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I've been looking around for a good cleaner for mens' shirts, the standard white, pinpoint cotton, medium starch. If you read my review on Edna's, you know they did not do a very good job there....
I've been looking around for a good cleaner for mens' shirts, the standard white, pinpoint cotton, medium starch. If you read my review on Edna's, you know they did not do a very good job there. Figured I'd give Norbeck Cleaners a try, since they're more conveniently located. They do have a 3 shirt minimum for the $1.45 rate or it's like $2.55 each and I think it's a $10 minimum to use credit card. This was inconvenient, but I thought they did a reasonably good job on the shirts. Shirts were pretty clean and did not have excessive lint and were pressed well. They're located in the Rock Creek Village Center, next to Safeway and are open on Saturdays till 6pm.
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The first time I tried Red, Hot and Blue was in Chapel Hill and the food has in general been good to very good for a chain. I've tried ribs in TN, NC, KC, OH. MO and think for a chain Red, Hot &...
The first time I tried Red, Hot and Blue was in Chapel Hill and the food has in general been good to very good for a chain. I've tried ribs in TN, NC, KC, OH. MO and think for a chain Red, Hot & Blue has some of the best wet ribs. Of course, that is when they don't mess it up, which is what happened at the Crabb Branch store. We had a group of about 10 people and at least half of our orders were bad. I guess the first clue was when the food came out in like 5 minutes after we ordered. We had a variety of food and alot of it was either dry, cold or tough. Obviously, the food had been sitting around and microwaved or something. My friend ordered the brisket and was very displeased with it, he complained to the manager, who attributed it to being an end piece. We got a slight discount on our check, but we'd much have preferred the food be up to par. This was on a Sunday at lunchtime, not sure if it'd be better at other times of the week. Personally, I wouldn't want to try again, I'd rather go to the Red, Hot & Blue on Wilson Blvd. in Arlington which had excellent food, the one time I was there. Let me know if you'd recommend a place for great ribs closer to Rockville.
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Maxim is pretty good as far as Chinese grocery stores go. Another store nearby is Kam Sam, think the competition got them to improve. I've found their groceries and frozen foods tend to be less...
Maxim is pretty good as far as Chinese grocery stores go. Another store nearby is Kam Sam, think the competition got them to improve. I've found their groceries and frozen foods tend to be less expensive and selections are similar. Don't know about the meats, seafood or veges, what I usually need I can get at Safeway. But for specialty foods like pork buns, potstickers, tofu, Chinese snacks, soybean milk & ingredients for Asian recipes this is the place to go. Don't mind the cashiers, they don't seem as friendly as at Kam Sam, but they're not as rude as what you'd often find in D.C. or on the Metro.
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I moved to Rockville not too long ago and started looking for a dry cleaner to clean & press some white dress shirts. Based on past experience, it's hard finding a place that does a really good job...
I moved to Rockville not too long ago and started looking for a dry cleaner to clean & press some white dress shirts. Based on past experience, it's hard finding a place that does a really good job on shirts. So I looked for some reviews and read about Edna's here. With the generally positive comments, I took a chance and brought in three cotton shirts instead of testing them with just one.
Turned out to be not that great of a decision, as I had to return three times to get problems corrected. First time, there were starch spots on two shirts along with one stain on the collar and a dark mark on the other. I don't think any of these were on the shirts when I brought them in. Also all three shirts had an excessive amount of colored lint, probably from them laundering the shirts with sweaters or something. Picking the shirts up for the second time, I made sure to check at the store, starch spots were gone, but the stains remained. They cleaned up the dark mark on one, but had to send the other one back. Got the shirt back today and the stain is still there, it's not worth the trouble anymore.
To be fair, they may not clean shirts themselves and it's probably not a big moneymaker. Still they should be more conscientious about problems like this. It was pretty inconvenient having to go back so many times especially with rush hour traffic and having to cross Rockville Pike to get there. It's hard to say whether this is typical, you may have better luck. Or if you're satisfied with an average job or unexceptional results, you should be fine.
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