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3 posts · May 7, 1999 to May 8, 1999

Joseph Z.Hughes Network SystemsMay 7, 1999

Brian L. wrote:

> said:
> >
> > I've always preferred small, family-run places to the chains,
> > especially for Tex-Mex food.  We have such a large and varied Latino
> > population in the DC area, it's a shame we have to go to chain
> > restaurants to get Latin food!

I'm quite pleased with the Thunder Grill, which opened a couple of weeks ago in Union Station. I've eaten there a few times and been pleased with their food and service. Good chicken enchiladas and a salmon salad to die for.

And for Tex-Mex that almost makes me think I'm back in Austin, there's the Red River Grill (I think that's its name) on Massachusetts a couple of blocks east of there.

Jim N.National Inst. of Health, DCRT, CSLMay 7, 1999

said:
>
> I've always preferred small, family-run places to the chains,
> especially for Tex-Mex food.  We have such a large and varied Latino
> population in the DC area, it's a shame we have to go to chain
> restaurants to get Latin food!

It's been mentioned many times in this forum but if you don't like chains, then a place called Tortilla Factory in Herndon might be worth a visit. It's New Mexico style as opposed to true Tex-Mex.

I really like their salsa. Moderately hot, but hot not from jalapenas and now I blocking on the name of the spice/herb that they use. But the salsa is also blended to a smooth consistency rather than a watery/chunky unblended mix favored in many places.

-jim

H K.KnifeCenter of the InternetMay 8, 1999

Someone wrote:

> said:
> >
> > I've always preferred small, family-run places to the chains,
> > especially for Tex-Mex food.  We have such a large and varied Latino
> > population in the DC area, it's a shame we have to go to chain
> > restaurants to get Latin food!
>
Great LA style big Burritos at the Taco Fiesta in College Park. That's just noth of the univesity on the east side of Rt 1  in strip center behind the Town Hall Liquor store.

In Beltsville, the is a restaurant called - I think Mexicali or something and it is also of the east side of Rt. 1 just north of the beltway and the USDA Library. This is good southern Mexican food- very good cooking from people from that region.