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@bearpatrol @tastytouring @jrandallscott O good! Prob to Little Asia north of 183. Manna + whateverAustinBBGocallingitselfnow still nearby. (Jan 25)

A dark day for Austin: New Oriental Market is gone. Will be crying into Manna's not-as-good rice cake and dumpling soup. (Jan 25)
Fearless Critic restaurant review of the day
DC
Food
Feel
Price
7.4
8.6
$50
This unassuming, old-school Spanish stand-by will charm your whiskers off

Until you’re standing inside, Mar de Plata is an enigma. The restaurant’s website is oddly reticent, and in the DC restaurant buzz, the name doesn’t surface often. It’s a shame, because Mar de Plata is a cozy, sweet, family-owned pair of restaurants that are touchingly unpretentious yet professional enough to offer great service and consistent cooking. The interior is the Iberian equivalent of a family trattoria: romantically lit red brick, low ceilings, and close-set tables that reflect the tinkle of… [More]


From the Super ’Stache The underpriced underdogs
DC
Food
Feel
Price
8.7
8.0
$20
You’ll have to be diverted to Shannon to find fish and chips as good as these

What a great concept! Old Town’s King Street, which is too often a mixture of tourist traps and fusion-furious showcase restaurants, really needed this: a simple, honest eatery that’s both laid-back and food-obsessed. No wonder—it’s from the same chef who brought us the noble Restaurant Eve. It’s an elegant Irish pub—with such an attention to thematic detail that it feels like Disney’s Epcot—with a playfully snarky attitude.

The menu is unbelievably simple: fish and chips, basically. Really spectacular fish and chips.

What’s… [More]