Comments on: Dear PoP – Has Market Inn Closed? http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/ Welcome to the beautiful life Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:05:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Allison http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-164470 Allison Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:27:41 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-164470 The old fellow was my dad!! I grew up going to the Market Inn and am very sad it's closed. The old fellow was my dad!! I grew up going to the Market Inn and am very sad it’s closed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1601 Anonymous Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:18:36 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1601 i miss reeves bakery too ... i miss reeves bakery too …

]]> By: OTBerbur http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1600 OTBerbur Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:29:47 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1600 I work two blocks from the Market Inn site. I was taken to lunch there on my first day on the job in 1989. The food was bad enough (and expensive enough, even though I was not paying that day) that I never returned. So I shed no tears at its demise. Having said that, there is a crying need in the neighborhood -- particularly with all those new, nearly-new, or under construction office buildings -- for a decent place to eat lunch. It is dismaying that the best neighborhood lunch place is a Potbelly outlet -- which, as a result, has truly epic-length lines. Perhaps Sholl's Cafeteria (a favorite of mine when I worked downtown in the '70s and '80s) can make a revival! I work two blocks from the Market Inn site. I was taken to lunch there on my first day on the job in 1989. The food was bad enough (and expensive enough, even though I was not paying that day) that I never returned. So I shed no tears at its demise. Having said that, there is a crying need in the neighborhood — particularly with all those new, nearly-new, or under construction office buildings — for a decent place to eat lunch. It is dismaying that the best neighborhood lunch place is a Potbelly outlet — which, as a result, has truly epic-length lines. Perhaps Sholl’s Cafeteria (a favorite of mine when I worked downtown in the ’70s and ’80s) can make a revival!

]]> By: Steve http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1599 Steve Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:07:58 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1599 The Tastee Diner in Bethesda is in operation in response to another post saying all the Bethesda restaurants are gone, the diner is part of a chain of diners in Silver Spring, and Laurel, one in Fairfax City is open as usual but is not part of that chain, was another in downtown Rockville, that was torn down years ago to urban renewal in that city. The Tastee Diner in Bethesda is in operation in response to another post saying all the Bethesda restaurants are gone, the diner is part of a chain of diners in Silver Spring, and Laurel, one in Fairfax City is open as usual but is not part of that chain, was another in downtown Rockville, that was torn down years ago to urban renewal in that city.

]]> By: neener http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1598 neener Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:50:20 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1598 The Peter Pan had live peacocks. I mean, you can still go to the Cozy in Thurmont, MD, but I've a freaking vegetarian, so why would I want to? Glad someone mentioned Duke Zieberts. Duke was as much a local institution in the 1970s as businessman Bill Regardie. I LOVED to read Regardies in the doctor's office, it was like the Washingtonian, but about serious things: http://www.bisnow.com/res.php?p=389 There's the German place on Wisconsin Ave in Glover Park, but I never ate there. I think all the Bethesda restaurants are gone. I think all the Arlington restaurants are gone. Pistones, Fra Domenico and the Amphora Restaurant are still here. Amphora rules. Pistones is so-so. I haven't been to Fra Domenico since I learned to drive. I guess it's cool they reopened Stoneys, but who really cares? Is the Palm still open? There were all those weird Power Lunch and Expense Account restaurants that everyone used to talk about, but they all got bought by McCormick and Schmicks, etc. Someone told me the old Flagship Restaurant, later bought by Phillips, was amazing. The Peter Pan had live peacocks.

I mean, you can still go to the Cozy in Thurmont, MD, but I’ve a freaking vegetarian, so why would I want to?

Glad someone mentioned Duke Zieberts. Duke was as much a local institution in the 1970s as businessman Bill Regardie. I LOVED to read Regardies in the doctor’s office, it was like the Washingtonian, but about serious things:
http://www.bisnow.com/res.php?p=389

There’s the German place on Wisconsin Ave in Glover Park, but I never ate there.

I think all the Bethesda restaurants are gone. I think all the Arlington restaurants are gone.

Pistones, Fra Domenico and the Amphora Restaurant are still here. Amphora rules. Pistones is so-so. I haven’t been to Fra Domenico since I learned to drive.

I guess it’s cool they reopened Stoneys, but who really cares?

Is the Palm still open? There were all those weird Power Lunch and Expense Account restaurants that everyone used to talk about, but they all got bought by McCormick and Schmicks, etc.

Someone told me the old Flagship Restaurant, later bought by Phillips, was amazing.

]]> By: monkeyrotica http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1597 monkeyrotica Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:47:33 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1597 If there's anything this economy needs, it's another Scholl's Colonial Cafeteria. Soup, salad, coffee, entree and dessert for less than ten bucks. For a twenty, a guy could kill himself in there. If there’s anything this economy needs, it’s another Scholl’s Colonial Cafeteria. Soup, salad, coffee, entree and dessert for less than ten bucks.

For a twenty, a guy could kill himself in there.

]]> By: Steve http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1596 Steve Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:32:06 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1596 Peter Pan..that restaurant I well remember with all the gorgeous statuary, Sholl's Cafeteria where they treated patrons like kings and queens of all walks of life there, Olney Inn where Franklin Delano Roosevelt often dined..it was there when one of the waiters glimpsed the President and exclaimed "Good laws, it's the President of the United States" and fried chicken went everywhere, Doc Berlin's Olney Drugs where they made thick milkshakes and I remember Sans Souci on 17th Street but never ate there. Fortunately the Willard Hotel remains, where personalities stayed like President Lincoln and Mark Twain, the venerable round Robin Bar where journalists would hang out with their cigars. Also gone is Duke Zieberts, a venerable institution whose owner once offered to serve Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia with borscht. Peter Pan..that restaurant I well remember with all the gorgeous statuary, Sholl’s Cafeteria where they treated patrons like kings and queens of all walks of life there, Olney Inn where Franklin Delano Roosevelt often dined..it was there when one of the waiters glimpsed the President and exclaimed “Good laws, it’s the President of the United States” and fried chicken went everywhere, Doc Berlin’s Olney Drugs where they made thick milkshakes and I remember Sans Souci on 17th Street but never ate there.
Fortunately the Willard Hotel remains, where personalities stayed like President Lincoln and Mark Twain, the venerable round Robin Bar where journalists would hang out with their cigars.
Also gone is Duke Zieberts, a venerable institution whose owner once offered to serve Mikhail Gorbachev of Russia with borscht.

]]> By: Anon http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1595 Anon Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:22:58 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1595 As someone in one of the brand new office buildings already there and forced to have office good-bye parties etc there because of a lack of other options, I can attest that yes, the food truly sucked. Some liked the she-crab soup, but the crab cakes themselves were brown, filling-stuffed hockey pucks. It did, however, have character and was a landmark. And was the closest place to my building to get a drink... As someone in one of the brand new office buildings already there and forced to have office good-bye parties etc there because of a lack of other options, I can attest that yes, the food truly sucked. Some liked the she-crab soup, but the crab cakes themselves were brown, filling-stuffed hockey pucks.

It did, however, have character and was a landmark. And was the closest place to my building to get a drink…

]]> By: Neener http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1594 Neener Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:05:38 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1594 The food was not amazing, but I thought the food provided value, which is to say if you got the $20 crab cake platter with soup and salad and whatever else they threw in, that wasn't a bad deal, but it wasn't like you got a $30 crab cake for $20. The place was funky. I mean, I asked the guy about famous people who ate there and the first person out of his mouth was HUGH O'BRIAN! the star of Search! Wyatt Earp from 1950s TV! Yeah, I know! The food was not amazing, but I thought the food provided value, which is to say if you got the $20 crab cake platter with soup and salad and whatever else they threw in, that wasn’t a bad deal, but it wasn’t like you got a $30 crab cake for $20. The place was funky.

I mean, I asked the guy about famous people who ate there and the first person out of his mouth was HUGH O’BRIAN! the star of Search! Wyatt Earp from 1950s TV!

Yeah, I know!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1593 Anonymous Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:02:01 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/01/market-inn/#comment-1593 Is DC no longer a second-rate city? Is DC no longer a second-rate city?

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