Someone wrote: >> Some that I like: >> Cheap Calif.: - Ricky's Rice Bowl, 4865 Cordell Ave 301-652-7423 >> French Bread: - La Madeleine, 7607 Old G'town Rd. 301-215-9139 Two comments (rants, actually): Ricky's Rice Bowl - Cheap Calif(ornia)? Being a displaced Los Angeleno, I've search in vain for decent teriyaki in this town. Ricky's product isn't bad, but he stiffs the customer like everybody else. Teriyaki served by the best places (in LA) is only grilled meat (and a lot of it) on the rice with some salad on the side. Teriyaki in DC seems to mean a meager amount of meat padded with a bunch of stir-fry vegetables, usually onions. So I guess I agree with 'Cheap'. La Madeleine's French Bread. Please - I like La Madeleine, I really do. But their baguettes are horrible! There may be two opposing factions on this: tough & chewey vs. light, flakey & crusty. La Madeleine's (and Giant) are where you can find the former. The best example of the latter I've found are available at those Ba Le Vietnamese bakeries.
Washington, DC
Favorite Bethesda restaurants?
In dc.dining, Paul Vogel ([email removed]) posted: : For indian or greek, Im afraid you have to trek up the pike towards : rockville. Ah, I must disagree. On the Greek food, anyway - try Athenian Plaka, on Woodmont. I've been very impressed with them. Indian: can't remember their name. Just around the corner from Foong Lin, on whatsitsname street there (where the Bethesda Seafood Market used to be.) I'll wander by tonight and check what they're called. Mexican: Tex-Mex and "more Mexican", I prefer Tia Queta - better atmosphere (IMHO) than the concrete factory feel of Rio Grande, and not so annoyingly Trendy-with-a-capitol-T. Fast Tex-Mex: Has to be Chela's, on Highland. Hardly open at all in the evenings any more, but a *great* place for a quick, cheap, greasy lunch! Has anyone tried the Samba Cafe yet? What did you think? Damn! Now I'm hungry! Andy
Uncle George's Greek Taverna - across the street from Rio Grande had good greek food the night I was there. Not too expensive, very casual but attractive, nice waitstaff. We're also partial to George Starke's Hoghead (whatever it's called) on Wisc. Ave for unusual sandwiches and good ribs.
Samba Cafe was really good! I had a 'moqueca de camarao' (shrimp dish) and it was really tasty, took me back to old times in Brazil. Also, the 'aipim frito' (fried mandioc) was delicious! The atmosphere was very pleasant too, you know, small mom & pa business. Really cozy! There is also Moby Dick (Iranian Food) on Wisconsin Avenue (between Bradley and Old Georgetown). They have the BEST kabobs in town. They also have some specials for luch time on weekdays that are a must! Greicy Andrew M. wrote: >In dc.dining, Paul Vogel ([email removed]) posted: >: For indian or greek, Im afraid you have to trek up the pike towards >: rockville. > >Ah, I must disagree. On the Greek food, anyway - try Athenian Plaka, on >Woodmont. I've been very impressed with them. > >Indian: can't remember their name. Just around the corner from Foong Lin, >on whatsitsname street there (where the Bethesda Seafood Market used to >be.) I'll wander by tonight and check what they're called. > >Mexican: Tex-Mex and "more Mexican", I prefer Tia Queta - better >atmosphere (IMHO) than the concrete factory feel of Rio Grande, and not so >annoyingly Trendy-with-a-capitol-T. > >Fast Tex-Mex: Has to be Chela's, on Highland. Hardly open at all in the >evenings any more, but a *great* place for a quick, cheap, greasy lunch! > >Has anyone tried the Samba Cafe yet? What did you think? > > >Damn! Now I'm hungry! >Andy > >-- >"Fighting *is* cheating." -- Herman Suwanda > >A missive from Andy Maddox, [email removed] >(Still webbed at <http://www.clark.net/pub/madsox>)
>>>>> Andrew wrote: Andrew M. wrote: > Has anyone tried the Samba Cafe yet? What did you think? We tried the Samba Cafe quite a while ago (probably at least 6 months), I think it was then fairly new. Its to long ago to remember the details, but I do remember we were not impressed and did not bother to return - not on principle, just because it wasn't attractive enough for a second try. I do remember that the place was quite empty - although it might have been the hour, sometime early afternoon, I think on a weekday. I would be interested to hear other impressions, since its a type of restaurant I like if the food were really good. Rimon
Marcia M. wrote:
|> Hi, new to this group, wondered if we could get a thread going on
|> favorite Bethesda restaurants (no flames pls., just opinions). Of
|> special interest would be some of the new ones that have opened
|> in the past year. (I'm sick of Phyllis Richman and her trite putdowns)
|>
|> Some that I like:
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Favorites that I miss (they've closed) Kabul West - Afghan
Arno's - Pizza
Don't go (bad service) Cantare - Italian
Old favorite: Stromboli's
Great pizza: Vace'sWe went to Cottonwood cafe and were not impressed. I really think that Tex-Mex food shouldn't be messed with in an attempt to make it a sort of "haute cuisine"...It should just be good with a lot of black beans and salsa!! Someone wrote: >The Cottonwood Cafe in Bethesda is very good for light, southwestern food. > Good service, nice atmosphere.
: Great pizza: Vace's Yes! Great call! Vace's is also in Cleveland Park off of Connecticut and, speaking for the DC branch, they indeed have the best and tastiest cold pizza lined up on trays spanning a whole counter top as you walk in. Lemonade and cold pizza.....mmm mmm! They are also a good Italian market with all sorts of homemade pastas and doughs and an array of spices and pickled vegetables in those little jars and cans.