Tag: burger
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B Live, Arlington VA – Burgers, Tunes, and Brews
B Live was an awesome shoot that started with your typical 3pm rush hour moans and groans and the neverending DMV constructions that seems to results in worse roads than before. Once that struggle was over, came my favorite part – finding parking in Arlington that became an abysmal pain after about 2020 with absolute…
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Trio Bistro, Washington DC
Trio I shot several times for several corpos, and each and every time there was either a reschedule or the food would drag its feet coming out, but that’s a good sign in any sizeable restaurant since quality dishes take time. All In all, nice diner-style, old neighborhood spot kind of place with pretty good…
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Highline RxR, Crystal City VA – Rooftop View
Highline was a very cool shoot from back in the day because unlike the entire strip of restaurants on the hotel row, this one sits above them all and has quite a few mini-atmospheres going on inside of it – roomy beer garden, bar, and then little loungy corners. Food was your standard American bar…
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Creek Lodge Bar & Grill, Rockville MD – Hunting For Meat
Creek Lodge is a very cozy and well-decorated local spot away from all the town center chaos. Food here was absolutely on point! In terms of the shoot though, having to wait for customer orders and pray there would be enough variety to hit my minimum numbers wasted a solid hour and a half and…
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Roots Kitchen & Bar, McLean VA – Modern, Relaxed, Fused
This was one of the few shoots where the restaurant was ready and rearing to go, albeit not getting the memo on the item limit, but that’s one way to make more money! Great variety of great food here.
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Vintage Restaurant, New Market MD – Classy Meets Rustic
Vintage was an interesting recent shoot since the place opens later in the evening and typically gets fairly slammed right out of the gate with a happy hour and dinner rush, so this shoot took it’s tiiiiiiiime bouncing around customer orders. Food was solid, and overall vibe and feel of the place went honestly with…
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DC Steakholders, Falls Church VA – First Non-Soggy Cheesesteak
DC Steakholders was a neat diner-styled spot in Falls Church I’ve shot several times for their several shadow kitchen ideas until eventually I worked directly with them since they understood the value of good imagery for their absolutely solid food! One of the few cheesesteaks I’ve seen and had around DMV area that wasn’t a…
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Cheeburger Cheeburger, MD
Cheeburger Cheeburger was a fun and surprising shoot, since it’s a well-known local chain here in MD.
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Stray Cat Bar and Grill, Arlington VA – Right Meow
This was a bright-and-early kinda shoot well before the restaurant’s opening hours and this sort of scheduling shows me good management – take care of business without bumping into customers and them waiting for their orders. Decor here is themed around cats and cat painting and I’m quite partial to such. Food was on-point as…
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O’Faolain’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, Sterling VA (sadly closed)
I discovered O’Faolain’s while killing time before Agni Indian opened up for our scheduled shoot, and later on got to shoot this amazing and authentic Irish pub. Decor was proper, staff was absolutely Irish, and the dishes were second to none here. I’ve shot them twice over the years and stopped by several other times…
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The Elkridge Furnace Inn, Elkridge MD
Elkridge Furnace Inn was actually a lovely older style inn I have covered before this shoot for a virtual tour as they double up as a wedding venue. Food here was as impressive as the general decor while remaining fairly rustic to fit the overall mood.
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Kalypso’s Sports Tavern, Reston VA – For The Greek Gods
Kalypso’s was a fantastic shoot in a superbly decorated space, and a sort of rarity for a Greek and American fusion to have a lavish space like they do!
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Ari’s Diner, Ivy City Washington DC
Ari’s, Puerta Verde, and Via Ghibellina were 3 restaurants located literally on 2 corners of the same block of Fenwick street, right down the road from Union Kitchen Food Accelerator (communal kitchen space) and part of the same restaurant group that I got to cover in the same day – and that kind of cash…
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Quincy’s Bar and Grille, Gaithersburg MD
My second locations of Quincy’s, this time the one in Quince Orchard area – same good old local bar and grill! Nice American vibe with all the usual fare at any one of their locations and you really can’t go wrong here.
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Moonlight Restaurant, Gaithersburg MD
This was a cozy and nice shoot and had pool tables as well, which is a relative rarity around, but has sadly closed down in the end.
