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- ISBN
- 9781931868273
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Capital Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1931868271
ISBN-13
9781931868273
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2305088
Product Key Features
Book Title
Quest for the Holy Grill : 50 Crummy but Good Restaurants Within Rambling Range of Washington, D.C.
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2002
Topic
Food, Lodging & Transportation / Restaurants, Methods / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Cooking
Book Series
Capital Hometown Guides
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Weight
7.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2002-073307
Dewey Edition
21
Reviews
"Want good food without the hoity-toity manner? Quest for the Holy Grill: 50 Crummy but Good Restaurants Within Rambling Range of Washington, D.C. (Oct., $12.95) by Donovan Kelly profiles 50 rough-and-ready joints, based on the Washington Post column." --Publishers Weekly "He writes knowledgeably about the food, the place, the owners, the atmosphere, and he does it all with a jumbo side order of humor and an extra serving of admiration for these one-of-a-kind restaurateurs." --Gale Waldron, Washington Post "If your restaurant's too swanky, this critic isn't interested. A former food columnist for The Washington Post with a National Public Radio show on the same subject, Donovan Kelly has reviewed about 200 restaurants. While Kelly likes good food, he's not looking for ambiance. He likes his restaurants crummy...Although the book's title may sound like a back-handed compliment to the restaurants included, Kelly likes them all." --Star Traylor, The Winchester Star "Here's a holiday gift idea for your favorite greasy-spoon fan: The Quest for the Holy Grill." Baltimore Sun "Just in time for that adventurous person's holiday list comes a new guidebook to 50 of the most unexpectedly good restaurants in the Greater Washington area." Hancock News "If you're looking for a place where the vinyl booths are mended with electrical tape and the home-cooked food is cheap and good, Donovan Kelly has a suggestion. Actually, he has a million of 'em. Kelly's new book, Quest for the Holy Grill is an homage to the greasy spoon." Washington Flyer "The book is a series of humorous restaurant reviews/essays based on a series Donovan wrote for the Washington Post." Humor Writers Newsletter. Named Humor Writer of the Month for January, 2003. "Carry a copy in your car." Joe Borda, Clarke Times-Courier
Dewey Decimal
647.95753
Table Of Content
In the Beginning: Anger and Harmony Crummy but Good Defined You Know You Are a Crummy but Good Scout if . . . The Fun Is in the Quest Ten Best Reviews of the Current Top Ten Planet Wayside, Hamilton, VA Barbara Fritchie, Frederick, MD Ben's Whole Hog Barbecue, Manassas, VA Bridge Restaurant, Hancock, MD Café Monti, Alexandria, VA Ercilia's Restaurant, Washington, DC Havabite Eatery, Fairfax, VA Li Ho Food Restaurant, Washington, DC Vienna Inn, Vienna, VA The Waffle Shop, Washington, DC Crummy but Good West and South of the Potomac Arlington and Fairfax Counties Angie's Family Restaurant Whitey's Restaurant Celebrity Delly Pepper's Texas Bar-B-Q Quarterdeck Restaurant Shamshiry Chelo Kabob A Taste of the World Thelma's Homemade Ice Cream Charcoal Kabab Loudoun and Prince William Counties Blue Ridge Seafood Fran's Place Planet Wayside: Secretary of State Does Crummy by Tim O'Neil Western Virginia and West Virginia Warrenton Plaza Dee Dee's Restaurant Pine Grove Jane's Lunch Bon Matin Bakery-Cafe John's Family Restaurant Lauder's Inspirations Cafe, Bakery and Bed and Breakfast Warm Springs Restaurant Crummy But Good Restaurants East and North of the Potomac Washington, DC Moby Dick House of Kabob Bistro Italiano Mayur Kabab House Central Maryland Tastee Diner Nick's Diner Happy Italian Delight Moon Cafe Pee Wee's Place Southern Maryland Top of the Hill The Frying Pan Restaurant Captain's Table Western Maryland Nick's Airport Inn Red Byrd Restaurant and Motel Burkholder's Bakery Park-N-Dine Bill's Place and Orleans Grocery Best BBQ in Northern Virginia Is Dear Friends of Crummy But Good Barbeque Dixie Bones Bubba's Bar-B-Q The Crummy but Good Crab Cake War On Starting a Crab Cake War And the Winners Are Stoney's Seafood House G&M Restaurant Captain Billy's Crab House Jerry's Seafood Cantler's Riverside Inn Davis's Pub Angler's Restaurant Olive Grove Joe's Ocean Cove Timbuktu Restaurant and Lounge In Crabby Conclusion Some Crab Cake Recipes Kimberley's Decadent Crabcakes Barbara's and the Captain's Crab Cake Mix Gone But Not Forgotten Buttermilk Cafe Henkel's Restaurant Paisanos Restaurant Acknowledgements Known Crummy But Good Scouts and Companions You Too Can Be A Crummy But Good Scout Alphabetical Index of Restaurants A Taste of the World 39 Angie's Family Restaurant 28 Angler's Restaurant 117 Barbara Fritchie 10 Ben's Whole Hog Barbecue 12 Bill's Place and Orleans Grocery 98 Bistro Italiano 71 Blue Ridge Seafood 47 Bon Matin Bakery-Cafe 59 Bridge Restaurant 14 Bubba's Bar-B-Q 105 Burkholder's Bakery 95 Buttermilk Cafe 126 Café Monti 17 Cantler's Riverside Inn 115 Captain Billy's Crab House 112 Captain's Table 89 Celebrity Delly 32 Charcoal Kabab 44 Davis's Pub 116 Dee Dee's Restaurant 56 Dixie Bones 104 Ercilia's Restaurant 19 Fran's Place 49 G&M Restaurant 110 Happy Italian Delight 81 Havabite Eatery 21 Henkel's Restaurant 128 Inspirations Cafe, Bakery and Bed and Breakfast 65 Jane's Lunch 59 Jerry's Seafood 113 Joe's Ocean Cove 118 John's Family Restaurant 61 Lauder's 63 Li Ho Food Restaurant 23 Mayur Kabab House 74 Moby Dick House of Kabob 69 Moon Cafe 82 Nick's Diner 79<br /
Synopsis
From 1997-1999 Donovan Kelly wrote a column for the Washington Post called "Crummy But Good" in which he reviewed local eateries that looked dubious from the outside, but that offered something beyond the ordinary on the inside. His popular column, the ongoing radio series (WAMU-FM) and the never-ending suggestions from his legion of "crummy-but-good" scouts are brought together for this first compilation of reviews of the 50 best establishments meeting the highly technical crummy-but-good criteria. "Crummy" means a place that looks so bad from the outside that you would hesitate to take your mother inside, especially if she were wearing her good dress. "But Good" means that, once inside, you find some combination of a good menu, good food, relaxing atmosphere, friendly people, and reasonable prices that makes you want to come back. And maybe bring your smart aleck brother from New Jersey who thinks he's seen everything. The restaurants are located in DC, and nearby and not so nearby Maryland and Virginia, and West Virginia. Included is a completely unbiased (?) list of the ten best places as well as a chronicle of the ongoing, ever-controversial Crummy but Good Crabcake War.
LC Classification Number
TX907.3.W3K46 2003
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