Bethesda

Lucia D. wrote:
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>Will be in Bethesda the forth week of May for a conference with the
National
>Library of Medicine, where should I go to eat?  Any special spots?
favorites?
>advise me!
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I enjoyed Fez moroccan restaurant. Don't remember the street, though. A lot of people recommend Terramar (central american) but to me it was nothing special. One comment, though, don't expect any Bethesda restaurant to have a decent wine list. Bethesda is located in Montgomery County, Maryland -- the ONLY county in the country to control the distribution of beer, wine and liquor. You can only buy what the county deceides you can buy.

Anne C. wrote:
>Lucia D. wrote:
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>> Will be in Bethesda.....
>
>Bethesda is a great restaurant town, but I get there so rarely these
>days I don't remember many names.  There is a charming French
>restaurant, La Miche, in the Woodmont Triangle, which is 5 or 6 blocks
>from the National Library of Medicine.  There's a very inexpensive
>Cajun restaurant called something like Louisiana Bayou or Cajun
>Kitchen, or something else obvious.  We manage to eat there almost
>every time I visit my family (I grew up in Bethesda).

I believe you are referring to Louisiana Express on Bethesda Avenue. Parking is impossible but it's a neat little place. A great crab house across the street.

>There are tons of other restaurants in the Woodmont Triangle.  I think
>you'd have a hard time getting a bad meal within a few blocks walk
>of the Library.

Try Houstons near the Woodmont Triangle. They have fabulous ribs and terrific salads. Also good soups. San Antonio has some good tex-mex food. Pres. Bush used to eat there and they had a chair painted red,white,& blue. It's not there any longer.:) I had lunch today at The Cottonwood Cafe in Bethesda. Now that is one terrific restaurant. Sorta like a less expensive Red Sage (and you don't have to go downtown or to Santa Fe). Had Crab Empanadas - yummmmmm

  Try the ice cream at Gifford's.  It was a local
>institution which closed ages ago, but somebody managed to buy the
>name and the recipes and start making ice cream again a couple years
>ago.

Boy, I had forgotten all about Gifford's. And you say there is an ice cream place near the old Grifford's now? Do you remember where? I haven't seen one.

Terry

2 great ones: Haandi for Indian and Cottonwood Cafe for nouvelle southwestern