"We Be Grubbin!" Restaurant Review: Marvin Wash DC

Ok *sigh* Whoever said "so many men so little time" wasn't lying, whew! Now this one coulda been unfortunate as I was dead tired and almost said no to the invitation but upon the mention of "grabbing a little bite to eat" I immediately perked up ( I am focused!), showered, poured on some smell goods ( I like to overdo everything..... it's my thing) put on something with stretch in it (always a hit with the boys), got in my ride and met the young lad at the restaurant. Now Marvin is located in a very busy part of DC (U Street) so I already knew parking would be an issue. I coulda just had him pick me up but being a manic dater has taught me to never leave home without my own whip, cause chile....... that's another post though and definitely should be included in the "dates from hell" section. So yeah, I'm expecting a parking nightmare but I found one fairly easy, now what I wasn't expecting was the twisty, curvy line coming out of Marvin, "excuse me???!!" I thought as I walked towards the spot. I sent the lad paying for this meal a text and told him I was there and that the line was insane but we agreed I would wait since he was still on his way anyway (plus I was flirting with other boys and getting mucho play so I was good!). Lines can mean a place is good too so I took that as a good sign and didn't really sweat it. Plus Marvin also has a hip happening bar and that's really why the line was so darn long.

Soooo, here goes:

Restaurant: Marvin

Website: www.marvindc.com

Location: 2007 14th St NW Washington, DC 20009-7562

Staff Appearance/Demeanor: Satisfactory, basic all black. Nothing to report here. Friendly enough to not make you wanna slap them, so overall pretty good.

Wait Staff: Great! Not overly attentive which I hate. You should not be interrupting my convo 40 times in an hour asking "hey guys is everything alright?" yes it is! now go away somewhere and die!!!

The Food: AB-SO-TIVE-LY PO-SI-LUTE-LY DEEEEEE-FUGGIN-LICIOUS!!!! OM EM GEE!!!!!. I am extremely passionate about my food, especially meat. I ordered steak, collards and some kinda lovely potato thingie that made me wanna rub it all over my body as a lotion. Oh man! I don't know what the lad had or what he was saying once our food arrived..... that's how good it was. He coulda called me a skank whore rabid dog while I was in my food euphoria and that woulda been fine by me.

So I highly recommend this place. Oh and I think Marvin caters to cigar lovers or something like that but you'll have to research that for yourself, I'm in it for the food!


Toodles til next time!

"We Be Grubbin!" Restaurant Review: Gladys and Ron Chicken & Waffles

As a manic dater I feel it's my duty to put all this dating to good use by reviewing some of the many places I've dined thanks to the kindness and generosity of the chumps that wanna hump (oh shit! that rhymes! I need to get in the studio). Ok but yeah seriously, I'm doing this as community service, fellow food enthusiast such as myself have no time to waste eating sub par food. This is just my opinion of course, always try things for yourself. So here goes:

Restaurant: Gladys Knight and Ron Winans Chicken & Waffles

Location: 860 Capital Centre Blvd Upper Marlboro, MD 20774

Staff Appearance/Demeanor: Pretty good. The hostess smiled as soon as we walked in (I'm big on smiling, it sets the stage for everything else), took our names and told us the wait time. Basic black attire (shirt and pants). As far as I can see everyone looked neat and clean.

Wait Staff: Our waiter was nice and while he didn't come over right away to take our drink order, he did stop and tell us he was pretty swamped but would be with us right away. And he smiled..... so were all good!

The Food: ......... well this is where things take a turn. Was it disgusting? absolutely not. Was it better than let's say, Popeye's? again..... absolutely not. As a Negro woman it's safe to say I know a thing or two about a piece of chicken fried to a golden crispness. My granny made fried chicken that would make you wanna hump a wall! This chicken left my loins deflated. It's just well, um.... not good. To me if your establishment has "chicken" in the title then you damn well better be gettin jiggy with it up in there. Not the case here. The sides...... again, I expect mac n cheese from a colored establishment to be a gooey, cheesy sensation that makes me want to savor every bite, that did not happen here. Mine is better, and if you know how to doctor up Kraft mac n cheese that would even be better. It's soulless soul food. It's cooked, it's edible sure but it's not 'bringing it!"

The Sweet Tea: Go to McDonald's and get theirs for a $1.00...... the end.

So outta 5 stars I give Gladys & Ron a 3. I love when people treat me nice when I go out and they at least have that part down to a science. I think the food part can be salvaged but they need to hire a 'big mama' type as the head chef, right now I think there may be a Salvadorian man back there and his soul food formulations are not hitting the mark.

Til my next date..... toodles!