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tons people are out in Arlington for the Saturday pre-game thing frequently particularly in Clarendon/Virginia Square and Ballston. A lot of yuppies come out from DC to the restaurateurs out there. It’s pretty packed as someone who gave thousands of Uber rides out there I’ve just found this statement to be pretty untrue. But you lived there so I’ll give you the BOD. You need a reason to go anywhere btw. People from DC are often if not always visiting friend and family in PG and MoCk and I also took many people from DC Silver Spring and Chevy Chase/Bethesda. People slide out of DC to Oxon Hill and Crystal City with frequency too. That whole area was very fluid compare to what I’m used to.
Virginia is boring IMO- totally agree, I try to avoid it: I get that and the distance to Clinton is real (went to a chiropractor out there) but it really doesn’t take that long off-peak and people still make those trips.
But you’re more likely to see people from Southeast hop down to the Iverson Mall real quick or onto the Marlboro Pike or something.
Yeah lots of people hit Wilson Ave on weekends. Or Old Towns as it's quaint, historic, quiet, and personal. I think it's best he says that most people in the city proper don't leave the beltway most times unless visiting friends, going shopping at Tyson's, or whatever. I can kind of see what he's saying. You need a good reason to leave the city if you live inside of DC. I can count on one hand how many times I stepped foot in VA or MD so far this year.
The cities that get their own guide need to have enough restaurants to fill the pages so to speak. That may be why they went with a California guide and now with a Florida guide.
That said, they're meant to cover large areas - most of the European editions are for entire countries - since the original intent was to encourage diners to drive far out of their way and put many, many miles on their Michelin tires.
BTW, I can vouch for MarketStEl!
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People saying Michelin is "Western"-biased - Tokyo has by far the most Michelin-starred restaurants in the world
True, but there is a definite formula with regard to service, presentation, and execution which is unusually shared by both French and Japanese restaurants - but that doesn't make it universal.
That said, they're meant to cover large areas - most of the European editions are for entire countries - since the original intent was to encourage diners to drive far out of their way and put many, many miles on their Michelin tires.
BTW, I can vouch for MarketStEl!
True, but there is a definite formula with regard to service, presentation, and execution which is unusually shared by both French and Japanese restaurants - but that doesn't make it universal.
Biggest surprise for me from this list: Frankenmuth, Mich., pop 5000, has two restaurants which served nearly a million diners each in 2019.
Thanks for that information. I didn't know that. Also, that's good to know about MarketStEl.
That said, they're meant to cover large areas - most of the European editions are for entire countries - since the original intent was to encourage diners to drive far out of their way and put many, many miles on their Michelin tires.
It should be noted that SF already had a Michelin guide, and what the tourism board accomplished was the return of Michelin to LA as well as the guide's expansion to cover the entire state. As if the NYS tourism board, say, lobbied to expand the current NYC guide to Buffalo, et al.
I'm one of those city dwellers who leave the city sometimes but infrequently. It's more so for weekend day trips versus trying out a specific restaurant. Granted I grew up in the suburbs of MD so I don't feel a type of way leaving the city.
Tbh, NoVA ain't that bad. I'm always impressed by the speed of restaurants and cultural amenities in constant development.
But it definitely is a bit too sanitized for my liking, too corporate/passive, and lacks a real identity or better yet character versus either MD or DC.
So you think Bethesda has more character than Arlington? I'm sorry, but I think it's silly for folks from the DC MSA part of Maryland to somehow act like there's so much more character there than NOVA. Both are mostly generic suburbia and there really isn't that big of a difference.
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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So you think Bethesda has more character than Arlington? I'm sorry, but I think it's silly for folks from the DC MSA part of Maryland to somehow act like there's so much more character there than NOVA. Both are mostly generic suburbia and there really isn't that big of a difference.
They're different. It's four layers here within 45 miles or so. NOVA, District proper, Maryland suburbs surrounding DC, and then on to Baltimore MSA. Each have their own layers to them and noticeable differences. But that's a conversation for another thread.
So you think Bethesda has more character than Arlington? I'm sorry, but I think it's silly for folks from the DC MSA part of Maryland to somehow act like there's so much more character there than NOVA. Both are mostly generic suburbia and there really isn't that big of a difference.
You all seem determined to talk your way around Old Town Alexandria.
Bethesda is the most urbane of the DC suburbs, true, and Silver Spring nips at its heels, but there's nothing like Old Town Alexandria anywhere else in the DMV — or if there is, I haven't run across it yet.
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