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Gazette.net (MD Community Newspapers Online) is reporting that Carolina Kitchen owner Lance London will be opening restaurants in both Chinatown & U ST next year. Both locations will be based on the soon to be opened Hyattsville location, called The Carolina Kitchen Bar and Grill. At the 7000 square foot Hyattsville location “diners will be able to enjoy the restaurant’s signature ‘‘soul food’ and American cuisine in a new atmosphere that includes a full-service bar with a fireside lounge, waterfalls and two rooms for private events.”
The Chinatown location is said to be 2000 square feet larger than the Hyattsville location, while the U ST local comes in at an enormous 11,000 square feet.
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Eh. Just checked out the menu. Nothing to eat there that won’t give me a heart attack or put me in anaphylactic shock.
YAY. a gigantic restaurant with no character catering to overweight Americans. Does anyone know if the cracker barrel is opening here anytime soon?
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B – I’m with you! Seriously deadly food. I’m sure even their vegetables are slathered with bacon fat.
PQ resident in France- Cracker Barrel: another example of a restaurant who slathers their vegetables with bacon fat and pork pieces. YIKES! I tried to eat at one while on the road once. I think mashed potatoes were the only thing I could eat there.
Anon – I’ll happily not eat there either.
Well, this will be a nice addition to the neighborhood. Whether I eat there or not is irrelevent. It is just better than empty storefronts.
Now, I wish someone would open up a quality bakery for me to walk to. And by quality bakery, I do not mean Au Bon Pain with their burnt hard croissants, lack of baguettes, and sorry excuse for a pain au chocolat.
Jeebus, people. WTF do you people think they serve at Georgia Browns and B. Smiths? There’s more to life than tapas and charcuterie, which, by the way, has more fat in it than a half-pound of bacon. The more you know…
So some of you elitists don’t like Soul and Southern Food. That’s more for the millions of us that love this stuff. The food is delicious at Carolina Kitchen. We need more authentic downhome Southern and Soul Food restaurants in this area. It is the best cuisine of all. Yummy.
“Slathering” vegetables with pork and meat is why it tastes so good. People love soul food, so what’s your point? As the article states, people flock from all over to eat this stuff and wait in long lines to feast on it. Soul food is one of the public’s favorite types of food. Just because you have weird tastes that prefer bland food does not mean others should be deprived of soul. Some of you are so out of touch with everyday Americans that it is hilarious to see you clutching your snobbish pearls.
Isn’t the fact that the neighborhood is attracting more restaurants a good thing? If you don’t want to eat their then don’t. Frankly, I’m thrilled to have some more choices. I mean for goodness sake, how much tapas and asian fusion can one neighborhood be expected to consume?
This is fab news! Thanks Columbo!
I wonder where in Chinatown this will be?
Diet/Health conscious peeps check out:
Steamed crab claws
Lemon Baked Fish
Grilled Salmon or chicken breast
Myrtle Salad
Plenty of stuff!
Home made soup.
Can’t wait; between this, Panera Bread, Nando’s and the Italian one on H street my culinary needs will be taken care of!
Its all fine and dandy until the rest of us are stuck paying for the rest of you people’s gastric bypass surgeries, insulin shots and quadruple coronary angioplasties. I can make some pretty damn delicious food if you give me free reign to use obscene amounts of fat, salt, sugar, hyrogenated soybean oil and high fructose corn syrup. If you only knew what they were putting in your food and into your bodies.
David – Get off your high horse. You only live once and eating this type of food once in a while will not kill you.
Now don’t get me wrong, I love a good salad. However it appears that some people only want to graze on grass, leaves, lettuce and eat bread from a bakery… just how much grass and bread can one eat. I assumed someone living in DC would be used to all of the different cultures living here by now and opened to foods of all cultures. If you cannot get used to the diversity and cultures here and varieties of food, maybe you move away. DC is way to diverse of a city to assume every resturant or cafe that opens can only serve salad and bread…. come on now….
Luke:
1) lack of meat by no means translates to lack of taste.
2) if by not liking meat makes me “snobbish” than bring on another string of pearl (because I don’t own any)
3) I’m not out of touch with “everyday Americans” I simply prefer to not follow their eating practices. In other words, I’m healthy and skinny.
American is the most obese country in the world. Eating an ‘all American’ diet all the time will kill you. Of course, everything in moderation and indulging now and then is always good.
Oh, and just for the record….I can’t/don’t eat at most of the fancy places in the neighborhood either. Unfortunately, “expensive and fancy” doesn’t necessarily mean “healthy”. Expensive just tend to lead to types of meats and parts of animals you don’t find in cheaper restaurants. I guess people feel privileged when they kill/eat more exotic animals.
David, how condescending of you. We know what we are putting into our bodies, and as competent adults, we have the right to eat what we want. I love soul food, so this is great news. I really doubt David can cook up anything as delicious as peach cobbler, southern fried chicken or pound cake. In case David didn’t know, many people find his type of food to be abhorrent and bland and don’t need David or any other Elitist drama queens telling them what to eat. The food police have no jurisdiction over this matter.
I’m with you, David.
And P.S. just because I don’t like soul food doesn’t make me an “elitist.” Unless being an elitist means watching what I eat, avoiding food I am allergic to (which includes soybean oil), and just not liking fried food in general!
Also, steamed, fresh vegetables taste better when not “freshly steamed” with crap dressing. IMHO.
Oh… and who says all good for you food has to be bland? I think we have other ways to add flavor besides salt, fat and sugar. See: spices, vinegars, herbs…
Wow. Like another poster stated, everything in moderation. Americans aren’t fat becasue they eat greasy food. they’re fat because they eat greasy food everyday, then sit in front of thier TVs and computers everynight.
This rocks. I love UHOP Saints Paradise Cafeteria but they close too early & not really a restaurant…Most other soul food places near here are pretty gross.
In response to Javier Mendez…
Apparently NOT being 100% gung-ho about all of the things #15 said make us all elitists.
Shame on us!
Now, If we really were elitists wouldn’t we be living in the west end? (just kidding! hehe)
This is the South, and we love our soul food. In a city that is majority African-American, we should have more savory dining choices that reflect our tastes and culture. I can’t wait to patronize this place.
I’m from the South. So I grew up on Tex-Mex, Southern Food, Cajun Food and Soul Food. If eaten the correct way and in moderation, you can absolutely be fit and healthy. Doggie bags were invented for huge plate portions. Or split the entree. It is all a better value. Vegetarians have plenty of good selections. I am looking forward to having this restaurant option in our community. The more, the better.
Complain, complain, complain…
We have empty storefronts, complain…
An empty storefront will be replaced by a restaurant that will attract people to the neighborhood, complain, complain…
Any ideas where they might be moving into? Chinatown Proper isn’t that big, not too many candidates that offer 9000 square feet. The space reserved for Vapiano’s? 777 6th Street?
David,
May I have your permission to eat soul food once a month as long as I keep working out at 5am every morning?
Veggie, oook I’m healthy and skinny too and I eat more than just vegatables….go figure. Anyway, no one is saying go out and eat fatty, terrible ‘American’ food everyday. Just be open to different types of resturants opening in the neighborhood with more on the menu than just salads and tapas. There is no need to shoot down every non tapas restuarant that opens in the neighborhood or belittle other neighbors that enjoy trying different types of food. To assume everyone here is fat and unhealthly for trying different foods every once in a while and eating food other than vegetables is just retarded. Yes, eating fatty foods everyday will kill you, but who lives forever… You’re going to die anyway…. might as try different types of food every once in a while before you go….
I totally agree with veggie. vegetarians live longer, are happier, are better looking, and are good at mathematics.
It is nice to have some diversity in the neighborhood, whether we enjoy this type of food or not.
Not everyone eats or likes sushi, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t open Asia 9. So for those who want to eat soul food, let them. Give it a rest.
No one has the right to judge everyone…mind your own business.
If people want to eat themselves into oblivian, so be it.
This is such an insane reaction to news that a new restaurant may open up in the neighborhood. I really don’t understand it…
Step into the 21st century. Any good cook worth their salt knows you don’t need a lot of sugar, salt and hydroginated fats to cook good soul food. We in the African American community realize the hazards of a high fat and salt diet. A lot of us have adjusted our diets and recipes accordingly. On that note I make a mean dish of collard greens made with no meat varous spices, olive oil and vinager. Canola oil can be substituted for olive oil. I use oil to tenderize the greens, not necessarily for taste. And I can tell you they taste a lot better than drenched with meat fats and salt.
Maybe in addition to watching our weight, we need to watch how we react to news that is pretty inconsequential in the grand scheme of things. Bizarre how some people are getting uptight about this.
Great to have a new restaurant around.
Jeeze, people. Just get along. When the global pandemic comes, the skinnies will be too weak from malnutrition and the fatties will be too slow to run away from the zombies. It’s all good!
To all you “ultra fit, skinny and beautiful vegetarians”: I am a meat eater and was also a two sport All-State athlete in high school. I still eat plenty of meat, am toned, healthy and would bet that I could dust you in any sporting event of your choice — even after wolfing down a big steak!
Keep eating your grass so you have enough energy to run a whopping 11 minute mile.
hey meat eaters! say hello to my little friend:
http://blog.peta.org/archives/2008/01/ultimate_fighti.php
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