Roberta L. wrote: >can anyone recomend good places to eat (on a Sunday) in Arlington, VA? >for lunch or dinner, any type of food except Indian. 1. Red Hot and Blue (barbequeue; inexpensive) 2. RT's (cajun; moderate; may actually be in Alexandria) Can't vouch these are open Sundays. -mfs
Washington, DC
Arlington, VA
1. Atlacatl--Salvadoran (I think) not Mexican. Different and tasty. Make sure you have a refresco.
2. A Peruvian place with a name I can't remember. It's on Columbia Pike just south of Route 7 on the east side of the street. Excellent! Highly recommended. Start with the ceviche.
3. Hard Times Cafe. Three different kinds of very good chili with a friendly atmosphere. If it's just you and one or two others sit at the bar. The service is quicker and friendlier. This is actually in Old Town Alexandria. The onion rings are good too.
-m.Mark P. wrote: >1. Atlacatl--Salvadoran (I think) not Mexican. Different and tasty. Make >sure you have a refresco. > >2. A Peruvian place with a name I can't remember. It's on Columbia Pike >just south of Route 7 on the east side of the street. Excellent! Highly >recommended. Start with the ceviche. > >3. Hard Times Cafe. Three different kinds of very good chili with a >friendly atmosphere. If it's just you and one or two others sit at the bar. >The service is quicker and friendlier. This is actually in Old Town >Alexandria. The onion rings are good too. > > -m. There is also a Hard Times in the Clarendon section of Arlington. Near that strip of Clarendon are numerous Vietnamese restaurants, many of them good and a few of them excellent (Queen Bea, Cafe Saigon). There is a Red, Hot & Blue carry-out-only annex in the same block. Not far East of there on Wilson (a few blocks), on the south side of the street, is AMDO, a funky bar with a CD jukebox and over 20 microbrews on tap. You didn't mention whether you have a car or not. If not, this is probably your best bet, in Arlington -- metro to the Clarendon metro stop on the Orange line. If you ARE interested in other places, like Alexandria, write back. Hope this helped.
Mark S. wrote: > Roberta L. wrote: > >can anyone recomend good places to eat (on a Sunday) in Arlington, VA? > >for lunch or dinner, any type of food except Indian. > > 1. Red Hot and Blue (barbequeue; inexpensive) Red, Hot, & Blue seems to be open every night of the week; I'd recommend that you plan to carry out, though, since there's usually a big crowd. Unfortunately downtown Arlington doesn't offer much in the way of picnic sites. I like Pines of Florence, up the hill from RH&B. The Spaghetti Florence (or whatever they call it on the menu; I know it wasn't "spaghetti alla Fiorentina") is not authentic, but it's good nonetheless. The pizza's not bad either. You might also consider Tom Sarris' Orleans House, *down* the hill from RH&B. The specialty here is big cuts of quite tasty prime rib, accompanied by sundry seafood offerings and a huge salad bar. What I said above about crowds goes double here; either go early (4:30 or 5:00) or late (after 10). There are also a couple of French restaurants, another Italian, a faux-Irish pub, and a Middle Eastern place on the same hill (which goes by the name of Wilson Boulevard); haven't tried any of these. At the top of the hill (in the Arlington county Courthouse Plaza) is a place called Pizza de Resistance; I haven't been here either, but if you're a fan of pizza with weird cheese, unusual vegetables, and smoked meat, it gets good reviews in the press. Remember that this part of Arlington is right across the Key Bridge from Georgetown. Jeff Carroll [email removed]