And now for some real news...
...Or as close to real news as this blog gets, which is rumor, speculation and questions for someone else to answer. Just kidding, just kidding. We have a reliable report from the field here.
Robert of Cross Keys tells me that New No Da Ji, has been closed for renovations for a month or so, and now the phone has been disconnected.
If anyone knows anything more about the status of the Korean/Japanese/Chinese restaurant, a staple in Charles Village, please post below.
Robert also came up with second tip of the day: ...
He was craving Middle Eastern food, so he decided to see if the Semiramis Grill (57 W. Main St.) in Westminster had reopened. It closed when the owner had a heart attack.
According to Robert, it reopened today as the Kebab Kitchen, and he says the food is pretty good. The building owner let the previous owner out of his lease, took over the stand and runs it with a young Egyptian woman.
Comments
RoCK, you are just eating up the city, eh? You didn't give her a Chicken Rico report, too?
Posted by: Lissa | July 13, 2009 4:34 PM
The sushi place next to the closed Jesse Wongs in Columbia is now closed. I think the name was Sono. Clyde's wasn't real busy Sunday. I hope they don't close. Since Red Brick Station quit putting hops into their IPA Clyde's has become my place for a beer and burger. The Bayou Burger and a Stone IPA make a great late Sunday lunch.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | July 13, 2009 4:44 PM
Or maybe it is just closed on Sunday. My Bad.
Posted by: Elite Elephant Lover | July 13, 2009 4:50 PM
New No Da Ji is indeed temporarily closed. I walked in on Thursday and was told they'd re-open in "a week or so."
Posted by: Dan | July 13, 2009 4:56 PM
Yes, Lissa and I met at Chicken Rico in Highlandtown. It is very good. Some of the best chicken I've ever had. Viva La Peru.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | July 13, 2009 7:33 PM
Ah, I'm so sorry I missed the Great Ferengi/Klingon summit meeting. I assume no blood was spilled.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | July 13, 2009 7:51 PM
Stacy was there, too. Not sure what Federation race she was representing.
Good chicken...
Posted by: Lissa | July 13, 2009 8:02 PM
@Owl Meat Gravy "I assume no blood was spilled."
You wouldn't assume that if you were a chicken.
Posted by: Jed | July 13, 2009 8:03 PM
EEL, you just made my heart stop. Sushi Sono is indeed closed on Sundays. Great sushi, and always rated near the top of Zagat's (overall) ratings.
They can't close for good until I use that gift certificate I've been holding too long...
Posted by: Zevonista | July 13, 2009 8:19 PM
Owlie was invited to the Chicken Summit;however, he refused to come once he found out his diplomatic immunity doesn't extend beyond Central Avenue.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | July 13, 2009 8:44 PM
Owl had a better excuse than I did. :-)
Posted by: Hal Laurent | July 13, 2009 8:57 PM
Hal, IIRC, your diplomatic immunity doesn't extend beyond Patterson Park Ave.
Rough for Owlie. The bakery with the amazing creampuffs is on the far side of Central from him.
Posted by: Lissa | July 13, 2009 9:06 PM
is Silk Road still open in the middle of JHU's campus? bueller? bueller?
i recall their middle eastern platter being so money for so little money... i've only been once since they moved from the charles st location.
Posted by: unbelievaboh | July 13, 2009 9:32 PM
Restaurants are like old girlfriends. You like the same one so you keep coming back.
Sonnys in Jersey City is my all time favorite. I can't eat at Moms so I go to Sonnys for macaroni.
Posted by: MDJOE | July 14, 2009 3:27 AM
What is this thing with Sonny's in NJ??
But, yes, MDJOE it is hard to try new places once you've found places you like.
Posted by: Joyce W. | July 14, 2009 4:31 AM
Lissa, I'm allowed as far east as Ellwood.
Posted by: Hal Laurent | July 14, 2009 8:46 AM
Hal,
It's funny that you picked Ellwood, that's the street where I live.
Posted by: RayRay | July 14, 2009 9:13 AM
RayRay, I guess I'd better be careful when running in the park. :-)
Posted by: Hal Laurent | July 14, 2009 9:22 AM
Ah, good, Hal. That means you can get food from Tijuana Tacos.
Posted by: Lissa | July 14, 2009 10:13 AM
Silk Road is no more.
Spicy food has gone away
Along with ice cream.
Posted by: sean | July 14, 2009 10:47 AM
New No Da Ji closed
Lovers of grease-soaked Chinese
Must look elsewhere now
Posted by: sean | July 14, 2009 10:51 AM
sean, I hereby declare you Haiku Master of the Restaurant Requiem.
Posted by: Laura Lee | July 14, 2009 11:09 AM
Laura Lee, I would suggest a slight modification of your comment, in an effort to keep with the haiku theme (as much as possible):
sean, I declare you
the Restaurant Requiem
Haiku Master. There!
Posted by: hmpstd | July 14, 2009 11:36 AM
HA!
Posted by: sean | July 14, 2009 11:40 AM
hmpstd, well played, sir.
Posted by: Laura Lee | July 14, 2009 11:41 AM
Ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha
Posted by: sean | July 14, 2009 11:42 AM
sean, you'd better quit while you're ahead, before you make a tragic, syllabic mistake.
Posted by: Laura Lee | July 14, 2009 11:46 AM
Quitting while ahead
Has never been my strong suit
I beat the dead horse
Posted by: sean | July 14, 2009 11:48 AM
well, go ahead Boy
counting syllables ain't hard
I will watch and wait
Posted by: Laura Lee | July 14, 2009 11:56 AM
Laura Lee or sean --
who will win out and be the
Haiku Grand Pooh-bah?
Posted by: hmpstd | July 14, 2009 1:14 PM
More than syllables
In making a good haiku
But I forget what...
Posted by: sean | July 14, 2009 1:32 PM
The meatless nachos
City Cafe, new menu
They were delicious
Posted by: sean | July 14, 2009 1:34 PM
Big smile in small verse
I know it when I see it
You make good haiku
Posted by: Laura Lee | July 14, 2009 2:22 PM
Office laugh-out-loud
Breaking afternoon silence
Co-workers look up
Posted by: sean | July 14, 2009 3:05 PM
not sure what it means
life is not for the living
but I'm still hungry
Posted by: Laura Lee | July 14, 2009 3:24 PM
No time for haiku
but must set record straight
Silk road is still open, business is great
Posted by: MC | July 14, 2009 4:08 PM
Where is Bucky? I expect some zingers from him when the subject is haiku.
Posted by: Dahlink | July 14, 2009 7:29 PM
Corn that needs planted
And wheat that needs harvested.
Farm work never ends.
Posted by: Bucky | July 14, 2009 8:13 PM
Nooooooooooooo............ Don't do it Bucky. Move away from Farm Town before it sucks you into a life of pointless labor. Walk back toward the light, back to virtual reality.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | July 14, 2009 8:24 PM
I forget, is Bucky a haiku fan or not? Me not so much. They make me itchy. And I hate when other people make puns.
I think we need to stage an intervention if he is getting sucked into the penury of dirt farming and non-conjugal sheep husbandry. I've said too much. Beware Stacy, beware.
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | July 14, 2009 8:32 PM
I would love to join in with this haiku discussion, but Archer D. Midland has a field of corn to harvest.
Back to work
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | July 14, 2009 8:37 PM
Haiku haters scram
This thread is out of control
Let's storm The Bastille
Posted by: Laura Lee | July 14, 2009 8:42 PM
You failed your capitalist pig roll there, RoCK. You should hire other people to harvest. You get more money then.
It must be a cold day in Hell, Michigan.
Posted by: Lissa | July 14, 2009 8:46 PM
if he is getting sucked into...non-conjugal sheep husbandry
Reminds of me of my very favorite sheepherder joke that ends with the punch line, "Yeah, but you done picked the ugliest one..."
Posted by: Bucky | July 14, 2009 9:03 PM
RoCK and Lissa breaking bread without gun play? That's blarmony
Posted by: Owl Meat Gravy | July 14, 2009 9:38 PM
Nice topical reference there, Laura Lee.
Come, Owlie. Just because RoCK and I disagree on some things doesn't mean we've ever been at each other's throats. This is real life, not Fox News.
Posted by: Lissa | July 15, 2009 6:36 AM
Or you could say: this is real life, not MSNBC.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | July 15, 2009 7:07 AM
RoCK, I gave up on USian news broadcasts during the Reagan administration. Unfortunately, I can't get the CBC here.
Posted by: Lissa | July 15, 2009 7:33 AM
It's too late, Owlie, too late.
Posted by: Stacy | July 15, 2009 8:27 AM
what I like about discussing politics with Lissa is when my crazy right wing thoughts loop around the back door and meet up with her loony left wing theories.
Political philosophy is more of a circle than a straight line.
Posted by: Robert of Cross Keys | July 15, 2009 8:40 AM
Oh, yeah. RoCK and I probably agree on as much as we disagree on. Sometimes for the same reasons, even.
We both agree that eating good food is a pleasant activity, especially with good company. And, isn't that all we really need around here?
Posted by: Lissa | July 15, 2009 9:04 AM
Lissa and Robert
Political spectrum ends
Same place it begins
Posted by: sean | July 15, 2009 10:50 AM
I'd like to nominate sean for poet literal, and Laura Lee for poet figurative.
Posted by: Lissa | July 15, 2009 11:51 AM
Thank you, sweet Lissa,
You are punctilious and
Literally nice.
Posted by: Laura Lee | July 15, 2009 2:10 PM
Thank you, Laura Lee. I try very hard to be silly.
Posted by: Lissa | July 15, 2009 2:46 PM
:)
Posted by: sean | July 15, 2009 9:33 PM