386741 Fri Mar 30 15:39:31 -0700 2007 5 14 Washington DC & Baltimore Area 0 2436910 We had lunch at Ray's the Classics today for the first time. Apparently they just opened this week for lunch service. The menu is still very dinner like with only a few lunch type items. No sandwiches and just a few larger apps. The steak salad looked great. Entrees at lunch come with mashed potatoes and creamed spinach--can't remember if they do that at dinner or not. Both were fab. The only disappointment was dessert--we had the coconut cake and it was straight out of the fridge. Congealed fat is not flavorful. Maybe it's a Southern thing, somewhere in the back of my mind is the phrase "icebox cake." It looked great but was not worth the calories. Also, in other Silver Spring news buried in this week's food section was the news that the owners of Colorado Kitchen are taking over the General Store by the Forest Glen Seminary and are turning it into a carryout and pub. Along with the news about the Hook and Ladder brew pub going in the old firehouse it looks like Silver Spring will get some independent establishments to compete against the chains in the new downtown. Fri Mar 30 15:39:31 -0700 2007 14557 shellymck 1 2437343 Yet to try Ray's, but will. Most excited about Colorado Kitchen, but confused as to where it is. Is it right next to the castle-like place on the east side of the Beltway/RR tracks? Fri Mar 30 18:52:18 -0700 2007 2436910 24569 Marissa 2 2437923 Yeah, that's the place. The article didn't say if this would be an entirely new kind of restaurant or exactly like CK. Sat Mar 31 04:58:35 -0700 2007 2437343 14557 shellymck 1 2445595 The Colorado Kitchen rumor appears to be false. Tue Apr 03 07:39:16 -0700 2007 2436910 11045 Bonz 2 2446273 I think it's more than a rumor at this point. It was written up in the Post last week and Gillian Clark has been posting about the new place on another message board. Tue Apr 03 10:40:17 -0700 2007 2445595 15562 nc213 3 2447003 Well, then, it's great news for Forest Glen. Tue Apr 03 13:11:29 -0700 2007 2446273 11045 Bonz