Comments on: I’m Not Embarassed To Admit It

By: jt

jt — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 01:06:47 +0000

Options…I have lived many places, and worked in many restaurants. I’ve been to more than half the restaurants on washingtonian’s 100 best this year, and I still love going to a chain for some good food. Whether its local high end places or chains, people want variety. Also, I can tell you with certainty that the manager at the rubys in col heights is our neighbor, living just doors away. They support multiple local job and community outreach programs, as well as a student of the month program at a local school, so they def give back to the community, as many large companies do. In this economy many large chains are just as hard up if not more so than small places- failure in one location could mean bankrupting the whole chain!

One last defense of RT, (keep in mind I am on my way to a nice dinner at proof after drinks at zola, so I can food snob with the snobbiest of you…) the food there is great. They use all fresh produce and meats and while not infused with anything or shaped like a canoe on a river or anything, its good and its cheap- which many people can use nowadays. And beer? They have beer from abita, dogfish head, flying dog, an organic beer, and many other options- at a fraction the price of most places! 3.99 for the 22 oz draft of the day?(I like sam adams day…). 5$ martinis? Count me in…

By: Prince Of Petworth » Blog Archive » In Defense of Ruby’s Salad Bar by Robyn

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:01:08 +0000

[...] Note: A long time ago I too admitted my love for Ruby Tuesday. I’m glad to have some [...]

By: sara o.

sara o. — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:23:39 +0000

I had a lovely dinner there one night.

By: Barber of Shepherd

Barber of Shepherd — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:12:14 +0000

I have one word for you guys…BEER. Rubys has MGD and Bud. You want real beer? I had a Belgian Wheat at Colorado friday night. And washed that down with a Pumpkin stout from Vermont.

By: Tszu Tszu

Tszu Tszu — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 05:12:29 +0000

I can always tell when the Chef has left. I had the mini burgers at Matchbox not long ago and I could tell that the Chef wasn’t there anymore. So personality or not…it does influence the food…I think positively. But a monkey could be cooking at RT’s. And then a new monkey could be putting those pouches in a microwave tomorrow and Y’all would never know.

If you want that kind of food you can live by the strip malls in Rockville. What makes DC great is all the cool little places we’ve got here. And what’s even cooler is when the folks from Rockville come down here because they’re sick of the chain options they’ve got.

By: TheNeighbor

TheNeighbor — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:50:08 +0000

Oden: You don’t have to tell me. I grew up with bisquits and gravy (white) and what we called “country fried steak” also good with the same gravy. I was just ribbin’ ya.

By: oden

oden — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:03:37 +0000

Neighbor: white gravy on taters is good, bisquits is better, and on a chicken-fried steak the size of Toledo – the best. maybe i should open Oden’s Chicken-Fried Steak Emporium & Ice House, where i can be rude to everyone in person…

“Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas without eating a chicken-fried steak.” —Larry McMurtry

By: Prince Of Petworth

Prince Of Petworth — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:23:13 +0000

Point of the post is that they are not mutually exclusive.

By: TheNeighbor

TheNeighbor — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:21:46 +0000

Oden…why you gotta be all racists…you gotta problem with brown gravy?

I agree with you on the whole “you get what you expect to get” from RT. Although it will be like pulling teeth with tweezers to get my sweety to go there (even for the salad bar). She can be somewhat of a food snob. I like the idea of a place with a good salad and cheap eats.

By: Park Place Bob

Park Place Bob — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 05:46:40 +0000

I’ve lived in Petworth for 15 years. I remember when there was no Starbucks on this side of NW and no chain like RT’s. Just barber shops and store front churches. I used to drive to Dupont and Bethesda to get something to eat.

We need to cherish our neighborhood places like Domku, Limeno, Torogros, and Col Kit. Sometimes the service isn’t great…sometimes I don’t agree with how they do things. But I know we need them. These folks are opening places where no one dared. Risking it all to fill a void. Moroni’s and the like need our support not our criticism. They don’t have table cloths, but they have guts.

I was in CK one night when an angry drunk came in and demanded change for a dollar, he was punching wildly around the crowded dining room. The folks came out of the kitchen and tossed him out. The neighborhood has improved but…sheesh. It could be better. Businesses in the neighborhood help that happen. Ruby’s I’m afraid is a chain and not as concerned about the neighborhood as the folks that choose to live and work here.

Just my two cents. I’m a realtor so I know how important it is for us to have folks like Domku and Moronis. We should be giving them our support, not supporting the chains.