As suggested in this thread - howzabout any Fairfax County Dopers (and anyone who wants to drive / Metro in) get together for lunch in the Merrifield area in Virginia. That has the advantage of being close to the Beltway, semi-convenient to the Metro (a fellow Doper will have to pick you up), and not too far for those of us out near Fairfax / Fair Lakes.
Someone suggested any Thursday in November. So I put forth:
Thursday the 8th or Thursday the 15th.
Locations: I know I specifically mentioned Sweetwater Tavern, which is at the intersection of Gallows and Route 50. I love the place but it can be pricey (it’s easy to drop 20 bucks on lunch). Fortunately there are lots of other places nearby. Five Guys is supposed to have good burgers - it’s a chain that somehow I’ve never visited. Chevy’s has Tex-Mex. Dunno about prices; I imagine it’s as authentic as any such chain and the food is probably edible.
So - who’s up for lunch? Which of those two dates? And which of the restaurants would make you happy? Suggest we meet at 11:30 which would avoid the worst of the crowd.
Triskadecamus has offered / threatened to pick folks up at the Vienna Metro (orange line); I can do the same for Dunn Loring (closer to restaurants, not as close to the highway however). Or if anyone out west of Fairfax wants to carpool.
I think noonish is cool. Twenty bucks for lunch, and I want a show. So, let me know how that’s gonna work.
Eighth or fifteenth are entirely OK, although I am hemi-demi-semi-committed to the DC Lunch bunch, should any of them actually exist. We’ll see how that goes.
When you get there ask for the the Cecil Adams party. If that doesn’t work, ask for a table for six, for Cecil Adams. If that doesn’t work, look for me. I look like Santa Claus.
I’m sure at 11:30 we’ll be able to snag a table near the door. Five Guys is small, you will have no trouble spotting the Santa. Look for the guy with peanut shells in his beard.
Speaking of which, if anyone has a peanut allergy, holler now.
Not relevant for this occasion but I gather there are peanuts all over the place there? Useful for me to know as Dweezil is allergic to peanuts, so this sounds like a place we won’t be taking him. Fortunately, I have no such limitations
I believe this is on the west side of Gallows - the same side as the Multiplex theatres - since the Boston Market is at 2988 Gallows Road and I know that’s on the west side. It would be between Route 50 and Route 29.
Me too, though I’ll have to dash out right at noon, sigh… received notice of a teleconference I need to go to at noon, so I’ll be teleconning from my cell phone in the car.
Great burgers and great company! Sorry I had to wolf down my food and dash - spent the next half hour sitting in my car, listening to the conference call on my cell phone in the parking lot. I’d much rather have been inside with you guys.
