards. I don't think either actually won, but they made it far.

I’d like to have a few chickens. I spend entirely too much on eggs.

Sure making it further means more I guess.

Unless you are talking about top chef or some Other tv show, and that me something completely different.

What you did there, I see it.

Interesting context.

The first two chefs appear to have made it to the finals/semi finals of their contests. I assume that means much more than just the nomination? The third guy looks like he was only nominated or didn't make it far into the contest.

If you can't have a rooster, then there really isn't much point in having chickens. Unless you are primarily interested in feeding all the varmints and hawks, I guess.

The JCC had both in the men’s locker room at least, but I haven’t been a member for years, so can’t confirm it’s all still open.

Those motorbreath wings.

Just FYI on Odyssey, the Patterson location is going to be the only location, they’ve already left Hatch

I would love to see it!

Sure, it got outdated. But that's normal. Then you start fresh with some new ideas, and hopefully reinvent your business. Hopefully it works out for them, Dale is incredibly talented.