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More thoughts on "concept" restaurants

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Addison Del Mastro
May 17, 2022
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Earlier this month, I wrote in The Spectator World about what I call “concept restaurants.” I’ve touched on this before, but every time my wife and I go into Washington, D.C., I think about this again. Me, I prefer the suburbs, at least when it comes to restaurants. The fact is that, at least in this region, they’re extremely diverse and interesting pla…

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