Restaurant Road Trip

Easter Brunch at Colvin Run Tavern
8045 Leesburg Pike
McLean, Va. 22182
Total experience: 8.5/10
Two weeks since my last note, and not a hint of those sauces I was so eager to try.  I have a really good excuse, but I’ll save it for later.
Anyway, my husband and I joined the masses at Masses and Easter Brunches, yesterday.  [...]

Restaurant Road Trip

Bin 36
339 North Dearborn at Marina City 
Chicago, IL 60610
Our rating: 8/10 atmosphere, 6/10 food
Admittedly, going to Bin 36 from D.C. would be quite the “restaurant road trip,” but if you are in the Windy City for a quick vacation or even a dull business trip grabbing a glass (or a flight) of wine and some cheese [...]

Soups, Sauces, Stocks and Chicago

Next week I will embark on the next chapter of the JOC: Soups, Sauces and Stocks.  This should be an especially interesting outing since as far as I am concerned soups, sauces and stocks all come from cans.
The idea of making my own chicken stock is at the same time fascinating and freaky.  But, the [...]

Restaurant Road Trip

Urban Burger
5566 Norbeck Rd.
Rockville, MD 20853
Our rating: 6.5/10
This weekend we hopped in the VW beetle and braved the beltway for burgers.  The Urban Burger Company is a Rockville, Md. spin-off of the Urban BBQ Company.  Same owners, some menu overlap. 
After reading Tom Sietsema’s Washington Post review I thought the place might just give Five Guys [...]