Each week I like to give you a chance to tell us about your experience at the restaurant I reviewed the day before, in this case, Luca's Cafe in Locust Point.
I've noticed this works better if it's not a new place. But that's all right. If you want to talk about the Locust Point restaurant scene, or what you had for breakfast this morning, that's fine, too.
(Monica Lopossay/Sun photographer)
Yesterday I reviewed Baltimore Pho, the new Vietnamese restaurant in Southwest Baltimore near the Hollins Market. In the review I told you that "pho" is pronounced "fuh," sort of; but after I wrote it, I read Richard Gorelick's review in the City Paper, and I thought he made a really good point. If you pronounce the first e in "crepes" as a long a (in other words, if you've anglicized the word), you might as well pronounce "pho" the way it looks.
I also had another thought about the restaurant that never made its way into the review. ...
I finally had a moment to look at yesterday's paper, and I see the photo with the review of Tark's Grill ran in black-and-white, so here it is in living color.
The neighborhood certainly seems to have embraced the place. If it were located downtown, I think it would need more edge to survive; but maybe not. If you've eaten there, let us know what you think.
Obviously I was most impressed by the service, particularly as the place was packed. The line got cut from the review for space reasons, but I originally pointed out that when the waitress told the manager we hadn't liked one of the entrees, even though we hadn't complained, and he took it off the check, it could have affected her tip. She did it anyway.
(Gene Sweeney Jr./Sun photographer)
This is the place where you get to comment on the restaurant I reviewed yesterday or the review itself.
If you look at the latest Zagat's lists of Best Buys and Other Good Values in this area, you'll find that they are mostly delis, cafes, a crab house, and unassuming ethnic places.
The exceptions are Orchard Market, Peppermill and the Helmand. Of those, it seems to me (although I like both Peppermill and Orchard Market), the Helmand gives you the most in terms of swank for your money. ...
I've been meaning to get to this all morning, but other stuff keeps popping up.
Yesterday I reviewed McCabe's in Hampden, and I was interested to see that no one had much to say about it online other than one smoker who felt I was using the review format to justify the smoking ban.
I noticed I didn't get much in the way of comments here when I previewed McCabe's either. ...
I'm sorry to be so late posting this morning. Did you miss me? Now that our crack legislators in Washington have taken all the light and warmth out of the morning, I'm having trouble adjusting. Everyone else loves early Daylight Savings Time but me.
If you want to talk about yesterday's review of Abacrombie, this is the place. Or if you want to tell us about your experience there, please do.
I'll look forward to your updates further along (just use the search function to the right to get back to this post) because sometimes restaurants get better with age, and sometimes they falter.
This is an opportunity, too, for us to talk a little about why even good restaurants don't seem to be able to maintain a consistent clientele...
I decided to start a new feature today called Monday Morning Quarterbacking that will last till we get tired of it or I forget about it.
The idea is that I give you a chance to comment on the restaurant I reviewed the day before, in this case Kali's Court.
I can also show you photos in color if the review ran in black and white. (Yesterday's happened not to, but here they are.)
And finally, I get a chance to add something if I want to that didn't make it into the review, such as...
