AE, MC, V. No reservations. Tandoor 3316 M St. NW. 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. L $3.25-$5.95, D $3.25-$7.25. Szechuan & Hunan has mastered the art of presenting vegetables crisp and meats and seafoods plump and moist. Parking in front. SE. Cheek by jowl to McDonald's on a fast-food highway is a lone white house that encloses an Italian restaurant of character, the kind that, small as it is, uses 20 pounds of garlic a week and butchers its own veal. Full bar service. Open daily. Parking in building garage. Cuisines: American, Bar, Pub. Some of the sauces are overstarched, but that is the only obvious flaw in dishes like while clams in shells with black bean sauce. D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Bailey's Crossroads. Full bar service. Full bar service. L $3.25-$5.50, D $3.25-$7.50. Full bar service. L $4.25-$10, D $10.50-$18.50. AE, MC, D, V. Reservations accepted only for six or more. Imperial Garden Tysons Corner Shopping Center. Open daily. So order earthy rather than elegant dishes: dense, long-simmered minestrone rather than lemony fish salad that is just rings of squid with a few tiny, tasteless shrimp. Reservations accepted. Parking in rear. But above all, it is a personal restaurant, where the maitre d'hotel remembers not only your name but also where you sat last year, and maybe 10 years ago when they opened. Courtesy of Wikimedia/Oliver F. Atkins. Parking lot in front. ta.queueForLoad : function(f, g){document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', f);})(function(){ta.trackEventOnPage('postLinkInline', 'impression', 'postLinks-115187862', '');}, 'log_autolink_impression');Washington DC in my youth. Closed Sun. MC, V. Reservations required for parties over six for dinner only. L $4.75-$8.25, D $9.25-$15.50. eParking at nearby garage. Full bar service. Bethesda Square. Mamma Desta 4840 Georgia Ave. NW. Yaldizlar 2605 24th St., NW. Children's prices. L daily ex Sat, D daily. 3125 Mount Pleasant St NW, Washington, D.C. 20010. Open daily. Full bar service. The chili is dull and bland, with little more than a splinter of meat among the beans. Full bar service. Take the family and order family-size portions of meat or seafood platters, pizza and pasta and a carafe of wine. Genesis of South Bay. Children's meals. L daily, D daily ex Sun. McDonald's can fold up its golden arches when it comes to competing with Sholl's cafeterias, where a full dinner with fresh fruits and fresh vegetables and homemade pies and puddings wil cost less than $4. cLe Bagatelle attends carefully to salads, and its cheese slection is well chosen and impeccably served. L $4.65-$5.95, D $5.50-$16.95. September 21, 1980. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. And every year the repertoire developes new fresh seafood and game, new vegetables purees, new fresh herb sauces. AE, DC, MC, V. No reservations.Street parking. Open daily. L, D daily. L daily ex Sat, D daily. 452-1915. Carmack's 8401 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase. Closed Mon. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted, only for eight or more at lunch. Children's prices.No smoking section. Children's prices. The puff pastry is a nut-brown crunch sometimes filled with sole mousse and belon oysters from Maine, dollops of caviar in its cream sauce. And, obviously, it becomes addictive. L $3.25-$4.95, D $7.25-$13.95. Full bar service. Street parking. D $2.95-$8.95. 6201 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church. Thai Room 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. 881-3360. See 23 photos, review amenities, and request a tour of the property today. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily, Closed Sun. The walls are gilt-edged black, and the diners are gilt-edged meat and potatoes fans. Bamiyan 3320 M St. NW. No credit cards. NW. Full bar service. Pueblo Joe's 4200 Wisconsin Ave., NW. L $2.95-$3.50. L $2.45-$4.50, D $3.50-$8.95. Drink homemade ginger beer or more familiar beer or wine. Full bar service at dinner, beer and wine only at lunch. Children's prices. No-smoking section. 3) Of course, one of the most significant stories of DC in the 1970s was the impeachment of President Nixon. L daily ex Sun, D daily. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Street parking. Closed Mon. Indside, the dessert table and cheese trays are iordinately enticing. But do stay for a fat, glistening berry tart or creamy walnut cake or chocolate roll. Closed Mon. Visit 1789. Open daily. L $4-$8, D $5.75-$16. Parking lot. L $2.50-$6.50, D $5.75-$11.75. 244-5544. The desserts are all good, though strawberry broyege ought to be a required course. Overambition shows in the crude rabbits pate en croute; on the standing menu, you are safest ordering the poached oysters as appetizer, perhaps the tangy beef sauteed with vinegar as main course. Alpenhof 1243 20th St. NW. Children's prices. Hunan Garden 2104 Viers Mill Rd., Rockville. You can start with lobster bisque or clams casino; other soups can taste canned-bland, even if they are larded with plenty of fresh clams or crab, and my last oysters were flabby and small. And the crabmeat quiche is wll packed with crab, a grand ob when the reheating has been careful. No credit cards. White enamel chairs with woven seats are pulled up to tables covered with soft orange cloths. L $3.50-10, D $4-$12. L daily ex Sat, D daily. D $10.95-$15. 258-0405. L, D $2.95-$9.95. The Hideaway in the back of the Madison Hotel in the 80s. The focal point of the menu is the daily specials, most around $4 or $5 for large portions of good, simple French cooking. 1232 36th Street NW, Washington, DC 20007 (202) 342-0009. Foggy Bottom Cafe The River Inn, 924 25th St. NW. L, D $6.75-$14.75. Smithsonian? L $3.95-$8.25, D $8.95-$14.50. Full bar service. Some dishes are hot, but more are piquant or aromatic or multi-flavored without being hot. Fox's Pizza Den. Le Consulat 2015 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Ensalada de frutas is fresh melon and pinneapple whipped with water and ice in a blender, costing not much more than coffee. But the daily specials, appealing as they sound, are creeping up in price and down in quality. Alpine 4770 Lee Hwy. Closed Mon. L $2.50-$7, D $6.50-$11. I am guessing it was some sort of steak house, it had big white pillars or columns outside, a two story dining room (I . Order the more highly seasoned dishes. 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. Open daily. 296-6686. Closed Tues, MC, V. No reservations. Discount parking in garage. The Magic Pan 5252 Wisconsin Ave. NW. D daily. L $3.50-$3.95, D $4.95-$6.95. Ae, cb, d, mc, v. Reservations suggested.Parking lot. The Big Cheese 3139 M St. NW. L $4.50-$9.75, D $4.25-$17.50. Parking lot. Sauces are light-textured, though some dises are greasy. The heart of the nenu is the a la carte section: tacos are puffy or crisp, depending on which you order, well stuffed and well seasoned. L daily, D daily ex Sat. And it contains less familiar items you should try, like stuffed cornmeal cakes called pupusas. L daily ex Sun, D daily. But the rstaurant also serves tempura, teriyaki, two soups and excellent meat dumplings in paper-thin noodle wrappers. Parking in commercial lots. Salads are superb -- spinach with a profusion of crisp bacon and crumbled blue cheese, caesar with fresh parmesan and truly fresh croutons. 965-2350. Children's prices. . AE, MC, V. No reservations. Always new sushi appear on the menu above the sushi bar, nowadays salted roe with raw quail eggs. Washington still has about 5,000 restaurants. 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?? Barring my encounters with indifferent appetizers and luncheon specials that were steamtable mush, the food is fine. McLean. But Apana has changed its seating arrangements so that you can no longer expect a high-backed booth allowing privacy, but are likely to be seated a few inches from the next table. 466-4040. L $2.95-$5.50, D$6.50-$10.50. Full bar service. Parking lot. Golden Table 528 23rd St. NW. Home. China Garden 1901 N. Moore St., Rosslyn. 256-1111. Closed Mon. 7, Purcellville, Va. 703/338-6088. AE, MC, V. Reservations required. Ae, cb, d, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. Bacchus 1827 Jefferson Pl. Pheasant terrine tastes like mashed-up canned meat. 751-8888. AE, MC, V. Reservation suggested. Free parking in adjacent lot after 4 p.m. Full bar service. Full bar service. 356-8000. L $3.95-$7.25, D $6.95-$11.95. 1621. 244-1740. Children's prices. If you are a resident of another country or region, please select the appropriate version of Tripadvisor for your country or region in the drop-down menu. Valet parking. L, D daily. And dessert crepes or Grand Marnier-soaked oranges make wonderful bargain-priced endings. Washington has many elegant restaurants, but most of those serving good food in luxurious surrounding are either French or Italian. Full bar service. Valent parking for dinner. Valet parking after 5:30 p.m. Full bar service. No-smoking section. Full bar service. Closed Mon. Free parking in rear at dinner. Danker's 1209 E St. NW. Bistro Francais 3124 M St. NW. The poached chicken dishes show how well the kitchen handles commonly indifferent preparations, and seafood are equally cosseted. L daily ex Sat, D daily. What has changed is the service, the servers being distant and self-absorbed, prompt but forgetful. L $3.95-$7.50, D $11.50-$14.95. Pierce Street Annex 1210 19th St. Nw. L daily ex Sun, D daily. 234-9134. Open daily. Reservations accepted. L'Alouette 2045 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. L, D daily. Now there are tablecloths, but otherwise the fanciest fixture at Los Planes de Renderos is the tape deck on the bar, playing Latin music. Street parking and nearby lots. No smoking section. Beer and wine only. Reported as permanently closed. Children's prices. Middle courses are a mixed bag, though at one day's lunch the crab cakes were stellar, and served with crisp stir-fried vegestables. " DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONE. Street parking and nearby lots. Open daily. A new mold for Oriental restaurants has been cast by Germaine's. Full bar seravice. Vernon. Parking next door before 5 p.m., valet parking after 5 p.m. Full bar service. One could hardly tell from the outside, but there is new life at the China Inn. Parking garage at mall. Closed Mon. L $3.85-$7.25, D $5.50-$9.90. Parking lot in front. Closed Sun. L $3.75-$5.25, D $4.25-$13.95. Start with crabmeat or smoked salmon or something similarly restrained. Shang Hai 4-5-6 5884 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Parking in rear. And any Formica luncheonette where you wait in line to pay $11.50 for flounder stuffed with crabmeat is bound to be good. But the environment -- harried, slap-dash service and unkept surroundings -- has not been a strong point. . L, D daily. Open daily. Web Visit website. Closed Tues. DC, MC, V. No reservations. 659-1211. AE, CB, CC, D, V. Reservations suggested. AE, D, MC, V. No reservations. Parking in commercial lots and on street. Charlies Georgetown 3223 K St. NW. Open daily. L $2.25-$3.95, D $4.25-$6.95. Much attention on the menu and in the dining room is paid to pastries and creme brulee, which are very good, though less remarkable than in the restaurant's early days. Closed Sun. In an era that values light eating, Ikado's high prices for small portions detract little from its agreeability. broiled sirloin steak was $4.50. Street parking. L daily ex Sat, D daily. To top your iceberg lettuce there are pointy black olives and feta cheese, onions and beets and the usual Bacos. Full bar service. Pasta sauces have nothing subtle about them, and veal scallopine are overdosed with sweet marsala or lemon. It is all right, sometimes very good (as in the case of the delicate mousseline of salmon) and sometimes very bad (as with the $21 lobster meat, dry and tough, in a rosy sauce that tasted of little other than a burned base). Parking lot. L daily ex Sat, Sun, Mon, D daily. Sea Catch 1221 E St. NW. 299-3526. The tacos and enchiladas grin blandly for fear of offending. The small room, wrapped in multitoned orange cloth panels and mirrors, allows for spacious tables and room for privacy. No-smoking section. No credit cards. DITCH THE VALET: Affordable Parking Options for under $10/nt, How to Request a White House Tour as a Foreign Visitor - 2019. Closed Mon. some good, some bad, that's the way it goes. L, D daily. This kind of wrap-and-dip food is not only fun, it is light eating and sufficiently crunchy and cool to appeal to flagging summer appetites. L $5.95-$8.75, D $8.95-$15.95. L $3.95-$7.95, D $7.50-$8.95. Open daily. Full bar service. Despite the menu's spiel about its carefully selected and naturally aged beef, the meat on the plate is just ordinary, the roast beef average in tenderness and flavor, overcooked; and the house specialty of marinated sirloin tough and vinegary, though properly seared and cooked rare. 333-4810. Saigon Inn's menu is long, its 70 dishes even including cheeseburgers. $1.69 $1.99 . Next, a fish filet or whole broiled flounder, either plain or with good lump crabmeat. Unfortunately, their attentions are intermittent, as is the quality of the food. At a glance it looks like a dim, sleekly appointed spaceship, its walls wearing giant metal sunburst sculptures, the ceiling lit from large recessed circles rimmed with hanging greenery. Full bar service. L, D $2.25-$5.95. 462-5353. The dishes are colorful and bulging in the right places. Chateau Gesundheit 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. Specialized in Fish and. Children's prices. 922-9050. 9ll-6787. The pride of Sholl's is in its freshness -- seasonal produce, fish, excellent lean hamburger meat, home-baked breads and pastries. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Full bar service. Closed Mon. 640 reviews. Full bar service. Full bar service. The food is rustic and homespun. Clyde's/Tysons Corner 8332 Leesburg Pike, Vienna. AE, CB, DC, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Constantly inventing nouvelle cuisine with American ingredients, Jean-Louis has been teaming cold carrot soup with a dollop of tomato sherbet, purslane with batons of barely cooked salmon, Maine lobster with chopped fresh basil. 543-8337. Lido di Venezia 200 N. gLebe Rd., Arlington. L $5.50-$9.95, D $8.95-$14.95. Closed Sun. Full bar service. L $3.75-$5.75, D $5.25-$8.95. Valet parking for dinner only. L $2.25-$4, D $4.25-$11.95. MC, V. Reservations accepted. MC, V. No reservations. Full bar service. L $3.75-$7.95, D $5.95-$13.95. And along with everyday salads, sandwiches, pasta concoctions and meats stewed or grilled are surprises: skewered beef hearts or a salad with filament-thin enok mushrooms. 33, Urbanna, Va. 804/758-2397. 232-6965. Parking lot. 277-7174. As a child I remember saying oh we are eating at the White House (because of the columns??). 522-8394. null is served by 33 transit routes. L $3.45-$4.95, D $3.45-$9.95. The great dishes of New Orleans are on the menu at 219. Children's prices. AE, CB, D, MC, V. N reservations. 568-3400. D (fixed price) $25, $30, $40 or $60. 965-1789. Parking in front. Even with a couple of days to craft a response, Khalsa's camp delivered a statement inconsistent with his plea. But daily specials recited by the captain -- a long, confusing and often very expensive list -- are the heart of the matter. But its prices have lagged behind inflation, so now it must be considered moderate. Kebabs are tender and juicy, only mildly seasoned, so that the charcoal flavor predominates. The menu divides into fixed-price dinners of $25, $30, $40, and $60, plus a few a la carte items. O'Donnell's 8301 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. China Gourmet 9444 Arlington Blvd., Fairfax. Parking in rear or street. The Fishery 5511 Connecticut Ave. NW.363-2144. L, D daily. The Washington, DC of the 1980s and '90s was a dramatically different place than the Washington, DC of 2017. Full bar service. 966-7600. If you don't equate French restaurants with ethnic charm, you need an evening at Cafe Tatti. The menu continues as a deft mix of standards and the unexpected -- red snapper with marrow and red wine, rillettes of smoked and fresh salmon, crayfish in cream sauce with orange. Open daily. Steak and Ale Check local phone directories for locations. Nora cooks fish with imagination, chopping the remains with dill and yogurt for a salad. The more inventive a dish, the less likely its success. Full bar service. Ae, cb, d, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $2.50-$5.95, D $4.25-$8.50. Parking in rear. "It fits Washington really well," explains John DeFerrari, the author of the book Historic Restaurants of Washington, DC: . No credit cards. Old Angler's has its standards, but they need to be applied to the kitchen. Closed Mon. The shrimp themselves are hugh and extremely fine. Tiberio has long been a trendsetter, the first of these subtly beautiful northern Italian restaurants that are distinguishable from French primarily by the inclusion of pastas on the menu. La Pagode 924 W. Broad St., Falls Church. Full bar service. 783-4133. The Frat House. Main courses cover five pages, but concentrate on the first, where you will find crisp whole fish Hunan style, orange beef, honeyed ham. In warm weather the tables spill over to an outdoor cafe. The Far Inn (Club Soda) The Fireplace. washington, dc restaurants in the 1980s. Two cautions: The coffee isn't even strong enough to tint a tablecloth, and throughout dinner you might want to look out for slices of those 20 pounds of garlic. d.c. space 443 7th St. NW. Seafoods are the mainstay of the menu -- fiery barbecued shrimp with heads and shells intact (too fiery and less savory on my last visit), crabmeat with hollandaise and artichoke bottoms in puff pastry (excellent, except for acrid artichokes), catfish fried in crabmeal, oysters pan-broiled with lemon and butter, oysters Bienville. Full bar service. Parking lot in front. Parking lots and street parking. Mc, v. Reservations accepted. "The Alice in Wonderland themed decor, the drinks, the hookah, the music - everything was on point!" more. The deep-fried chicken had less crabmeat stuffing. Childrens prices. Every Friday night, he would head to The Day Lily, a red and gold velvet-walled Chinese restaurant . Expect to more than 20 restaurants, including Fabio Trabocchi's Del Mar, Rappahannock Oyster Bar, Dolcezza, Taylor Gourmet and Hank's Oyster Bar. Even the cheeseburger is tough and tasteless, under an embarrassing blanket of American cheese, and nice softshell crabs have been buried in heavy batter and drowned in brown gravy. District of . How to get tickets for the African American Museum of History and Culture. L $2.25-$9.95, D $5.75-$14.75. Ae, mc, v. Reservations suggested. No credit cards. L, Ddaily. Parking in rear. One night the specials alone included two kinds of crayfish, lamb with ginger, veal with cepes, lotte with tarragon and softshell crabs. Closed Sun. Some dishes miss, particularly mildly seasoned ones and those with too-sweet fruit sauces. Sauces are thin and translucent, the meat sauces golden. Old brick and heavy beams are apparently the fashion in Italian restaurants today, and Landini Brothers has carried out the mode beautifully, adding a slate floor and fireplace. Full bar service. The barbecued ribs are lean, meaty and deep-smoked. Gaithersburg. L $2.45-$3.95, D $3.45-$8.95. The Georgetown branch is cluttered with tile tables in the garden-bright dining room. View Website. Open daily. Closed Mon. The 1,000 sq. More. Poets, jazz artists, comics, and punk acts jammed on the tiny stage of this club, once the heart of the city's underground. Full bar service. Parking in front. Children's prices. No-smoking section. 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 . SE. Full bar service. Full bar service. Full bar service. 737-2101. Le Provencal 1234 20th St. NW. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Phone +1 202-347-4800. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. No credit cards. Street parking or adjacent garage. Whatever you order, though, the accompanying black beans and rice will compensate for deficiencies. Street parking. Particularly intriguing is camphor-and-tea-smoked duck, moist and meaty with no fat and with a crisp laquered skin, tasting of smoke and earthy herbs. The Warehouse 214 King St., Alexandria. Street parking. Street parking. Oysters are briny and plump. 8130 Watson St., Tysons Corner. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. In a fresh, casual setting of flowered tablecloths and luscious food photography. Parking lot next door. Children's prices. Kebabs are also delicious, particularly the marinated lamb; chicken tends to be a bit dry. A brisk, cheerful place to eat, La Brasserie allows the option of eating lightly or substantially, and inexpensively if you are careful. Stephanie's Dupont Plaza Hotel, Dupont Circle at 19th St. NW. 737-1234 L $4.95-$8.95, D $9.50-$14.50. Menus. Closed Mon. Contemporary in decor and menu concept, it serves fresh and inventive food, a smattering of light and serious dishes from chicken Caesar salad and hamburger on French bread to scallop pot pie and calf's liver with watercress-mustard saute. 3, Irvington, Va. 804/438-6000. 363-6611. Peking Palace 7944 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. Kramerbooks brasserie is an all-day place, a kind of Reader's Digest Condensed Books version of the Champs Elysees. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. There is a good restaurant at Ocean ix, but it is hidden among a lot of mistakes. Full bar service. The menu lists 20 dishes, many of them similar to one another, and all with the large, pale fermented pancakes that serve as platters and silverware for Ethiopian dining. Open daily. L $2.75-$4.25, D $4.50-$7.50. Parking lots nearby. L $3.95, D $4.95-$6.25. Closed Sun. The search for the great unpretentious steak house goes on, but leaves J. R.'s behind. MC, V. Reservations required for parties of five or more. 333-4187. L daily ex Sat, D daily.Closed Sun. It still has some . Children's prices. The quiches have been soggy and the spinach long wilted. And on lazy days little attention is paid to precise cutting or lively color.
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