DC Restaurant Review: Clyde's Friendship Height's

This place is hit or miss. I used to have breakfast here alot and it was always good, but how hard is breakfast really. The one near the Verizon Center is better and so is the one in Georgegtown.

Frienship heights...so when we arrived we had a 20 minute wait. I was with P and C and i got a rum and coke, i wanted to say, "Una cuba libre." But i dont have the balls and i think people will just say, "You mean a rum and coke." So a proper Cuba Libre is this: a jigger of rum, three ounces of coke, and lime squeezed. Its by far the best drink in the world and it should be on every menu...i love this drink, P likes Capt. Morgan and coke, i prefer bacardi gold...C got a gin and tonic...anyway I dazzled the chick bartender with stories od teddy roosevelt and the rough riders, i mentioned Cuba and the art deco aand then the movie Barcelona...she was under my spell..laughing her ass off she gave P next drink for free...anyway on to dinner.

Steak ribeye, crab dip, cream if crab soup, a veggie burger and veal piccata and warm apple pie and ice cream. I want to say overall the effort and execution were lacking. the food was not prepared with love..the cream of crab was watery, the crab dip was good but once you add artichoke its becames lame...i dont understand why crab in DC is so ladden with filler and crap...crab is a delicate meat only to be served in lump form anything else should be referred to as crab shake. Anyway, my steak cooked medium was tough and overcooked. I had to drown it in steak sauce to eat it and my baked potato was a rock with butter on it...i didnt try the picata and apparently the burger was tasteless. The apple pie was cold but the ice cream was good...and the coffee was watery. maybe this place was designed for an aged palate that doesnt like flavor.

The problem is that i have been here and it was great, not awesome or brillant but still fun and good. I am chalking this up to weekend crappiness. It can be good.