Comments on: Movement at Del Frisco’s Grill Coming to Old Les Halles Space on Pennsylvania Ave – Opening this Summer

By: Ank

Ank — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:53:04 +0000

I work in that building, and it’s nice to see something finally going in there. They are pouring a lot of money into it, too, with a serious expansion into the interior atrium area of the building.

It’s true that downtown is dead after 8pm, but Elephant & Castle, which is in the same building, is absolutely packed all day during summer weekends. There’s nowhere closer to the mall to actually sit down and eat, so they do a good tourist business. Combined with expense account lunches and happy hour patrons, it might work.

By: Identified

Identified — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:53:39 +0000

Les Halles had the best chocolate souffle… I still miss it.

Was always my dessert and coffee goto after a show downtown.

By: ClevelandDave

ClevelandDave — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:38:37 +0000

Walk around the corner. Cafe Phillips makes a mean sandwich. You also have a food court in the National Press Building a block away with some interesting alternatives. Three blocks is Old Ebbitt Express. And if you are of a mind there is also a nearby sandwich/deli, Potbellys and Chez Geoff as well as the already mentioned Elephant and Castle. I can go on, but the fact is that there are quite a few alternatives- and quite a bit of compettion.

By: monkeyrotica

monkeyrotica — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:38:14 +0000

Problem is if they offer a $10 soup/sandwich lunch combo, even if the place is packed, they’ll still be losing money. The rents dictate the price of the menu items.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:30:00 +0000

and $12.00 for asparagus…wtf man…

By: monkeyrotica

monkeyrotica — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:29:41 +0000

Good luck walking a block when you’re tipping the scales at 450lbs.

By: ag11

ag11 — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:29:26 +0000

I can’t tell what they’re trying to be. When I walked by, I was expecting a TGIFridays type of place. The menu items are a bit upscale for that, but don’t have any sort of theme. It looks like it’d be a total tourist trap, and tourists, not knowing any better, will probably pay those prices.

By: lesserlesserwashington

lesserlesserwashington — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:13:25 +0000

Yep. I currently walk several blocks to find food. when I don’t bring my lunch. And another patio for drinks would kill….but again, prices. They’re catering to federal employees…they need to cater to that price range.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 May 2012 15:00:37 +0000

I’ll go for the “potatoes and hand-mashed potatoes”. Mashing potatoes with any other appendage or mechanism is an affront to my culinary sensibilities.

Using “frites” rather than “fries”, in a decidedly Americanized-Italian flavored food chain with no chef, factory-farmed Sysco food and a perennially staid menu is stupid.

By: Florista

Florista — Tue, 08 May 2012 14:59:36 +0000

Agreed – as my eyes glazed over the menu, all I could see was overweight tourists in their shiny new sneakers ordering up some gut-busting mac and cheese. Isn’t Elephant & Castle bad enough? That’s only a block or so away!