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Blacks Bar and Kitchen

On Friday night, Larry and I went out to dinner at Blacks Bar and Kitchen in Bethesda. I’ve been dying to eat here ever since they remodeled it, but the few times we’ve tried, they have been completely booked. We got lucky on Friday when we stepped in on a whim to see if they had any available tables. A table for two! Available in ten minutes! Outside! A beautiful evening! Not humid at all!

We ate oysters on the half shell for an appetizer. What can I say about that except that I love oysters. They were good.

For my entree, I ordered the coconut crusted whole fish with buckwheat noodles, green papaya, cucumber, red onion, ginger, mint, thai basil, cilantro and tomato in a lemongrass sauce. It was tasty–the fish was flaky and moist and very fresh, and the sauce was outstanding. Larry had a delicious soft shell crab dish with mushrooms, bacon, morel mushrooms and fava beans.

Blacks was just what I expected. The food was good, but it was a little pricey for what it was–oysters were $2.85 each, and the market-fresh fish of the day came with no sides at all–you have to order them a la carte. I’ll go back, though.
Coconut-crusted whole fish at Blacks

Comments 3

  1. The Girl wrote:

    Mmm sounds yummy. I heard that they had remodeled this place - was it you who told me? I went there back in early 2000 and thought the food was ok, but not great. Don’t they own another restaurant downtown or something? Have we had this conversation before? ;o)

    Posted 24 Jul 2007 at 7:14 am
  2. Bethany wrote:

    Hmmm, have we talked about this? We talk about so many restaurants :-)

    They have 4 restaurants total–one in the Palisades on MacArthur Blvd (Black Salt), one in Rockville, (Addies), and one in Wheaton (Black Market). I’ve never been to any of the others, but I hear good things about Addies and Black Market!

    Posted 25 Jul 2007 at 9:15 am
  3. Cousin Bill wrote:

    Okay, this is strange…

    I’m going to the Old 97s show tonight at the Beachland Ballroom here in Cleveland. I should be working, but I decided to look through the Old 97s website and read some current show reviews.

    Anyway, one of the links I clicked on took me to the Old 97s section of last.fm. Looking around, I noticed on the right the Top Listeners….and….hey wait a minute, BethanyKing!? I know her!

    So I click on your picture, and got your profile, which led me here….

    Hmm, strange indeed.

    Bill

    Posted 25 Jul 2007 at 11:29 am