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It's
a fancy "Cheers" where the high tech leaders are
expected to dine, dance, and cut major deals. Here in an
atmosphere similar to the bar in the TV hit series "Party
of Five" they expect to recognize each other by name.
"There's
no place like it in Tysons Corner where you can go to have
a couple of drinks, dine, cut deals, have a cigar and dance,"
Labore said. It's all less than a mile from MAE East
up on Boone Boulevard one of the three Original hubs of
the Internet.
"We are at the center of the technology industry ...
at ground zero, " Lubore said Owners expect to
reach far beyond the techie market and draw customers from
all types of business in the Tysons area from neighborhoods
all across Northern Virginia.
eCITIE is the brainchild of Stephen Thomas,
a Mclean native and former president of the Northern Virginia
and Virginia restaurant associations who founded Kilroy's
Restaurant in Springfield and a host a other local eateries,
and S. Paul Loukas, who has owned in the Washington
area including the Midtown Bar and Grill Le Jardin and Winston's.
"This is basically Gotham in Mclean," Loukas
said Monday night as he talked about how the menu and vast
wine list were selected.
He said the same Northern Virginians who now drive Olives's
Nora's and Cafe Atlantic in downtown Washington will come
instead to eCiti.
John Scheible who has managed the popular Timpanos
on Rockville Pike, is managing eCITIE. Chef
Jamie Stachowski hailed by regional food critics as
one of the area's best has signed on to lease the kitchen.
The
techies gushed about him anticipating creations like those
that won him acclaim at Pesce and Madeo in the District
and at Johnnie's in Bethesda where he was praised by retired
Washington
Post critic Phyllis Richman for ignoring trends and
creating his own specialties that often look like works
of art on a plate.
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