Comments on: Kiko’s Chicken Closes – New Peruvian Chicken Spot to Take Over in August

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:16:35 +0000

I heard this new place will have peruvian dishes……………let me tell ya!!!! peruvian food is really gooood…….haven’t seen something around.

By: monkeyrotica

monkeyrotica — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:20:50 +0000

I heard there's a fastfood chain that makes an indescribable roast beef-product sandwich, but the name escapes me.

By: Odentex

Odentex — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:14:55 +0000

Pho 14 is preety good noodle soup. But it’s one of those places where they pack about 5 too many tables into an already small dining room – so eating there is not so much fun unless you like getting hip-checked by the waitstaff every time they trundle back and forth to the kitchen.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:11:57 +0000

I never tried Kiko’s but heard from a couple people that it was pretty average. Considering that there’s another rotisserie chicken place about five storerfonts away, and probably a dozen within a three block radius, I can’t say I really care one way or another to see it go.

I would love another Viet Namese place. I have heard Pho 14 is really good. But the three times I’ve tried to go, there’s been a huge line and I didn’t feel like waiting 45 minutes. So I still haven’t tried it. Obviously there is sufficient demand for another one.

And totally second the idea of a decent pasta restaurant. But cloning Pasta Mia is probably harder than you think. No, it’s not hard to make decent pasta dishes, but very few people seem to be able to do it. And it does take quality ingredients and, apparently, being Italian to do it.

By: Flipflopirate

Flipflopirate — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:11:51 +0000

Nooooo! God, Why? I loved Kikos. I have been living off of their $4 Pulled Chicken Plantain Plate since they opened. Furthermore, I gave a piece of my heart to the various staff there they were like the family I only visit for home cooked meals. This is a trajedy; I will reluctantly patron the peruvian chicken joint until they proove they are worthy of all that was Kikos.

By: oldmanclem

oldmanclem — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:55:06 +0000

“Unless some more lawyers out there want to give up their $200,000 a year jobs, train for three years by de-boning chickens, and open up a restaurant for (say) $25,000 a year in income.”

Funny enough, that’s the story of Proof downtown. (Except he made well over 200K.)

By: RD

RD — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:13:36 +0000

@anon8:09- kiko’s is about 3 blocks from the new Qualia coffeehouse. try that out if you haven’t, you won’t be disappointed.

By: RD

RD — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:11:42 +0000

kiko’s was decent but too expensive. no reason to spend an extra couple bucks to eat there over pollo sabroso.

By: New2CH

New2CH — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:58:53 +0000

Bloomingdale good, albeit depressing, point. I guess it’s no coincidence that the best affordable ethnic food by FAR in D.C. is Ethiopian — at least we have Etete — that kicks any Ethiopian I’ve had in other cities in the butt!!! Plenty of good Japanese as well, but I guess those establishments feature a different demographic history. I hear there is top notch Chinese in the MD burbs and stellar Vietnamese in the VA burbs, but being sans car plus generally lazy, I have yet to confirm … but really I’d settle for some good, solid, basic Italian food that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg …

By: Neener

Neener — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:52:57 +0000

What I never understood is why someone doesn’t look at a place like Pasta Mia (where there is a line every single night) and just copy it. Is pasta that difficult?
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The wife of a good friend of mine is an idiot who knows nothing about food but runs a Korean deli. Unfortunately most of the people I meet who want to open restaurants or do open restaurants have no idea what makes good food.