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Yes, I forgot about that place...we had an excellent meal. Be slightly forewarned though - if you're staying on the plateau or in Mile End, for example, it's a bit far away.

I must have walked by this place a hundred times, but had never stopped in until Saturday, after an excursion to the greenmarket: Only there since 1908. I picked up a few things, including a box of cheese ravioli. And for dinner tonight: Cheese ravioli with burst sungold tomatoes, butter, parmesan, parsley and chives. Pretty damn good.

I seriously think you'll need the final, occasional filtering if you're going for absolutely clear broth. I like @splinky's idea as well; a fine mesh strainer lined with cheesecloth. It's quite simple to rinse and dry out the cheesecloth.

Wow - in that case, purchase away. However, I don't know that a chinois will give you clear soups; I know it will give you smooth soups. What about a Spinzall? (Kinda kidding with this one).

They clean up pretty easy in the dishwasher. But instead of spending that much of something you may use once a year, I'd suggest buying the cheesecloth.

Nothing more recent from me, but you really should try to get to Mon Lapin.

I remember that show…they were transplendent.

That’s really kind of you! Sadly, there is no back porch, nor is there a front porch! Curb, perhaps?

Spanish-inspired potatoes, with onions, garlic, pimentón, saffron, chicken stock. Braised on the stove until nice and creamy. Served with: Crispy-skinned roast chicken thigh and sautéed escarole. Covering many countries. Market nectarine and assorted plum crisp.

There are very few who can deal with the aggravation/hazarai. But when we find them, they are the gems.

I just happened to glance at the comments, and while I'm not saying this is a poster we are familiar with, I just had to cut and paste it here:

I'd hate to leave this thread only to Melissa and Priya, so here's today's little gem from Ligaya: A swath. Simmered into silk. And fevered. Before purring.

This was my first thought for sure, but I didn't realize they made a move into beef protein - plenty of bros there, and the women who like bros are in abundant supply as well - especially during football season at Hair of the Dog! When Significant Eater was working in DC back in the early Obama era, our apartment was not far from Dupont Circle, and SG's first location. I thought it was an interesting concept, but have never been back to any of their (250+) locations. I also remember Steve Ellis trying out a new concept of some sort (which never went anywhere), also at a Dupont Circle location.

I maybe ought to start something called places I'm not curious about...however, I walked past this yesterday... The ever-expanding Venture Capital backed Sweetgreen chain, moving into the corner of Orchard and Stanton Streets, across the street from the hellish Hair of the Dog. This space has probably been a dozen different "concepts" over the years (SMASHD, Mother Duck, Pizza Beach, et al.) we've lived down here. If I were a betting person, Sweetgreen will probably last longer than any of the previous tenants. I'm wondering if this will be one of their robotic concept shops, with robots assembling the orders (evidently, not actually prepping the food).

I may be curious about Chateau Royale and Bartolo. Interestingly, we ate (for the first time in quite a while) at Ernesto's earlier this week. Sat at the bar, had two pintxos, shared a main and a salad. Pluma de iberico, patatas fritas and piquillos. It surprised me how much I enjoyed the food. Had a couple of drinks to start (they do have the nerve to charge $23 for a Spanish gin and tonic), and a couple of glasses of wine. About $240 all in. P.S. I wish there was a little less salt.

Admittedly when we are in tomato season, I go a little crazy at the farmer's market. A quick stop on a day when it was really too hot to be outside: Some plums up front. There was also white corn from Jersey. A quick sauté of the corn, sweet onion, zuke, and a few tomatoes. Served with pasta marinara. This isn't that pasta marinara mentioned upthread, but a pesto pasta made a couple of nights ago... Not classic, which would involve green beans and potatoes, but good nonetheless.

Great strategy to drum up biz...maybe a little too late?

He was no Bruno Sammartino, that's for sure! Rest in infamy.

Stopped by the greenmarket today and picked up a few goodies. BLT, on Balthazar whole grain bread (lightly toasted). Assorted tomatoes (Beefsteak on the sandwich) and corn from Jersey. Duke's mayo.

May the Prince of Darkness rest in peace.

And apparently they are the sole importers of it - it's so good and the wheel had just been cut open. From their website:

Today was the final day in the Pyrenees at the Tour de France. And I just happened to stop by Formaggio Essex yesterday (they get a lot of stuff on Fridays, evidently). Both the Ekiola and Pardou are fab (the Comté ain't too shabby, either (though I usually buy one with a bit more age)).

And some even like Ted Drewes!

Friday night we went to the new outpost of Ops Pizza, on 2nd Avenue and 11th Street. (I think the space was previously Numero 28 Pizza, so maybe they lucked into not having to put in a new oven?) Anyway, a minor (okay, more than minor) service glitch upon arrival, which was dealt with properly...after I wrote to them via RESY. Yeah, they offered us to return on the house, but I declined, as I don't feel that's necessary. We only had a couple of items - actually started with some nice cocktails, followed by an excellent fritto misto, a pizza and the calzone. Very nice pizza. Felt like the calzone was a bit one-dimensional for my taste. I'd return and stick with pies.

We went to Foul Witch last night, for a sorta popup dinner, which featured Jackie Carnesi and Sam Short and Carlo. While the web site reads thusly: Saturday Only: Carlo x Jackie Carnesi The menu read: Anyway, they were all there. Everything we had was quite good. Including the sesame focaccia (I guess they're charging for bread now, or was it just last night?) , finocchiona, grilled chicories, chitarra con bottaraga and lumache pomodoro (and yes, the pastas seem to have gotten a bit bigger): Great dish. And even though, at this point my wife is kinda full, we "shared" the fish: Beautifully cooked and delicious. And while we probably should have ordered dessert (Sam Short, again), there wasn't any way I could convince Significant Eater of that fact. So we had a couple of amari instead. A fine dinner, great service as I've always had here, and I look forward to going back.