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Posted by Nelson on 05/19/2008
Jetties: A Delightful Place All Around

Jetties, convienentally placed in Georgetown, is one of most well known eating hangout for teens. The food, though pricey, is excellent. The servers are slow, but delightful when served. The quality of the food is refreshing, and there is a wide variety of food and drink. The theme of the restaruant is bland, but peaceful, and clean. As an overall rating I give the food a 5, as sandwhich restaurants go, 4 for overall restaraunt. The service, a 3, normally would be a 2.5, but I'm in a good mood (I just ate there). The value of the food, is a 4.5, great food, but a little pricey. As for the atmosphere I give it a 4.5. Overall Rating: 4.25
Posted by josh on 12/20/2007
great food

the food is great, however a little expensive, a sandwich is about 11dollars. it is well worth it, but is still expensive for a sandwich. the employees can be rude a ttimes, but are mostly pleasant. caters to the more upscalse sandwich eater
Posted by D-Cross on 02/17/2007
Totally the best in DC.

The surfside (fresh turkey, bacon, cheese, avocado with grainy mustard on sourdough) is my favorite, but I've eaten and loved them all. Never had a bad meal. Casual and easy place. Has to be one of my favorite things about living in Washington.

 
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Nantucket Dreaming

Wednesday, January 14, 2004; Page F07

On a cold rainy night in January, Jetties seems the right place to be. The whole place has the cozy look of a beach shack, so, if your imagination is still stirring even on a dark and stormy night, it's easy to pretend that you're in shorts and flip-flops, not your tired old black wool coat and boots. The ceiling fan is whirring overhead, the menu is written on a chalkboard, sandwiches are named for the beaches on Nantucket, there's lots of fresh hot coffee and 18 flavors of Gifford's ice cream by the scoop. Is it winter? Is it summer? Who cares, let's eat!


On Foxhall Road just south of Reservoir Road, Jetties was created with several goals in mind, according to chef David Scribner, who's also the chef at Smith Point restaurant in Georgetown: "To make great sandwiches, to be consistent, to have the neighborhood like us, to make great dinner specials, to start delivering in the immediate neighborhood and to be a great ice cream place, a spot where the whole family can come."


Okay, let's take those one at a time. Jetties makes delicious, inventive sandwiches. If you want a simple ham and cheese, you can get that too, but I wouldn't until I had tried every one of the specialties ($6.75 each). The Nobadeer is roasted warm turkey, thickly cut (the real deal, not the processed stuff), homemade stuffing and cranberry sauce and mayonnaise on sourdough. It is better than anything I've ever made with my own Thanksgiving leftovers. The Sconset is a nice slab of multigrain bread spread with homemade hummus, muenster cheese, sprouts, tomato, cucumber and avocado, a vegetarian sandwich hearty enough for lunch or dinner.


The dinner specials (all $9.95 for a hefty portion) change nightly: Right now there's a rotation of comfort foods (shepherd's pie on Tuesday, chicken pot pie on Friday, for example) as well as sides of soup and chili, but those dishes may change when the weather gets warmer. That's when Scribner expects the action around the ice cream bar to pick up, the students and families to stroll in, or dine outside at the tables and chairs in front of the store. There's a salad bar (45 cents an ounce), but the pickings seemed slim in comparison to the specialties. On weekends, there are breakfast sandwiches, bagels, doughnuts and sticky buns.


Delivery -- only to the immediate neighborhood, Georgetown University and Georgetown Hospital -- is starting just this week. So be patient. And remember: beach weather is just around the corner.


-- Jeanne McManus, Washington Post
 
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JETTIES, Families and Georgetown students pack this sandwich shop, run by Smith Point owner Bo Blair. Sandwiches are named for Nantucket beaches.

The Nobadeer ($6.95), a pile of fresh-carved turkey, house-made stuffing, and cranberry sauce on sourdough, is tops. The Polpis ($6.95) is good-quality pastrami with great spicy mustard and Muenster cheese on rye, but better without the caramelized onions that are included.

At night, there are three comfort classics: chicken pot pie, meatloaf with mashed potatoes and mushroom gravy, or half of an herb-roasted chicken with mushroom gravy and stuffing (all $9.95). For dessert, choose from a dozen flavors of Giffords ice cream.
 


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