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Some folk like to relax by watching a good movie.  Others by devouring a duck!  If you are in the latter flock, you may want to consider our "Everything but the Quack" 10 courses of duck dinner February 28th and 29th at 7pm.  For more details, and a few more duck puns, check out our

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If you’re the kind of person who says "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a duck," then this email may not be for you.  But if not, "I'm going to make you a duck you can't refuse."  In other words...“Here's looking at you, duck."  Duck lovers everywhere are saying  "Go ahead, make my duck!"   Duck leg Vietnamese summer roll that is!

If "All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my duck fat" is your battle cry, if you love to hear "May the Quack be with you." And if you can say "I love the smell of duck fat in the morning.", then you simply must waddle in on February 28 or 29th for our 10 course “Everything but the Quack” duck dinner!  After all "duck love means never having to say you're sorry."  And what says duck love like duck fat oven roasted potatoes w/bottarga?  

And at the end of the evening, you will definitely be thinking "Huey, Dewie and Louie, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship."  So we ask, "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" for some quacking good times!  It's good luck. For good luck, you tell an actor "break a leg" Or maybe you should say, enjoy a stewed duck leg with Tuscan Mole.

If you can’t make February 28, remember that "After all, tomorrow is another duck!" and reserve for Wednesday February 29.  Just leap in with both webbed feet!  Now, please do remember to reserve in advance because you can’t just listen to the orgasmic sounds of duck munching from a neighboring table and say "I'll have what she's having." Quacking of orgasms, real or fake, we bet you never knew duck stock & mushroom duck schmaltz matzo ball soup could make you feel like rolling over and going to sleep.

And if you want something good to drink, just remember that "Of all the Brunello di Montalcino joints in all the world, she waddles into mine." And you can enjoy either a Brunello flight, or a cocktail flight from barkeep & resident alcoholic alcohol genius extraordinaire, Ric Newton, our new beverage director.  Please, don’t say "Forget it, Jake, it's Ducktown."

So come hungry.  In fact, "Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Quacker.".  In fact, you could say "Carpe diem. Seize the drake, boys. Make your livers extraordinary!"  Like the extraordinary duck fat baci {scallop & duck liver stuffed crispy duck skin rolls.}

With all due apologies to the filmmakers, writers and stars who made these famous lines {taken in descending order from the AFI’s top 100 movie lines}

Just remember that: "In duck, there is truth."  Don’t miss it! After all, you don’t want to hear me say "I'll get you, my pretty, and your little duck Toto too!" And you certainly don't want to miss saffron panna cotta with caramelized duck cracklings.

If this doesn't prove that I've quacked up running Dino all these years, then what possibly could?  I am in need of help {eating all this duck!}  Call us for a reservation to do your part.  We accept payment in cash, credit card, old vines Brunello vineyards in Montalcino {we promise to write!} and of course, duck bullion!  

See you soon at Dino!

Kay & Dean
Kay takes no responsibility for the bad puns, just the typos!
Owners, Dino: an Italian restaurant & enoteca in Cleveland Park now in our 7th {and we think best} year
Winners of the Washingtonian Readers Poll Best Italian 3 years running and tied this year best restaurant overall and second best value
Vote for Dino in Washington CityPaper's Best of DC Poll {Best Italian, Best Restaurant Twitter, Best Brunch, Best Burger}