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When we were in Washington last month, we happened upon a great little restaurant in DuPont Circle – inside of a book store!  We had a cute-as-a-button waiter, and even more importantly – fantastic food.  They did some flavor combinations and plate presentations that were simply stupendous.

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We decided this trip we would check it out, again.

As we walked up through the book store to the restaurant, our waiter spied us.  A couple minutes of bantering back and forth, and we were being led upstairs to a table in his section.  It was promising to be another fun meal.

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Cocktails ordered, it was time to seriously check out the menu.

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What to have, what to have…

The menu is pretty extensive and varied.  Lots of regular items and lots of weekly specials.  We saw the items we had last time – lobsters, crab cakes – and this fantastic corn and lima bean sucotash – but opted for new and different.

Victor went for a sushi-grade rare tuna with a wasabi dipping sauce that was out of this world.  I had a scallop dish with a honey sauce that simply rocked.

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What was really fun was the side…

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That tower is white rice, spinach, more rice, roasted red peppers, more rice, pickled ginger and a seaweed salad, cucumbers and caviar. Unbelievable.

More fun conversation with our waiter – he’s straight, but knows how to play his customers… He also lived for a while at Lake Tahoe, so we had a lot of fun conversations about that (alas, he was all of 2 years old when I LEFT Tahoe in 1980) but we had fun, nonetheless…

We decided we’d go for dessert – since it’s our anniversary, and The Dysfunctional Family Sundae was recommended.

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A warm brownie drenched in liqueur, topped with chocolate and vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, cndied walnuts, raspberry puree, hot fudge…  OMG!

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We ate the whole damned thing!

We really had a fun time – and know next time we’re in DC, we’ll head back for more.

Kramerbooks and Afterwards Cafe

1517 Connecticut Avenue, NW. – Just Above Dupont Circle
In The Heart of Washington, D.C.
Across from The Dupont Circle ‘Q’ St Metro Exit
Open Early to Late 7 Days a Week – All Night Fri & Sat
Serving Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner – Late Supper and Brunch on Weekends
Live Music Wed – Sat Night
Serving Latte to the Literati Since 1976