Thursday, January 14, 2010

Shrimp Fest @Argo

shrimp fest

13 comments:

krusty the krab said...

Please please pleaaase bring back that crab soup! I used to go to Argo once a week just to order that soup and have a few beers. I haven't been there since they removed it from the menu :-(

Arrrr said...

They should do this again on September 19.

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poo poo pee doo said...

for those that don't understand the true significance of sept. 19:

http://www.talklikeapirate.com/

Alan Page said...

AFTER DRINKS FOOD SPECIAL ALERT (lol): philadephia water ice just sent this out in a mass email:


Philadelphia Water Ice Factory will be OPEN this weekend from 1pm-4am 1204 Hst NE 202-396-1429. ( AROUND THE CORNER FROM HORACE & DICKIES) So if you're out partying stop by for a CHEESESTEAK/ Chicken Cheesesteak the only REAL Philly Cheesesteak in the DMV (DC, Md, Va.) 4am LATE NIGHT...... FREE SEASONED FRIES w/ any order.

Dave B said...

Oh. So that is the secret for Philly Water Ice. You gotta get on their email list. I think out of all the times I want something from there, I find them open like 25% of the time.

I've found them closed at like 8 or 9 oclock in the summer. You are a effing water ice company, when the hell else would you be open?

Are they really trying to make money? Are they a money laundering scheme?

Has anybody ever tried to order a hot dog there and have get confused looks, have the worker say "I have to call my boss to tell me how to make one", or in the case where the employee says ok, have to wait for like 10 minutes?

Hot dogs cost like 4 cents. Put them on the effing rollers. Who cares if you throw out ten of them at the end of the day?

On top of that, they have a huge space and insist on selling out of a window. And sometimes you have to yell in there to get someone to come over. You could run laps inside that place and all that is in there is a grill, a freezer, and a deep fryer. Open the place up, put like 4 tables in there, then maybe people will eat some stuff in the winter.

If anybody from PWI is reading this, you're welcome.

Sean Hennessey said...

when did "DMV" become the popular term to use? i see it everywhere these days. but this time last year i would have thought it meant something else.

Alan Page said...

The local hip-hop scene made DMV a new phrase. The commercial radio stations picked up on it and it has been spreading from there, particularly among the younger folk.

There is an award show for DC/MD/VA hip-hop and R&B artists called The DMV Awards tomorrow, actually.

dmv202.com

also, see newgoldenera.com and forthedmvonly.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

So DaveB, why not just go home and make your 4 cent hotdog??? Oh that's right, your entitled to have what you want, when you want it, and the rest of it should get thrown out. My own experiences have been very different at Philadelphia Ice, but then I wanted a cheese steak, and not a 4 cent hotdog.

inked said...

I have sometimes had a wait a few minutes for a cheesesteak (an occasional naughty treat), but they are making them to order, so I expect a wait. I don't know where you are buying hot dogs for 4 cents. I also don't know that I'd want to eat a hot dog that had been sitting on the rollers for a long time (I suspect hot dogs aren't one of their bigger sellers).

ro said...

despite dave b's sense of entitlement for these mythical 4-cents hot dogs, he is right about philadelphia water ice's erratic hours. i stopped making any intentional trips there after showing up on 5 straight occasions during their posted hours only to find them closed. it's always hit or miss with them. a shame, because i do like their cheesesteaks

Tom A. said...

Just looked up DMV. I had no idea what it stood for until I found this:

"DMV stands for DC,Maryland,Virginia. The whole DMV listens to gogo music which originated in DC. We love northface gear and mambo sauce in chinese carry-outs. We rep our hood to da fullest cuz aint no other place like us anywhere in the US. Our whole swag and slang and music and clothes is different from everybody else. I can go on and on bout us but i'm not."

I'm not even sure what mambo sauce is.. so I just looked that up also:

"A mysteriously addictive red sauce served with fried chicken and fries at chinese carry outs in the Washington D.C. area."

urbanpoo said...

gotta love urbandictionary.com....

Alan Page said...

oops

i forgot to explicitly say that dmv meant dc/maryland/virginia

yeah

i'm fond of diamond district as a city nickname too (for the shape of the city on maps)