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  • From: James Hepler <jameshepler AT yahoo.com>
  • To: RTP-area local music and culture <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: mmmmmm, Durham
  • Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:23:23 -0800 (PST)

I'm going to go ahead and take this opportunity to
hail Xiloa as a great new place to eat. For lunch you
can order the guacamole and that right there is a
decent meal. And it's not guac like you would picture
it. So good, and I don't even like guac.

I've heard Rue Cler is terrible for service at
dinnertime. This is why I try to avoid new places in
the first few weeks. But I had friends that left
after waiting for too long, were roped into coming
back by an eager server only to be told "the waitress
is slammed so don't get your hopes up". I'm sure it
will work itself out.



--- grady <grady AT ibiblio.org> wrote:

> Not saying that Piedmont *should* charge more. I'm
> saying that the
> setting, the quality of the service, the food, the
> ingredients, and the
> care that goes into their preparation are all in
> line with a price-point
> that's somewhat higher than what they're charging,
> compared to pretty
> much every-other-restaurant of that caliber. The
> fact that they charge
> what they do means either they got a really good
> deal on their lease, or
> that Abby, Andy & Drew are willing to work extra
> hours & take home less
> profit. The latter, while admirable, can also lead
> to burnout, so here's
> hoping they've figured out how to make what they're
> doing sustainable.
>
> As for your desire for Durham to have more
> restaurants like Federal and
> Piedmont, well, don't get *too* greedy. Most towns
> don't even have *one*
> restaurant that good & that inexpensive ;-)
>
> I do dig what you're saying about Durham & the range
> of restaurants;
> it's a conversation that I've had with other people
> as well. You've got
> your [delicious] $5 Banh's, or the various
> tacquerias, and then you've
> got Starlu and Four Square and Magnolia Grill. In
> between there's a
> mixed bag of chain restaurants &/or places with
> midline prices but
> mediocre food.
>
> Rue Cler seems to be trying to hit that same $8-$15
> sweet spot. I
> haven't been there for dinner (which I've been told,
> by at least a
> half-dozen different people, is excellent), but at
> lunch yesterday, $10
> for a Salade Nicoise featuring a big plate of those
> pre-washed greens, a
> single hard-boiled egg, and half a can of tuna was
> *not* doing the trick
> for me.
>
> The prewashed salad green revolution has pretty much
> killed the
> restaurant salad, near as I can tell. Nearly
> everyplace I go, I wind up
> with a *huge* plate of greens that's out-of-balance
> with the other
> ingredients, *and* (presumably thanks to the
> "pre-washed" sticker on the
> bag) inevitably the salad prep cook hasn't bothered
> to actually touch or
> inspect the greens, so the giant pile is laced with
> little
> shriveled/gooey blackened bits of rotting lettuce. I
> pulled 3 or 4
> particularly unappetizing examples out of the Rue
> Cler Nicoise
> yesterday, but I've also had similar experiences at
> too many other
> restaurants to name.
>
> Of course, I guess the lesson I should take away
> from this is to not
> order a green salad unless it's in-season, and you
> can reasonably trust
> the restaurant to have a reliable local source of
> fresh greens. Duh. OK.
> Point taken.
>
> Back to more talk of nice, reasonably-priced food in
> Durham! I had a
> really nice plate of Italian-style braised pork
> shoulder just now for
> lunch at the Park Diner. $7.95 with 2 vegetables and
> all the fresh bread
> you can eat. The only catch is that they're only
> open for lunch M-F.
>
> And have I raved here about Vit Goal Tofu Restaurant
> yet?
>
> Ross
>
> Virginia Ingram wrote:
> > I love Durham. I love the food in Durham. I love
> that Durham is well-known for it's food.
> >
> > However, I 100% disagree that they should be
> charging more for the food at Piedmont. I was there
> last night and it IS delicious. But Durham needs to
> be more competitive with restaurants in the Federal
> and Piedmont price-range. There are way, way too
> many 2 course one of them $17 dollar places in
> Durham.
> >
> > ----------------------------------------
> >
> > From: "rick sawyer" <rickbang AT gmail.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 9:17 AM
> > To: "RTP-area local music and culture"
> <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Subject: Re: mmmmmm, Durham
> >
> >> What's the vegetarian option like? Or,
> alternately, where do they source
> >> their ingredients?
> >>
> >
> > vegetarian options are scarce but available. they
> source their
> > ingredients locally, for the most part. when
> ordering, make sure that
> > you ask if there is hidden pork in the vegetables.
> they love the pig.
> >
> > r.
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