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June 9th 2007: Lunch in Clarendon (Arlington, VA)


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A panoramic video of Clarendon's shopping mall and the park/courtyard 
it surrounds.
A panoramic video of Clarendon's shopping mall and the park/courtyard it surrounds.
Harry's Tap Room
Harry's Tap 
Room's facade.  It's both stories.  We ate brunch there.
The spacious second floor, filled with outside light.  It's snazzy; 
the picture doesn't capture this fact.  The first floor, with its 
welcoming bar, is more impressive.
A panoramic video of the view from our window seats in Harry's Tap 
Room. If you look closely, you can see that the second and third 
floors of the building directly across are actually a garage. (One can 
see cars through the pane-less windows.) This is a smart way to hide 
the traditional ugly bulk of a parking structure.
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Harry's Tap Room's facade. It's both stories. We ate brunch there.
The spacious second floor, filled with outside light. It's snazzy; the picture doesn't capture this fact. The first floor, with its welcoming bar, is more impressive.
A panoramic video of the view from our window seats in Harry's Tap Room. If you look closely, you can see that the second and third floors of the building directly across are actually a garage. (One can see cars through the pane-less windows.) This is a smart way to hide the traditional ugly bulk of a parking structure.
We were given a complimentary bread basket with good muffins and okay biscuits. The accompanying strawberry jam made me think of pure pureed strawberries. It was good.
The remains of baked brie.  And grapes.  An unusual dish: each was 
good separately but not in combination.  Also, oddly, the baked 
brie didn't come with any bread.  We'd expected some sort of crusty 
bread appropriate for spreading it on.  Instead we made do with the (soft) breads from our bread basket.
Omelette, potatoes and onions, and fruit.  The omelette could've been 
more filled.
Eggs benedict, fruit, and grits.
The grits were good and creamy but still grits (and hence not that appealing).
Florentine benedict, potatoes and onions, and grits.  The spinach in 
the florentine benedict was salty but I got used to it.  Overall I 
think it was good.

The potatoes were pretty decent.  I liked the onions in them; it made 
them better.
The remains of baked brie. And grapes. An unusual dish: each was good separately but not in combination.
Also, oddly, the baked brie didn't come with any bread. We'd expected some sort of crusty bread appropriate for spreading it on. Instead we made do with the (soft) breads from our bread basket.
Omelette, potatoes and onions, and fruit. The omelette could've been more filled.
Eggs benedict, fruit, and grits. The grits were good and creamy but still grits (and hence not that appealing).
Florentine benedict, potatoes and onions, and grits. The spinach in the florentine benedict was salty but I got used to it. Overall I think it was good. The potatoes were pretty decent. I liked the onions in them; it made them better.
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