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Please join us for our 25th Third Thursday!
'Tis the season for love, laughter, and sharing good times with friends and family. And what better way to bring in the holidays than celebrating with your friends once again at Third Thursday.
Out of nowhere, we sought to create what other organizations could not do for years: Provide a disarming, informal social vehicle where young Greek-Americans could meet and interact. We promised you no board members, no leadership, no mission statement, no annual fees, and no nametags. Just an opportunity to meet more people like you. And we delivered. And you came, and still come.
Some have tried to replicate our concept.
This season of joy and miracles is often filled with advertisements designed to lure and entice you away from what you know to be the true and real thing.
So just remember: it's Third Thursday. The Original. The Only.
We hope to see you then,
Mike Manatos
Dimitri Nionakis
Vicky Tsilas
Demetri Koutrouvelis
Vasiliki Szczesny
Charlie Szczesny
Vasiliki Tsaganos
Thursday, December 18
7:00 pm
Finemondo
1319 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., 202-737-3100
1/2 block from the Metro Center stop on the Red, Orange and Blue lines
Washington Post Entertainment Guide
The recent arrival downtown of Finemondo represents a homecoming for restaurateur Savino Recine, who patrolled the same floor as host when the space was known as El Catalan and the kitchen was headed by then-partner Yannick Cam. "It's very exciting to be back," Recine, who also owns Washington's Primi Piatti, told us last week. And this round, "It's all mine," he points out. Always captivating, the large bar and dining room are more open now that the thick draperies and massive columns of their predecessor have been removed. Chef Stefano Frigerio has been hired to "get back to the basics," with Italian flavors and a refined touch; dishes such as roasted guinea hen with caramelized cauliflower and whole roasted fish and beef -- a dinnertime feature -- are among the results. The Milan-born Frigerio was introduced to his new boss by Fabio Trabocchi of Maestro in McLean, under whom he cooked when the two chefs worked the restaurant scene in London. Dinner entrees $12-$22. For those of you unfamiliar with this effort, below is an explanation:
We've often heard young Greek-American professionals -
married and single - say that they would like the opportunity
to meet other Greek-Americans in the D.C. area in a
relaxed and informal setting.
We would like to invite you to join us on the third Thursday
of every month at a gathering to which all Greek-American
professionals in the Washington metro area are invited.
We pledge to you that:
There will be no cover charge, no RSVP's and no name tags.
There will be no group name, no board members and no mission statements.
The organizers of these events will never accept a personal gratuity
or benefit from the venues in return for holding the events there.
This is simply an attempt to address a need we have heard many express:
to help young Greek-Americans in the area get together.
We hope to see you at a future Third Thursday.
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