Bethany Jean Clement is easily The Stranger‘s pickiest
food critic, but last week her mercilessly discerning heart was
pierced by new Georgetown joint Calamity Jane’s. “Are Calamity
Jane’s Tuesday-night-special barbecued baby back ribs the best
in the city? If you like ribs, you’ll want to investigate this on
Tuesday and every following Tuesday for the rest of time. They pull
apart instantly, no yanking. They’ve been cooked maybe 18 hours. The
meat is tender, blackened here and there, perfect.” (Calamity
Jane’s, 5701 Airport Way S, 763-3040. 11 am–10 pm.)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...