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How could any D.C. restaurant list omit both of Michel Richard's gems? Central and Citronelle are must-eats in D.C.! And for gelato, Pitango in Logan Circle is also now a must. I agree with most of the other ones on this list though, yum. And Good Stuff Eatery is delish too, I almost forgot! Get a mini-moo sized milkshake, you'll be glad you did.

Actually come to think about it It's been years since I've been there for a burger.. Based on what others are saying I don't think I'm going to be rushing to Third Ave. to find out either... They use to be good when I would go there?

WHOA WHOA! I live down the block from Ol' PJ Clarkes and it is not a burger worthy of this site. It is simply not good rubbery and unimpressive. Can you really trust a man of such gargantuan size? He probably put the burger in a blender with ice cream before he at it. No joke that place is not memorable.

I'd say Good Stuff Eatery deserves an honorable mention for Best Burger.

Adam, I don't know if it's just my computer, but clicking on that link gives a 404 message.

My first reaction was identical to carriebwc's (seriously, total it up, next time you shop there), my second one, "THAT's interesting... next time I'm shopping at Whole Foods I'm going to be watching the other shoppers veeeeery sharply...".

And I bet many of you will be, too, which will hardly make shoplifters' efforts any easier.

I honestly don't think posting this was a poor choice, it was good one. Besides, if we're going to be purely objective about things, this IS interesting (and I have difficulty believing that some of the indignant respondents don't watch some of the programmes on TV that present all sorts of real-life unpleasantness, including things far more horrific than this), and, even if this does prompt a few others to attempt to shoplift (which to me sounds a bit questionable; most people are not so malleable that a single post can prompt them to be thieves, without any previous thoughts of it), there are also going to be a lot more of us out there... watching.

My favorite part of the article is this:

Do you remember the first thing you shoplifted?:
Of course, it was a sausage. It was a really expensive sausage that I put under my pants.

(We love you, Adam Kuban. Don't let the man get you down.)

There is no promotion of shoplifting in the article. I found it interesting and appropiate for serious eats. I doubt there are many of you out there who have never shoplifted, so relax.

"Life is short, but it is wide".....a quote from one of my favorite authors. I take that to mean that there are lots of perspectives that I don't understand but that doesn't mean that they don't exist. I think this story is meant to be tongue in cheek but I also know that there are those who may really feel that they have to do this type of thing to survive. It's about food , so is this website. Continue, Mr. Kuban.......

I don't think there's anything wrong with highlighting this story. I think people are overreacting. But, I second a few comments above and say that perhaps it would have been more of value to your readers if the SE editors had added some of their own commentary or tried to start a discussion regarding the article instead of just posting an excerpt and seeing what happens.

I appreciate the fact that SE has posted this interview. It gives me more insight in the world of someone who shoplifts. It does not encourage me to go out and shoplift, however. Neither does playing a violent game make me want to go outside and start shooting people - far from it.
This interview is a source of information for shopkeepers who want to ensure the safety of their and other people's belongings and therefore I would like to thank SE for posting it.

This is NOT a "food-related" story. It is a crime-related story and has no place on this blog.

I thought it was kinda interesting. I wish they'd asked him why he shoplifts, though.