Closed Sun.AE, MC, V. Reservations requested. Must all good things really come to an end? Full bar service. Ae, cb, mc, v. Reservations suggested. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. And broiled scallops were as tasteless as they were grossly large. Photographer Michael Horsley documented the era with a fascinating series of 537 photos. Masseria. 276. L $3.95-$6.50, D $4.95-$7.50. Full bar service. Desserts have been developed to include wondrous bitter chocolate terrine, pear flan with ginger, fine-grained sherbets of exotic fruits. Full bar service. Despite flaws, dinner is likely to be a treat to the senses. Children's prices. Nothing changes at Crisfield except the prices. Closed Mon. L $2.50-$7, D $14. Parking next door. Beer and wine only; liquor license pending. 463-6360. Has history on the back cover. Street parking and nearby lots. No-smoking section. Full bar service. L, D daily. Prices are modest for hot daily specials and quiches, eggs and light entrees. Worse were main dishes -- over salted, over cooked, soupy, their vegetables slimy from excess heat, the meats and seafoods skimpy. Other than that, the upstairs dining room is still simple, with the merest Afghan touches; the prices are still low; and the food is better than ever. Parking in rear. but don't despair. No reservations.Street parking. ($) 4.6 Stars - 9 Votes. Closed Sun. Tiled and sunny, it is certainly pretty. L $3.95-$8.75, D $3.95-$14. L, D daily. L daily ex Sat, D daily. If you are looking for a full-blown example of what is wrong with American restaurants, try Cagney's. After years of being one of Washington's great bargain restaurants, the Thai Room seems to have taken a nosedive. L $4.50-$8.85, D $9.75-$15.75. The space is profligate, the service elaborate and capable. The dining room is delightful when the tall windows are opened on a fall day. Full bar service. L $3.75-$7.95, D $5.95-$13.95. Empty tables are seen for the first time in some restaurants. The standard onion soup is unexpectedly fine. 737-1234 L $4.95-$8.95, D $9.50-$14.50. Trattu 1823 Jefferson Pl. Tung Bor $11154 Georgia Ave., Wheaton. 234-9134. And, obviously, it becomes addictive. Flight Table 10108 Greenbelt Rd., Lanham. Valet parking for dinner. Nothing changes at Mama Ayesha's Calvert Cafe, not the 10-entree Arabic menu that averages $5, not the dashing corps of waiters, not the unadorned dining rooms, not the Arabic background music, not Mama Ayesha herself greeting the world from her rear booth. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. The cooking is simple and homey, with restrained use of the red pepper that is the principal spice. 265-2540. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted for five or more only. . 337-3030 L $2.50-$7, D $4.50-$10.95. In the six months during which I visit restaurants -- at least once a day -- for the Fall Dining Guide, I must arbitrarily leave out some that are as important or agreeable as many that are included. L, D $5.50-$5. 333-8900. D $2.95-$8.95. In warm weather the tables spill over to an outdoor cafe. Street parking. Valet parking for dinner. Closed Sun. D daily. 355). MC, V. No reservations. For many years the godfather of Washington's French restaurants, Rive Gauche has continued to maintain a glorious red and gold dining room with a well-oiled staff. How do I get to DC from the airport (BWI, DCA, IAD)? No-smoking section. The good news is that Bacchus now serves Lebanese food at lunch as well as dinner. Viet Nam Bistro has grasscloth walls and lacy bamboo hanging lamps. Open daily. 466-3111. 244-5544. This is a friendly little restaurant with a representative choice of Vietnamese foods and, for the less adventurous, French dishes and even omelets. MC, V. Reservations accepted, suggested on weekends. Much has improved at Jean-Pierre in the past year, for it has become a handsome restaurant, its appearance worthy of its kitchen. Nizam's 523 Maple Ave. W., Vienna. Open daily. Vietnamese. 659-2007. NW. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. L, D daily. Always new sushi appear on the menu above the sushi bar, nowadays salted roe with raw quail eggs. New York City. No wonder Germaine's has become a Washington landmark. Le Provencal 1234 20th St. NW. No alcoholic beverages. I am guessing it was some sort of steak house, it had big white pillars or columns outside, a two story dining room (I think ) that looked over the big salad bar. which according to my 80 year old mother had big bowls of feta cheese on it?? Children's prices. L, D daily. Open daily. Street parking. D $9.95-$14.95. Flickr/Lenka Reznicek. Alpenhof, though not flawless, is a unique Teutonic touch in downtown Washington. The ideal meal at Joe and Mo's is all beef: tartar steak (share a portion as an appetizer) and roast beef, the fullest flavored prime rib in town, more than an inch thick, tender, moist and juicy, permeated with rosemary, basil and garlic. The Bread Oven 1220 19th St. NW. L $4.50-$6.75, D $4.50-$12.25. L, D $1.95-$4.95. L $3.50-$7, D $4-$14. Thai Hut 2404 University Blvd. Parking lots. L $3.25-$5.95, D $3.25-$7.25. Valet parking. L daily ex Sat, D daily. No-smoking section. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. On the dinner menu, anonymous mixtures and mismatched combinations range from broccoli with apples, walnuts and mushrooms under a veil of cheese at an overpriced $7 to mock quiche, lasagna, curry and Mexican casserole. Lately, a filet of salmon under a creamy tangle of shredded leeks was simply delicious. Full bar service. In a fresh, casual setting of flowered tablecloths and luscious food photography. Except for a few extraordinary dishes, among them a marinated fish salad similar to seviche, quiche, several fish dishes and strawberry sherbert, the total dinner -- which is fixed price and moderately so -- adds up to more than the sum of individual dishes, which are very competent but not spectacular cooking. Reservations accepted. Candelas 3280 M St. NW. L $4.75-$18, D $5.75-$18. Parking in rear. Fuji 3299 M St. NW. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily.AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 466-8811 L $6.50-$10.75, D $11.50-$17. Open daily. Roundtable 4859 Wisconsin Ave., NW. Full bar service. MC, V.Reservations suggested. Harry's Restaurant. The food -- which includes dishes such as sausages with lentils, pot au feu and cassoulet -- is endearing if not spectacular. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. The roast beef sandwich with feta, pickled peppers, tomatoes and herbs on pita bread would have been wonderful if it had not been sitting in a quarter-inch pool of yellow oil. Drink homemade ginger beer or more familiar beer or wine. Full bar service. This is inventive French cooking, food of considerable excitement. No credit cards. 1789 1226 36th St. NW. Even the traditional sauces -- dark, resonant mole and smooth, piquant salsa verde -- are unusually good. Parking lot. Among main dishes, the crab imperial is historically and currently excellent, and dishes with hollandaise or bearnaise sauces fare well. Beer and wine only. L $2.25-$4, D $4.25-$11.95. Parking lot at mall. Some of its dishes are excessively rich and heavy, buy many are pure treasure: remarkable stuffed clams; supreme chocolate espresso cheesecake; unique thin noodles with tomato-tinged clam and mussel sauce; extraordinary fish hot with fresh herbs or cold with a homemade garlic mayonnaise. North America. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Children's prices. Closed Sun. Pheasant terrine tastes like mashed-up canned meat. No smoking section. Donatos Pizza. 223-6666. The food is pretty good, with tall pyramids of salad, smooth custard quiches in puff pastry, simple meat and fish dishes and pastries that are highlights. The China Inn staff is trying hard, from the voluble owner to the waitresses to the kitchen. L, D daily. Children's prices. L $3.75-$4.95, 5 $5.85-$9.50. Full bar service. Sometimes you hit it, and sometimes you don't at the Pines of Rome, the kind of restaurant that keeps you believing that the more rustic the food and the rougher the service, the better an Italian restaurant is going to be. 3, Irvington, Va. 804/438-6000. Parking lot. D daily. It has quietly and gradually become a fine restaurant, its cuisine stably settled among those French restaurants just below La Pavillon, Le Lion d'Or and Jean-Louis, keeping company with Jean-Pierre, Le Bagatelle, Dominique's and Rive Gauche on its good days. The original Trattu still suffers from too many people trying to fill its small brickwalled dining room, but one goes there for brash conviviality rather than peaceful intimacy and for simple, robust food rather than for a wide choice of delicacies. La Ruche maintains a good collection of light dishes.And if the daily specials are sometimes not very special, you can usually count on fresh vegetables to enhance them, and further do so with a bottle of reasonably priced wine. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Beer and wine only. The kitchen's unique character blooms at dinner. Nothing -- no corner, no hors d'oeuvre -- is left less than inventions is a trendy collection of cold pastas and herbed seafood salads, grills and sautees with unexpected touches -- sauteed snails on the chicken, lamb chops served with aioli, bearnaise flavored with leeks. Lamb is also excellent here, wither the filet with tarragon or the rack of lamb with a border of very good vegetables. 984-9440. Parking lot. Steet parking and nearby lots. Cool "Disco" Dan was a graffiti artist in DC in the 1980s. Parking lot. Street parking or nearby lots. Full bar service. 293-1272. Captain White's 8123 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. No smoking section. MC, V. Reservations accepted. It looks quintessentially Italian, with pristine white walls and tile floors, only a few small mirrors and colorful displays of antipasti and pastries. Closed Sun. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPpened to restaurants in the '80s, consider that the first restaurant I reviewed in 1980 was French-American and the last in 1989 was Italian-American . 466-4264. Street parking. Kalorama Cafe 2228 18th St. NW. Full bar service. Parking in front. E, Hyattsville. Along with cha gio (spring rolls), the most interesting appetizers are cold rice paper rolls stuffed with shrimp, pork, lettuce and fresh mint, to dip in superb hoisin peanut sauce. And any Formica luncheonette where you wait in line to pay $11.50 for flounder stuffed with crabmeat is bound to be good. This garden-green French restaurant is frest, pretty and formal. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested.Parking in commercial lots. D daily. Gaithersburg. elan 2020 K St. NW. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Open daily. L, D $2.50-$10.95. L daily ex Sat, D daily. L, D $7-$11. The surroundings are sedate, tasteful, an elegant collation of heavily textured fabric walls, plants and strikingly beautiful photographs.The food, too, is unusual, tasteful and elegant, a changing repertioire of dishes mostly Vietnamese but from all of Asia, with always a few exciting new inventions. Children's prices. Restaurants listed but not reviewed requested inclusion. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. Full bar service. Carmack's 8401 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase. L $3.95-$5.50, D $5.25-$9.95. No-smoking section. Full bar service. MC, V. No reservations. L $4.25-$7.25, D $7.25-$9.50. But try the tuna, abalone, salmon roe, all the usual sushi, and be sure to have some rich unctuous eel, with beer to quench the green horseradish fire and a mug of pale gree tea to finish. Steamed quiche is a dish to order, and apollo seafood is even better if you like squid. And vegetables are crisp-cooked, meats and seafoods moist and tender. Seafood dishes are the most intriguing; crystal shrimp are soaked in ice water to crisp them, then cooked just until translucent. At the Palm, don't stake all on steak. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Street parking or commercial lots. Children's prices. Some dishes miss, particularly mildly seasoned ones and those with too-sweet fruit sauces. D $10.95-$15. Full bar service. SE. AE, DC, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. Free parking in garage next door. Some simple names -- seafood combination -- hide extraordinary dishes. Beefsteak Charlie's was a well-known restaurant chain based in the New York metropolitan area, which grew to over 60 locations in the early 1980s. Closed Sun. Which Area should I stay in when visiting DC? Soups are fine, and the "egg souffle florentine" is an unusual slice of souffle on spinach and mushrooms with a rich, nutmeg-scented cheese sauce. Parking in rear. No credit cards. You might wonder how this can be considered a decent restaurant, unless you were clever enough to order shrimp de jonghe, jumbo shrimp firm and moist, in a garlic and shallot flecked butter sauce. There are no hamburgers, but there are barbecue and vegetarian and hot turkey and chili dog and submarine sandwiches, soups that range from superb to slapdash, quiches made with extremely good crust and zesty fillings, then desserts centering on crepes and ice creams plus those most traditional of pastries -- pecan pie, cheesecake, and brownies. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Full bar service. Parking across the street. Full bar service. L $3.25-$5.25, D $5.25-$17.95. Past the 1950s, White Tower, its restaurants mostly relegated to urban areas, began to fade away; it never made the move to the more lucrative suburbs, like many of its fast-food competitors did . On my last visit it was the food. You might wish there were more than three shrimp, but you must admit they are good. 333-2602. Jean-Pierre 1835 K St. NW. Parking lots next door and across the street. Full bar service.Children's prices. Wine service is neglectful. Street parking. One introduction to this white-washed, beamed and timbered inn is a good look at the impressive kitchen cadre through a front window. Full bar service. Beer and wine only. 338-3901. Closed Sun, Mon. D daily. Order online. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Full bar service. Gino's Hamburgers was a fast-food restaurant chain founded in Baltimore, Maryland by Baltimore Colts defensive end Gino Marchetti and running back Alan Ameche, along with their close friends Joe Campanella and Louis Fischer, in 1957.A new group of restaurants under the Gino's name, involving some of the principals of the original chain, was started in 2010. Amphora 377 Maple Ave. W., Vienna.938-7877. There is a good restaurant at Ocean ix, but it is hidden among a lot of mistakes. 277-7174. Capitol Forum 941 North Capitol St. 789-0582. Full bar service. Dealing with sleazy salespeople is so 1980's. This is a big reason why people love dealing with Tesla, they have a fixed price, no sleaze, no . AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Upstairs, several small rooms are appointed with fireplaces and ruby velvet chairs, silver napkin rings and salt shakers. One evening the staff was as nice as it could be, but few of the menu items were in stock, and those that were looked grim and tasted no better. Closed Mon. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 203 Strand St., Alexandria. The Salle du Bois and Colony might have been swell, but probably the most exclusive restaurant in the city in the 1950s was the Rive Gauche, located at 1310 Wisconsin Avenue NW in Georgetown. Bullfeathers on Capitol Hill 410 1st St. Valet parking. Closed Mon. Closed Sun. Mc, v. Reservations suggested. American Cafe 1211 Wisconsin Ave. NW. No-smoking section. D daily.Closed Sun. La Maree's more modest self-introduction leaves room for unexpected pleasures. . Enchiladas are better ordered at a Mexican restaurant rather than here, and roast pork is likely to be fatty. But the menu is still nearly all Chinese, except for a few Vietnamese appetizers. You can put together a reasonable meal with good homemade soup and a pastry-crushed entree or salad. The ingredients at 219 are excellent -- big lumps of crabmeat, fresh fish -- but the kitchen is just competent rather than talented, so that overseasoning or overthickening are common. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Publick House 3218 M St., NW. Full bar service. L $4.95-$5.95, D $5.95-$7.95. L $1.75-$5.25, D $1.95-$6.95. Full bar service. Vernon. The best details are the fresh orange juice or espresso over the morning paper, a soup or pastry break to finish your last chapter. Next, a fish filet or whole broiled flounder, either plain or with good lump crabmeat. Closed Sun. Full bar service. 544-5411. Arrangements of bamboo poles suggest huts and gardens. They are tangy from their marinade, smoky and juicy, served with buttery rice and best preceded by very good hummos or baba ghanouj. Valet parking. Sea Catch 1221 E St. NW. Children's prices. The room has been redone in bright glazed tiles on a white tile background, floors and walls, and the effect is at least startling. Open daily. Street parking. Underground parking. Is 51 minutes enough time for connection? 209 1/2 209 1/2 Pennsylvania Ave. 460-3500. AE, DC, MC, V. No reservations.Street parking. 13,050 reviews Open Now. D daily. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. What has changed is the service, the servers being distant and self-absorbed, prompt but forgetful. L $7.75-$9.50, D $12-$17.50. Children's prices. Also on the menu are stuffed cabbage, squash or grape leaves, kibbeh and a few curries, but none of them matches the kebabs. L $2.75-$4.95, D $5.50-$7.95. L $3.95-$8.50, D $5.75-$11. Full bar service. AE, D, MC, V. No reservations. " reasonable food but long wait " 05/12/2022. L MC, V. Reservations suggested. The hamburger costs all of 1.45, big, lean and spatula-flattened. Full bar service. In our lobby, you'll be drawn to the soft amber glow of The Next Whisky Bar, considered by many to have the best whisky bar menu and design in D.C. Outside in the garden, experience our terrace designed for groups to enjoy drinks and tapas. Rive Gauche 3200 M St., NW. AE, CB, D, MC, V.Reservations suggested.
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