Comments on: Furstenberg Is Forced to Expand Beyond Street Foods

By: Readers Respond to Furstenberg’s Departure and Theory on Comfort Foods for Lunch - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:50:33 +0000

[...] Furstenberg’s surprise decision to leave G Street Food, just months after opening the place dedicated to international street foods, came with an equally surprising theory: that people may not crave curious foodstuffs for [...]

By: Furstenberg’s Departure from G Street: What Does It Say About D.C.? - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:13:29 +0000

[...] Tom Sietsema, that master baker Mark Furstenberg has decided to leave G Street Food, the once-and-former street food operation that turns out an excellent banh [...]

By: Tim Carman

Tim Carman — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:54:21 +0000

Mike,

They are on the menu. It's not a muffuletta like you'll find in Nawlins. The bread is round, yes, but it's lighter and airier. The meats, cheese, and olive salad are loosely combined in the bread. It's a little hard to eat, but quite tasty.

-Tim

By: A Wide-Ranging Look at Beijing Street Food - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:26:49 +0000

[...] Furstenberg may be finding it a challenge to sell the world’s best street foods to Washingtonians, but at least he wasn’t hawking hand-held snacks in China during Chairman Mao’s reign. [...]

By: Mike on H Street

Mike on H Street — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:49:49 +0000

Are the muffalettas on the menu yet? If so, have you tried it yet, Tim?

You know how tough it is to find a good muffaletta here in DC...

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:42:18 +0000

Not a bad thing to add more items to the menu, as long as he doesn't cut any. I've only been there once but the banh mi was probably the best you can get on that side of the river.

By: dcrat

dcrat — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:05:57 +0000

I've loved the place from the start. His first reason for so few items was he wanted staff to get up to speed before adding more things to the list. Hope this place takes off like it should.

By: KK

KK — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:24:42 +0000

This is so true! I went to G Street Foods last week and did find the menu confusing and unfamiliar. What I got in the end I enjoyed, but it took me a while to figure out what I wanted because the menu was not very descriptive. I appreciate that now they will be offering a wider selection, but a better solution would be to just have more explanation both on the menu and from the staff.