I’ve actually been to the original Maydan in DC. Loved it the first time I went, fell off at some point in between when I went and when I revisited a few years later.
Surprised they’re in LA, but glad to hear they are doing well! Between Zaytinya, Jont and Maydan, maybe you’ll also get Minibar, Queens English and Albi!
The staff grounds the beef sirloin daily, a crucial step.
Good thing. You wouldn’t want someone to get electrocuted by an ungrounded sirloin.
Even when she isn’t in the dining room her touch is omnipresent in the staff, a sparky crew that surely was, each of them, the rare high-school combination of cool kid and theater kid.
Oh, surely.
The whole description of Whalen is certainly… charged, though I like the injection of his personality into the review. “She’ll tuck strands of her straight brown hair behind one ear to lean in for a focused conversation about what to drink. Tell her that you hate natural wine, and she’ll bring you a bottle of something that falls into classic Burgundian territory. Only later, when you love it, will she describe with a sphinx-like smile how it’s produced with low-intervention practices”.
She’s the most charismatic sommelier I’ve met. I would go out of my way to eat anywhere she’s on the floor.
His wrists/carpal tunnels must be killing him - he’s really been pumping them out.
Thank goodness he is almost at the time of year when he can initiate review-hibernation in the name of THE 101.