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FAQ: Outdoor (al fresco) DC Dining

2 posts · Apr 22, 1997 to May 23, 1997

Colleen M.AU - SOCApr 22, 1997
Outdoor (al fresco) DC Dining
One FAQ on DC.Dining

It looks like the weather might actually be nice this weekend - so I decided to repost the updated list.  The list is always available at http://www.soc.american.edu/~mcglone/outdr-dc.htm Now that this list is getting quite long - if you would prefer not to see he list on the group at all - only see posted reminders as to the location of the list - let me know.  My thinking now is that as long as the weather is nice, I'll repost the updated list every few weeks.

For new readers - after last year's long winter, I had a temporary memory lapse as to all of the restaurants that have outdoor dining.  So I asked the gang on dc.dining to help me.  I compiled all of the responses and kept a list, so I wouldn't have to ask again.  I try to keep the places limited to "dining", since most of us know about the suburban fast food places and downtown sandwich shops.

Additions or changes?  Mail them to me: [email removed]

Note: This is the last week for Roma at Clevland Park.  Since I have enjoyed their courtyard, I figured I would leave them on the list for their last few days.

"Now, did you know DC has more outdoor seating than any other city in the US?"  -  [email removed] (Les)

DC
Adams Morgan        Miss Saigon; Straits of Malaya; Cashions; Fasikas;
                    Belmont Kitchen; Perry's; Star of Siam; Spaghetti
                    Garden; Peyote; Tom-Tom; Cafe Lautrec; La Fourchette
Capitol Hill        Bullfeathers; Mr. Henry's; Tunnicliffe's; Eastern
                    Market Lunch; Bread & Chocolate; Roaster's on the
                    Hill; Pete's Carryout; Misha's Deli; Prego;
                    Provisions; Le Bon Cafe; The Hawk & Dove
Chevy Chase         Arulcola (on Connecticut)
Cleveland Park      Roma's; the 4 P's; Melati; Ivy's Place; Yencheng
                    Palace; Cactus Cantina, Cafe Deluxe (on Wisconsin)
Downtown            Les Halles; TGI Fridays
DuPont Circle       the restaurants along 17th street; Panevino (23rd and
                    N); Raku (off of DuPont on Q); Kramerbooks; Childe
                    Harolds; Lauriol Plaza; Malik; Mediterranean Blue;
                    Julios; Fra Amici; Zorba's; Iron Gate; Tabard Inn (N
                    Street); Bua
Farragut            Vox Populi; The Art Gallery; La Taberna del Alabardero
                    (18th off I st );  Rumors, Gustis, Acme Bar & Grill
                    (19th & M)
Foggy Bottom        Hors D'oeuverie (Kennedy Center) 14th Street         Diversite Bar & Grill (14th & Q) Georgetown          Sequoia, Riverside Grille, Tony & Joes (Waterfront);
                    Crepizza (Wisconsin & Prospect); Cafe La Rouche (31st
                    St); Babalu; Sea Catch (on the Canal); Dean & DeLuca
Tenleytown          Guapo's; Dancing Crab; Mediterranean Deli; Amozonian
                    Grill; Yosaku
Union Station       America; Station Grill; Capitol Cities Brewing
                    Company; Dubliner; Irish Times; American Cafe, Le
                    Brasserie, Cafe Berlin, Red River Grill, Armand's, a
                    Creole place, The White Tiger (200 - 400 Mass Ave NE)
Waterfront SW       Gangplank, Le Rivage, Creole Orleans 1874, H.I.
                    Ribsters, Hogates, Phillips Flagship, Pier 7 (Water
                    Street)
Woodley Park        Lebanese Taverna; Murphy's; Thai Town; Woodley Cafe;
                    Thai Taste; Saigon Gourmet; Cafe Paradiso; Taste of
                    India; Rajaji; Vietnamese Garden; Petito Restaurante;
                    Mrs Simpson's; The Oxford Tavern (aka the Zoo Bar );
                    New Heights

Maryland
Bethesda            Cottonwood Cafe; Vietnam Grill; Tel Aviv Cafe; Austin
                    Grill; Bacchus; "about half the Italian Restaurants";
                    Montgomery Grille; Athenian Plaka; Tequila Sunrise;
                    George Starke's; Raku
College Park        Santa Fe; Bentley's
Friendship Heights  Houlihan's; Duca di Milano
Glen Echo           Inn at Glen Echo
Gaithersburg        Guapo's; Pat & Mikes; Hamburger Hamlet Germantown          Mi Rancho Potomac             Old Angler's Inn; Broadway Pizza Rockville           A Taste of Saigon; Vignola; Shelly's Woodroast Silver Spring       Mi Rancho

Virginia
Alexandria          Taverna Cretekou; 219; Chart House; Portner's;
                    Stella's; Potowmack Landing; TJSH
Ballston            Memphis Pit Barbeque; Bistro Bistro; Rio Grande Clarendon           Nam Viet; Little Viet Garden; Faccia Luna; Whitlow's
                    on Wilson
Courthouse          Sagebrush Grill; Pizza de Resistance; RT's Seafood
                    Kitchen; Bardo Rodeo
North Arlington     Cafe Parisian Express
Reston              Il Cigno(Lake Anne shopping center); Market Street Bar
                    & Grill (in the Hyatt); Paolo's, Clyde's, Rio Grande,
                    Bistro Bistro (Reston Town Center); Jasmine's (Lake
                    Anne); Marie's (on Lake Thoreau (Audoban?) in South
                    Lakes Shopping Center)
Rosslyn             Lighthouse Tavern; Quarterdeck Shirlington         Carlyle Grand Cafe; Bistro Bistro South Arlington     Pho Cali Vienna              Anita's; Cenan's Bakery Virginia Square     Chesapeake Seafood Crab House; Uptown Bakers

contributors:
[email removed]  (Colleen McGlone)
#[email removed]  (Gil Ohana)
[email removed]  (Alan Lauder)
[email removed]  (Jonathan Smith)
[email removed]  (barbara doran)
[email removed]  (Brenda O'Busek)
[email removed]  (bsweitze)
[email removed] (Debbie Greenberg)
[email removed]  (Tom Woteki)
[email removed]  (Larry Larson)
[email removed]  (box of rocks)
[email removed]  (Herschel Browne)
[email removed]  (Alan Kitey)
[email removed]  (Jim Singleton)
[email removed]  (Ian Jehle)
[email removed]  (Jerry82218)
[email removed]  (Juliana L Holm)
[email removed]  (Les)
[email removed]   (Martin Mendelsohn)
[email removed]  (Eden Lalor)
[email removed]  (Noah D. Karchmer)
[email removed]  (Stuart Weiser)
[email removed]  (Peter E. Pulsifer)
[email removed]  (R. Bernstein)
[email removed]  (Robin Milsom)
[email removed]  (Robin Brown)
[email removed]  (Saffron)
[email removed]  (Jonathan Smith)
[email removed]  (c. kapp)
[email removed]  (nkk)
[email removed]  (shyam parikh)
[email removed]  (Sarah F. Wassum)
[email removed]  (Ellen Paul)
[email removed]  (Terry Pogue)
[email removed]  (Will Strang)
Colleen M.AU - SOCMay 23, 1997
Outdoor (al fresco) DC Dining
One FAQ on DC.Dining

Since it looks like the holiday weekend is going to promote outdoor dining, I am posting the updated list.  The list is always available at http://www.soc.american.edu/~mcglone/outdr-dc.html Now that this list is getting quite long - if you would prefer not to see the list on the group at all - only see posted reminders as to the location of the list - let me know.  My thinking now is that as long as the weather is nice, I'll repost the updated list every few weeks.

For new readers - after last year's long winter, I had a temporary memory lapse as to all of the restaurants that have outdoor dining.  So I asked the gang here to help me. I compiled all of the responses and kept a list, so I wouldn't have to ask again.  I try to keep the places limited to "dining", since most of us know about the suburban fast food places and downtown sandwich shops.

Additions or changes?  Mail them to me: [email removed]

"Now, did you know DC has more outdoor seating than any other city in the US?"
-  [email removed] (Les)

DC

Adams Morgan          Miss Saigon, Cashions (Columbia Road);
                      Fasikas, Belmont Kitchen, Perry's, Star
                      of Siam, Spaghetti Garden,
                      Peyote,Tom-Tom, Cafe Lautrec, La
                      Fourchette (18th);  Straits of Malaya,
                      Malik, Mediterrean Blue, Lauriol Plaza,
                      Caravan Grill, Larry's Lounge (18th
                      below U)
Capitol Hill          Bullfeathers; Mr. Henry's;
                      Tunnicliffe's; Eastern Market Lunch;
                      Bread & Chocolate; Roaster's on the
                      Hill; Pete's Carryout; Misha's Deli;
                      Prego; Provisions; Le Bon Cafe; The
                      Hawk & Dove
Chevy Chase           Arulcola (on Connecticut)
Chinatown             A.V. Ristorante Italiano (6th & NY Ave) Cleveland Park        the 4 P's; Melati; Ivy's Place;
                      Yencheng Palace; Cactus Cantina, Cafe
                      Deluxe (on Wisconsin)
Downtown              Les Halles; TGI Fridays
DuPont Circle         Panevino (23rd and N); Raku (off of
                      DuPont on Q); Kramerbooks; Childe
                      Harolds; Julios; Fra Amici; Zorba's;
                      Iron Gate; Tabard Inn (N Street); Bua,
                      Cafe Luna (17th & P);  the former La
                      Fonda, Dupont Italian Kitchen, La
                      Frontera, Trios, Fox and Hounds,
                      Peppers (17th St); La Tomate (Conn. &
                      R)
Farragut              Vox Populi; The Art Gallery; La Taberna
                      del Alabardero (18th off I st );
                      Rumors, Gustis, Acme Bar & Grill (19th
                      & M)
Foggy Bottom          Hors D'oeuverie (Kennedy Center) 14th Street           Diversite Bar & Grill (14th & Q) Georgetown            Sequoia, Riverside Grille, Tony & Joes
                      (Waterfront); Crepizza (Wisconsin &
                      Prospect); Cafe La Rouche (31st St);
                      Babalu; Sea Catch (on the Canal); Dean
                      & DeLuca
Tenleytown            Guapo's; Dancing Crab; Mediterranean
                      Deli; Amozonian Grill; Yosaku
Union Station         America; Station Grill; Capitol Cities
                      Brewing Company; Dubliner; Irish Times;
                      American Cafe, Le Brasserie, Cafe
                      Berlin, Red River Grill, Armand's, a
                      Creole place, The White Tiger (200 -
                      400 Mass Ave NE)
Waterfront SW         Gangplank, Le Rivage, Creole Orleans
                      1874, H.I. Ribsters, Hogates, Phillips
                      Flagship, Pier 7 (Water Street)
Woodley Park          Lebanese Taverna; Murphy's; Thai Town;
                      Woodley Cafe; Thai Taste; Saigon
                      Gourmet; Cafe Paradiso; Taste of India;
                      Rajaji;  Petito Restaurante; Mrs
                      Simpson's; The Oxford Tavern (aka the
                      Zoo Bar ); New Heights; Saigon Inn;
                      Thai Flavor; City Blues;  Acapulco;
                      Venice Pizzeria;

Maryland
Bethesda              Cottonwood Cafe; Vietnam Grill; Tel
                      Aviv Cafe; Austin Grill; Bacchus;
                      "about half the Italian Restaurants";
                      Montgomery Grille; Athenian Plaka;
                      Tequila Sunrise; George Starke's; Raku
College Park          Santa Fe; Bentley's
Friendship Heights    Houlihan's; Duca di Milano
Glen Echo             Inn at Glen Echo
Gaithersburg          Guapo's; Pat & Mikes; Hamburger Hamlet Germantown            Mi Rancho Potomac               Old Angler's Inn; Broadway Pizza Rockville             A Taste of Saigon; Vignola; Shelly's
                      Woodroast
Silver Spring         Mi Rancho; Vicino Restaurant

Virginia
Alexandria            Taverna Cretekou; 219; Chart House;
                      Portner's; Stella's; Potowmack Landing;
                      TJSH
Ballston              Memphis Pit Barbeque; Bistro Bistro;
                      Rio Grande
Clarendon             Nam Viet; Little Viet Garden; Faccia
                      Luna; Whitlow's on Wilson
Courthouse            Sagebrush Grill; Pizza de Resistance;
                      RT's Seafood Kitchen; Bardo Rodeo
North Arlington       Cafe Parisian Express
Reston                Il Cigno(Lake Anne shopping center);
                      Market Street Bar & Grill (in the
                      Hyatt); Paolo's, Clyde's, Rio Grande,
                      Bistro Bistro (Reston Town Center);
                      Jasmine's (Lake Anne); Marie's (on Lake
                      Thoreau (Audoban?) in South Lakes
                      Shopping Center)
Rosslyn               Lighthouse Tavern; Quarterdeck Shirlington           Carlyle Grand Cafe; Bistro Bistro South Arlington       Pho Cali Vienna                Anita's; Cenan's Bakery Virginia Square       Chesapeake Seafood Crab House; Uptown
                      Bakers

Additions or changes?  Mail them to: [email removed]

contributors
[email removed]  (Colleen McGlone)
#[email removed]  (Gil Ohana)
[email removed]  (Alan Lauder)
[email removed]  (Jonathan Smith)
[email removed]  (barbara doran)
[email removed] (Bill Hole)
[email removed]  (Brenda O'Busek)
[email removed]  (bsweitze)
[email removed] (Debbie Greenberg)
[email removed]  (Tom Woteki)
[email removed]  (Larry Larson)
[email removed]  (box of rocks)
[email removed]  (Herschel Browne)
[email removed]  (Alan Kitey)
[email removed]  (Jim Singleton)
[email removed]  (Ian Jehle)
[email removed]  (Jerry82218)
[email removed]  (Juliana L Holm)
[email removed]  (Les)
[email removed]   (Martin Mendelsohn)
[email removed]  (Eden Lalor)
[email removed]  (Noah D. Karchmer)
[email removed]  (Stuart Weiser)
[email removed]  (Paul Michael Brown)
[email removed]  (Peter E. Pulsifer)
[email removed]  (R. Bernstein)
[email removed]  (Robin Milsom)
[email removed]  (Robin Brown)
[email removed]  (Saffron)
[email removed]  (Jonathan Smith)
[email removed]  (c. kapp)
[email removed]  (nkk)
[email removed]  (shyam parikh)
[email removed]  (Sarah F. Wassum)
[email removed]  (Ellen Paul)
[email removed]  (Terry Pogue)
[email removed]  (Will Strang)
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