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D.C.'s international area's are in the middle of urban redevelopment currently. Highrise's and midrises are rising along those corridors. The international restaurants are returning to the city in D.C. There are so many international restaurants opening in the city it's hard to keep track of them.
Meh, most of that is still pretty cookie cutter if you ask me, and no having a few ethnic restaurants sprinkled throughout the metro does not make DC a melting pot for ethnic enclaves/food, its not yet ingrained in the citie's fabric like in NYC, LA, SF, etc. So yeah I would put it on the same category as Dallas and Atlanta unfortunately.
I've lived in DC and Dallas and spent much time in Atlanta. Although the variety of ethnic foods is extremely impressive in DC, I don't know that I place DC that far ahead of Dallas and Atlanta.
I've lived in DC and Dallas and spent much time in Atlanta. Although the variety of ethnic foods is extremely impressive in DC, I don't know that I place DC that far ahead of Dallas and Atlanta.
I was saying D.C. is pulling away from the other cities and closing the gap on the top group. If you have been back to D.C. in 2013, or follow the food scene nationally, that's pretty much a known fact. What is happening in D.C. when it comes to chef's coming here from around the country is pretty well known in food circles nationally. Just an observation.
I was saying D.C. is pulling away from the other cities and closing the gap on the top group. If you have been back to D.C. in 2013, or follow the food scene nationally, that's pretty much a known fact. What is happening in D.C. when it comes to chef's coming here from around the country is pretty well known in food circles nationally. Just an observation.
I have been to DC as recently as three weeks ago. Im not saying DC isnt the best of the three (I think it is), but you also have to realize that Atlanta and Dallas' food scenes are improving almost as fast (if not just as fast) as DC's is.
I have been to DC as recently as three weeks ago. Im not saying DC isnt the best of the three (I think it is), but you also have to realize that Atlanta and Dallas' food scenes are improving almost as fast (if not just as fast) as DC's is.
That's interesting. I wasn't aware of that. Could you give a run down of what famous chef's around the country have been migrating to Dallas or Atlanta with maybe some links? I have read about restaurant openings in Atlanta and Dallas and plans, but nothing even remotely close to the amount of restaurants opening in D.C. by famous chef's. I'm interested in this stuff so I would love to read up on what is going on. What famous chef's are opening up restaurants in those cities?
That's interesting. I wasn't aware of that. Could you give a run down of what famous chef's around the country have been migrating to Dallas or Atlanta with maybe some links? I have read about restaurant openings in Atlanta and Dallas and plans, but nothing even remotely close to the amount of restaurants opening in D.C. by famous chef's. I'm interested in this stuff so I would love to read up on what is going on. What famous chef's are opening up restaurants in those cities?
I'm pretty sure a city's restaurant scene can be improving without a slew of famous chefs opening up restaurants.
I'm pretty sure a city's restaurant scene can be improving without a slew of famous chefs opening up restaurants.
Of course they can, however, cities that are trying to compare with cities with a sizable amount of world-class chef's flocking to them and opening restaurants from around the country aren't going to be able to compete. That is not taking anything away from those cities which I'm sure are improving in their food scene, but I am talking about the development of a world class food scene which does require world renown chef's. It's apples and oranges. Different tiers if you will.
None of these places are particularly good for food. Not sure why this has lasted so long.
There are some pretty big names in the food scene that disagree with you. At least when it comes to D.C.
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