Horace & Dickie’s Enters the Leaderboard in D.C. Hall of Fame Voting
Y&H has been promoting the pleasures of fried whiting for years. It’s truly one of the District’s under-appreciated plates, which is why I was happy to see the whiting at Horace & Dickie’s enter this week’s leaderboard for the D.C Dish Hall of Fame.
Granted, the dish still doesn’t have enough votes to enter the Hall. It needs to be among the top five to earn that honor. But regardless, I’m glad to see it get some love. Maybe you’d like to give it more affection? Vote here.
Speaking of which, the falafel sandwich at Amsterdam Falafelshop also made a strong move last week, adding nearly 30 votes to its total despite the owners’, ahem, questionable behavior at the Strathmore. I credit the uptick to a groundswell of vegan/vegetarian voters, who were no doubt spurred by some online petition. How do I know this?
Because Y&H received a number of e-mails like this one from avalon345:
“Not enough vegetarian/vegan choices! Looks like 1950s fare…”
Yeah, sure. Where were you eating palak chaat, pho, and Peruvian chicken in the ’50s, avalon345?
The current leaderboard after the jump:
- Half-smoke with chili at Ben’s Chili Bowl, 250 votes
- Hamburger at Five Guys, 118
- Peruvian chicken at El Pollo Rico, 104
- Falafel at Amsterdam Falafelshop, 92
- Margherita pizza at 2Amys, 87
- Burger from Ray’s Hell Burger, 76
- Salty oat cookie at Teaism, 70
- Palak chaat at Rasika, 70
- Pho at Pho 75, 63
- Fried whiting at Horace & Dickie’s, 40
Photo by Darrow Montgomery
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HORACE & DICKIES SHOULD NOT BE LEADERS OF ANY SORT!
FOR MANY YEARS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER HAVE SUPPORTED THIS WATERED DOWN FISH SPOT…NOTHING STANDING OUT ABOUT FISH THROWN IN UNSEASONED BATTER AND FRIED!!! BUT WHAT REALLY TURNED OUR STOMACHS, WAS HOW WE WERE SPOKEN TOO AND HOW WE (MY HUSBAND AND I) WERE TREATED BY MR. DICKIE HIMSELF! MY HUSBAND AND I ARE CUSTOM DESIGNERS WHO MR. DICKIE’S DAUGHTER SOLICITED TO RE-DO THEIR SIGN! IT WAS UNPLANNED AND OUT OF THE BLUE BUT WE WERE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF UPLIFTING WHAT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A LANDMARK FOR IT’S LONGEVITY! AT A DISCOUNT PRICE WE PAINTED A BEAUTIFUL SIGN…IN SPITE OF OUR FIRST INITIAL MEETING WITH MR. DICKIE WHO WAS VERY SHORT, IMPATIENT AND ACTED AS IF WE WERE AT HIS DOOR ASKING FOR A HAND OUT! WE LOOKED PASSED THAT AND EVEN AFTER WE COMPLETED THE SIGN HE WAS WORSE! HE SPOKE TO US IN A DEGRADING MANNER AND TOLD US “WE GOTTA TAKE SH-T IN THIS WORLD”…BECAUSE OF MISGUIDED EXCITEMENT ON OUR PART…WE WERE BOMBARDED WITH CRUELTY AND DISRESPECT FROM MR. DICKIE HIMSELF! PULLING OUT HIS WADS OF MONEY AND THROWING IN OUR FACE THAT HE DOESN’T NEED US!!! IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MR.DICKIE HAS FORGOTTEN HOW HE STARTED!
AND BLATANT DISREGARD FOR CUSTOMERS AND A COUPLE WHO IS ABOUT UPLIFTING A COMMUNITY AND OUR PEERS AROUND US IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE! HOW CAN WE AS A COMMUNITY ALLOW A MAN LIKE THIS TO CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND PASS IT ON IS UNDESERVING OF HIS FAMILY AND THIS COMMUNITY THAT NEEDS LOVE AND NOT ANOTHER BITTER OLD SOUL WHO CARES NOTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PUT HIM IN THIS POSITION! DOWN WITH EVIL OLD PEOPLE WHO LEAVE NOTHING BUT RUDENESS AND ARROGANCE TO REMEMBER THEM BY AND LONG LIVE LOVE!!! WE DID THE SIGN OVER A MONTH AGO…AND TO SHOW US HE DOESN’T NEED US HE STILL HAS NOT PUT IT UP…EVEN THOUGH WE OFFERED TO HELP IN SPITE OF CONFUSION! LESSON LEARNED, TO SOME YOU JUST CAN’T BE NICE!!!!!!! PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SIGN ON OUR SITE…WE DO A LOT FOR THE STARS…AND THE COMMUNITY!!!
11:12 am
BIG DODD’S CUSTOM DESIGN…WE SPECIALIZE IN GLITTER ART ON EVERYHTING! CARS…SIGNS…I MEAN EVERYTHING…(MYSPACE.COM/BIGDODDS)! AFTER WRITING INTO THE MARTHA STEWART SHOW…NOW EVEN SHE IS TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON OUR INVENTION!!! SEE “HORACE & DICKIES” SIGN IN OUR WORKS!!! LEAVE A COMMENT! WE LEFT A COMMENT ABOUT MR. DICKIE…RUDE OWNER OF HORACE & DICKIES!!!
11:17 am
Wow. This thread has everything. Fried whiting. Screaming. MySpace spam.
12:09 pm
HI! AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER FROM OUR LAST POST, WE ARE CRAZY! WE USE CAPITAL LETTERS TO REMIND YOU WE ARE CRAZY!! BWA HA HA HA HA!! SEE YOU SOON! WHEN WE WILL BE CARRYING THE HEAD OF MR. DICKIE ON A PIKE AND BATTING OUR OWN FECES AROUND OUR PADDED ROOM!! OH AND PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SIGN ON OUR SITE! BIG DODD! WOOHOO!