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Washington, D.C. RESTAURANTS WE LIKE Author: Barbara Hayo www.TrustedTours.com |
Washington’s restaurants offer just about everything imaginable, from every part of the world, at every price.
On the House side of Capitol Hill, rub elbows with locals and pols at the Hawk and Dove, Tune-Inn and Bullfeathers. All have a pub-like atmosphere, serve salads, sandwiches and burgers, and may be a bit crowded weekdays at lunchtime.
Try a restaurant in the Penn Quarter. There are many! You’ll find Legal Seafood (there’s one in Foggy Bottom too); Clyde’s, a gigantic, gilded, local DC upscale bar and grill; Rosa Mexicano, with its veil of water flowing over a giant cobalt blue tile wall and expansive Mexican menu. Savor the flavors of Indian dishes in the sensuous Rasika, where a president or two has frequented. Get Tex-Mex at Austin Grill; tasty Middle Eastern tapas at Zaytinya; delicious Italian creations at Galileo; Asian fusion at TenPenh, For something faster, try the mini burgers and great salads and pizzas at Match Box or at popular Five Guys Burgers enjoy great burgers, hot dogs and fries.
Try brunch at the Starfish Café on 8 th Street SE; super margaritas and great Mexican food at La Lomita, way out Penn Avenue just before the bridge over to Anacostia. Families on the run should stop by Manhattan Deli at the Navy Memorial on Pennsylvania Avenue. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner everyday but Sunday, you can get mounds of food at reasonable prices.
Savor distinctive flavors at numerous ethnic restaurants in Adams Morgan, D.C.’s multi-cultural hub. You’ll find Brazilian feijoada, spicy Ethopian stews, Spanish carne asada and churros, epanadas, yucca and menudo from Mexico and El Salvador. The list goes on to include wonderful Peruvian, Middle Eastern, Thai, French and Italian cuisine – and pizza and burgers too. While there, enjoy the scene, eclectic boutiques and bookstores.
Georgetown has notoriously good restaurants. Clyde’s is a local favorite; 1789 presents and excellent American menu in an elegant townhouse; the very upscale Citronelle gets rave reviews. Tucked in and among the picturesque streets you’ll find great ethnic restaurants-Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian, Thai and Turkish.
For a fun, tasty and really local experience, have breakfast or lunch on Saturdays at Eastern Market. Be prepared to stand in a line that snakes around the corner (it’s worth the wait) and to know what you want when you finally get to the counter. . If you have tickets to Ford’s Theater, enjoy the before 7 pm, pre-theater menu at Café Doc’s, straight out of the south of France. To see the glitterati, dine at Café Milano in Georgetown.
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