Comments on: PoP Preview – Eatonville (14th and V Streets, NW)

By: eric in ledroit

eric in ledroit — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:25:10 +0000

this place is full of win. they really bring it. i think busboys and poets is fairly mediocre for the food, so am not predisposed to loving eatonville, but i was blown away by how good the food here was. wow. and, they had a very drinkable $22 bottle of rose on the wine list. perfect. extremely well done.

By: monkeyrotica

monkeyrotica — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:14:53 +0000

Oops. Looks like they're going the "heart-smart" route. I amend my previous statement to say "heart-attack-inducing expensive."

By: monkeyrotica

monkeyrotica — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:51:52 +0000

I’m seeing this becoming Georgia Brown’s North: expensive heart-attack-inducing food and the Sunday churchie crowd driving in from PG. They’re going to make bank if they pull it off.

By: spence

spence — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:18:42 +0000

@anon Granville Moore has the best mussels in town by a long shot. On Monday’s they’re $10.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 12 May 2009 13:55:16 +0000

Busboys is overpriced. That glass of wine for 8bucks? You can buy a whole bottle for 7 bucks retail. That plate of 8bucks chicken wings? it comes with 6 and no celery/carrot or nothing. That beer for 6bucks? Didn’t they buy that shit for 50cent a piece wholesale? Yike… Portions are way small and you can’t be full unless you’re one of those wanna-be-intellectuals-emo-skinny-as-chopstick people.

By: Ocoee

Ocoee — Tue, 12 May 2009 03:21:26 +0000

How original…a soul food joint in DC. They better bring something amazing to the table because DC is ripe with some good soul food joints. I hope they bring in some help because the foodies from busboys are not going to cut it.

By: Joel

Joel — Mon, 11 May 2009 22:54:25 +0000

I’m very much onboard with the *idea* of Busboys and Poets, but the food is barely passable and the service horrible, if well-intentioned. I don’t expect this restaurant to be any better — the owner seems to be all about gimmicks — he and his team have no idea what good food is, and what a restaurant ought to be.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:07:17 +0000

I live in union row and when walking by a lady inside told me that the soft opening was Tuesday and official opening Friday.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:51:17 +0000

The soft opening is supposed to be taking place this week. I think the big launch will next week. BTW..I know the chef and he knows how to cook. The food should be amazing. As for the other issues(speculation that the service will be slow like Busboys), time will tell.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 11 May 2009 18:21:46 +0000

I used to love Busboys, until the day I had to wait 30 minutes to get served when the place was half empty and I was then charged $6.75 for a coffee with an extra shot. I haven’t been able to bring myself to go back.