After our unexpected happy hour at the George up on Capitol Hill yesterday evening, Robert and I wandered towards Union Station and decided to have dinner at one of the Irish restaurants on the corner across from the station. Robert has been both places, but I've only eaten at The Dubliner before, so we opted to dine at Kelly's Irish Times, the former hangout of my friend, Georgetown law school alumna Chris.
The Irish Times is very much like a bar with food, and there really wasn't a whole lot that made me feel like I was in a specifically Irish place. It was the same with the menu. The choices were all very standard American bar-with-food choices.
While we split an order of poppers (mild jalapeño peppers stuffed with cream cheese, breaded, and deep-fried), Robert had a Guiness stout to drink. I never drink stouts or bitters—I think they're vile things—but Robert loves them. Ick. Robert ended up ordering a full rack of back back ribs with chips (a/k/a fries) and cole slaw and I had the fish and chips with cole slaw. Had to ask the waiter to bring a bottle of malt vinegar for the fish.....I guess they aren't Irish enough to remember, especially since the fish came with a great big plastic cup of tartare sauce. The fish was actually pretty good, not having a fishy flavor and not being too heavily breaded. Robert liked his ribs, too, but he was a good boy and requested a go box and put half the ribs in there to take home for another meal.
They don't serve dessert at the Irish Times, so we decided to go next door for a wee bit of sweet. See the next entry for more about dessert at The Dubliner.
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