The Palm Restaurant Review:
The Palm’s Dupont Circle outpost is equally busy for lunch and dinner. The lunch menu features the signature beef salad over sliced tomatoes and a list of surprisingly good Italian and Cajun-inspired dishes. In the evening, go for the New York strip or one of the gigantic lobsters for which the restaurant is famous, accompanied by an order of cottage fries and creamed spinach. Instead of...
A magnet for the "affluent and connected", this "dependable" steakhouse chain is praised as much for its "delicious" chops as its "power" crowd, "bantering" staff and "abundant" portions; expect a "fun", "loud" scene in a traditional setting lined with framed caricatures of famous folks, and don't forget your credit card - it's "very expensive."
New York fine dining visits DC country cousins under the behest of George Bush the first. Resulting "American fare" menu pulled straight out of The Godfather–you know, back when the mafia still ate red meat. Crisp white linen tablecloths are begging for a good blood-spattering, alas. Elegance of the roaring 20's played out by today's millionaires, be they youthful or wrinkled, legal or not....
Upscale steakhouse rewards high-profile patrons by immortalizing their likenesses in colorful caricatures.:
In Short
With its Italian-tinged menu and playful artwork on the walls, this national chain (which got its start in 1926) maintains a congenial atmosphere even as corporate patrons use...