Successful Experiment?

When last we left our intrepid diners, they were about to embark on an experiment in dining -- a Dinner Lab, if you will. And now it's a couple weeks later and I'm sure you're waiting breathlessly to find out how the experiment went.

In a word (or two), pretty well...

I suppose the Twitter version would go:  Cool place, excellent food, decent drinks, meh service, fun experience.

But let's get into a more detailed write up.

Dining out...experimentally

A few months ago we read about a concept coming to DC called Dinner Lab. It advertises itself as an opportunity for an up and coming chef to present a unique experience. It's one of those underground dining scenes I've read about, usually in places like New York, or San Francisco, where you imagine fabulous dinners are being served in strange, out-of-the-way places like loading docks or abandoned subway stations in a "gotta know the password" way.