Fine Dining in Waldorf (2024)

jazz lady said:

Just lucky (?) I guess. Funny thing, right before Christmas I went out with the girls and we stopped at Chili's in Waldorf for lunch, and they were soooo slow we were comped for it. But at least we eventually got food that was edible.

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Same here, but I didn't complain or get free food. I gave ,y waitress some slack because he as super busy.

jazz lady said:

Yes, we did go there and it was not stellar. Another one for the 'never to return to' list.

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That was before we went to DC to see a show.

Hannibal said:

Different strokes I guess for taste in food but I've always thought it was good. The meats are excellent. The spiced tea is great. A touch on the pricey side for what it is but still a nice treat. The lack of advertising and the location are their biggest issues. This is what I preach to the owner. The menu/service would thrive in a more suitable and visible location. No doubt in my mind. She's killing her business by being where she is.

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I wish her well. It's way off my radar.

RoseRed said:

Same here, but I didn't complain or get free food. I gave my waitress some slack because she was super busy.

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I didn't complain as I only had soup and an appetizer, but free is good.

That was before we went to DC to see a show.

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Yes, it was but I don't remember which one anymore. :shrug: BTW, Hamilton is coming to the Hippodrome in Baltimore next summer, and my sister and I are making plans to catch one of the shows.

jazz lady said:

I didn't complain as I only had soup and an appetizer, but free is good.

Yes, it was but I don't remember which one anymore. :shrug: BTW, Hamilton is coming to the Hippodrome in Baltimore next summer, and my sister and I are making plans to catch one of the shows.

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Enjoy!

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jazz lady said:

Yes, it was nice back then. Nice shopping and good restaurants ...

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Bring back Po' Folks restaurant. Where you drank from a mason jar. Um um good.

jazz lady said:

Yes, it was nice back then. Nice shopping and good restaurants without all the traffic and madness. The mall and development of St. Charles changed all that.

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IT ALL WENT TO HELL WHEN LOW INCOME IF ANY CAME TO CHARLES COUNTY AND THEY STARTED MOVING HERE

RoseRed said:

I don't ever recall it being nice.

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I do, Reb's was still open. :shrug:

I moved away from the area 30 years ago (Hughesville) and if it weren't for the fact that I came back at least once a year to visit the folks, I would have been shocked to see Waldorf when I moved back last year. But I guess coming through there on occasion, I could see the changes taking place. And of course, I heard no end of complaining about it from my folks.

But wow! I'm in Charles County still, but want to go further south into St. Mary's to create some separation.

RoseRed said:

Ya, I just said that.

https://smnewsnet.com/archives/4467...d-carried-out-of-red-lobster-caught-on-video/

https://smnewsnet.com/archives/4468...-assaulting-male-customer-in-front-of-police/

What's with the crazy wimmins?

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and here you have here defense

the police and the restaurant were a bunch of racists, and she was calling her lawyer

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Want to make a bet that makes the national news

JEFF69Z28 said:

IT ALL WENT TO HELL WHEN LOW INCOME IF ANY CAME TO CHARLES COUNTY AND THEY STARTED MOVING HERE

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TCROW said:

I moved away from the area 30 years ago (Hughesville) and if it weren't for the fact that I came back at least once a year to visit the folks, I would have been shocked to see Waldorf when I moved back last year. But I guess coming through there on occasion, I could see the changes taking place. And of course, I heard no end of complaining about it from my folks.

But wow! I'm in Charles County still, but want to go further south into St. Mary's to create some separation.

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Don't bother, gentrification in SE DC and now the surrounding portions of PG is pushing the demand for low income housing into St. Mary's - not sure about Calvert.
It's driving up the "Cash" Cost of rent. River Bay wants in excess of $1300 a month, but will pay a deputy to live there (so far no takers).

It's also a known fact that while people in SMC have their head up their arse, there is gang activity in SMC. People have long been sending kids to live with family in SMC to get them out of PG only to have the problem follow them down the highway.

The road ends here. Can't go any further and the laws of the state of Maryland limit severely what the local government and schools can do.

BTW, there is also a significant number of "undocumented" people in SMC.

BernieP said:

Don't bother, gentrification in SE DC and now the surrounding portions of PG is pushing the demand for low income housing into St. Mary's - not sure about Calvert.
It's driving up the "Cash" Cost of rent. River Bay wants in excess of $1300 a month, but will pay a deputy to live there (so far no takers).

It's also a known fact that while people in SMC have their head up their arse, there is gang activity in SMC. People have long been sending kids to live with family in SMC to get them out of PG only to have the problem follow them down the highway.

The road ends here. Can't go any further and the laws of the state of Maryland limit severely what the local government and schools can do.

BTW, there is also a significant number of "undocumented" people in SMC.

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Not sure about living with relatives as much as using the address or any address that works. Awhile back, there was some commotion about that topic in the Charles County schools, seems to have died out rather quickly though. Same, same when the fed found out many of their higher paid employees had bogus degrees. When they correlated skin color to probable outcome.....

vraiblonde said:

Back in the 80s when I first moved to SoMD it was a destination for shopping and good restaurants. Now you can't even go to the mall without taking your life in your hands.

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That whole area was fairly nice in those days. My first apartment was in St. Charles, and it wasn't a bad place then in 1980. It was in the older section past the lake and around the shopping center where Safeway is. "Garden aparmtments on Wedgewood place. The apartments were fairly new at that time. There used to be a movie theatre in that shopping center later that decade. Also, there was a McElhenney's (spelling?) in there.

About 8 years later, I lived in the new section of St. Charles, (behind where the Mall is now) on Night Heron Court. Again, "garden apartments" which were really 4 units in one building, each with their own little fenced patio entrance. They were brand new, also.

Bann said:

That whole area was fairly nice in those days. My first apartment was in St. Charles, and it wasn't a bad place then in 1980. It was in the older section past the lake and around the shopping center where Safeway is. "Garden aparmtments on Wedgewood place. The apartments were fairly new at that time. There used to be a movie theatre in that shopping center later that decade. Also, there was a McElhenney's (spelling?) in there.

About 8 years later, I lived in the new section of St. Charles, (behind where the Mall is now) on Night Heron Court. Again, "garden apartments" which were really 4 units in one building, each with their own little fenced patio entrance. They were brand new, also.

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It was nice back then. My ex's brother and his family lived there. We spent a lot of time at their house. There was always some activity going on for the kids. The pools were really nice. I used to like to go to the theater in Smallwood. We had considered moving there at one time, but ended up in St. Mary's. I'm glad we did.

Hannibal said:

I grew up there (elementary - high school, etc.) I vividly remember Mattawoman-Beantown Road being 1 lane in each direction. .

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This brought back memories. I used to leave the base in the 70's to go to Cleveland Ohio. There was a light at the base on 235. I would cut across Mattawoman-Beantown road which was one lane in each direction. It was concrete with large cracks and grass growing out of the cracks. It would flood in places up to probably 4" deep during a storm. The second light I hit was one in Clinton. There were no lights in Breezewood and the next traffic light was about a mile away from my Mom's house in Bedford, Ohio.

Popster said:

This brought back memories. I used to leave the base in the 70's to go to Cleveland Ohio. There was a light at the base on 235. I would cut across Mattawoman-Beantown road which was one lane in each direction. It was concrete with large cracks and grass growing out of the cracks. It would flood in places up to probably 4" deep during a storm. The second light I hit was one in Clinton. There were no lights in Breezewood and the next traffic light was about a mile away from my Mom's house in Bedford, Ohio.

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There you are! I was worried about you. How are Hattie, Beanie, and the Cosmos?

And, to stay on topic, I have never been to Waldorf. It doesn’t seem that I missed anything.

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Bann said:

There used to be a movie theatre in that shopping center later that decade.

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That theater was the dollar theater. $1 to watch a movie. Second-run movies. Though the concessions were anything but a dollar. Did well for a while.

LightRoasted said:

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That theater was the dollar theater. $1 to watch a movie. Second-run movies. Though the concessions were anything but a dollar. Did well for a while.

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I'm not so sure about that. I saw Top Gun there with my then boyfriend. It was not a second-run movie in 1986.

vraiblonde said:

Back in the 80s when I first moved to SoMD it was a destination for shopping and good restaurants. Now you can't even go to the mall without taking your life in your hands.

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Back then, it was the ONLY viable destination for ANY shopping and restaurants, short of Annapolis or DC. Now we have some down here, so Waldorf doesn't look quite as attractive by comparison.

BernieP said:

Don't bother, gentrification in SE DC and now the surrounding portions of PG is pushing the demand for low income housing into St. Mary's - not sure about Calvert.
It's driving up the "Cash" Cost of rent. River Bay wants in excess of $1300 a month, but will pay a deputy to live there (so far no takers).

It's also a known fact that while people in SMC have their head up their arse, there is gang activity in SMC. People have long been sending kids to live with family in SMC to get them out of PG only to have the problem follow them down the highway.

The road ends here. Can't go any further and the laws of the state of Maryland limit severely what the local government and schools can do.

BTW, there is also a significant number of "undocumented" people in SMC.

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Good info, thanks much. I’ve only peripherally been exposed to the cultural and demographic shifts here through the through the parents.

Sad to witness I’d guess. Being from the Hughesville area, we spent a lot of time in Waldorf just as soon as we got our license. I’m sure many here must remember cruising the strip at Shoppers World. I graduated high school in 1982 and then went off to college and didn’t come back much until recently.

Worst thing we had back then was a couple of knuckleheads drinking too much muscle beer and mouthing off a bit and fighting in the parking lot. How times change. I went to that mall to do some Christmas shopping. NEVER AGAIN.

Bann said:

I'm not so sure about that. I saw Top Gun there with my then boyfriend. It was not a second-run movie in 1986.

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I'm not sure about that either, maybe towards the end of it being open. I saw lots of new releases, hit movies there too. I vividly remember taking my son (who was 4 at the time) to the opening of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The line was around the building and out into the parking lot. You could barely walk thru the lobby. I saw The Accused there too, definately not a second run movie. I can't remember all of the others. I think it may have turned into the dollar movie when the theater at the mall opened (I'm thinking in 91 or 92). It was closer to go to the movies, dinner, etc. in Waldorf than LP, I lived in Charlotte Hall at the time.

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Bann said:

I'm not so sure about that. I saw Top Gun there with my then boyfriend. It was not a second-run movie in 1986.

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We're talking about the shopping center in the area of St Charles Parkway and St Thomas Drive right? The shopping center at the end of Post Office Road?