Sorry if these aren't all bars. I worked for MITRE from 1965 to 2000 and we're still around, in Arlington. A colleague and I in the 70's used to alternate between O'Toole's, Szechuan-Hunan Taste (great martinis!), now El Tio, and The Vienna Inn with its chili dogs and surly waitresses.
I remember the first time we had lunch at O'Toole's, when we each ordered a burger and fries. They suggested we start with one order of fries -- no wonder, it was a huge plateful! I also remember the flag on the wall: "Vietnam Games -- Second Place." Those CIA guys had a sense of humor.
I haven't seen The Joshua Tree mentioned yet, another place we used to go sometimes -- later Charley's, now J. Gilberts. Then there was the Chinese restaurant that moved across from McKeever's after being evicted for Balducci's, then it was the Mistral, now Assaggi Osteria. And the Petit Mistral, now Joe's Burgers.
And The Dory restaurant, then the Mirabelle, at the other end of the shopping center from Balducci's. I found the photo of the Dory matchbook cover on eBay -- someone had already bought it -- but the Mirabelle one is mine. My wife loves tĂȘte de veau, and whenever the chef got in a calves head, he called her! And one summer on vacation in France we met the Maitre d' in Alsace where he was having his mother's house fixed up. Over there he had one of those futuristic Citroens with the pneumatic suspension. But I digress.
It's a shame that so many of these are long gone, but at least we enjoyed them while they were still around!
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