out-of-towner seeks advice

Someone wrote:
> We'll only be in town for a short visit.  We'll have dinners Friday and
> Saturday, and breakfast Sunday.  Adams Morgan, Georgetown, and other
> downtown recommendations are appreciated.  We're staying in Dupont Circle
> and we'll be in and around the National Gallery around lunchtime Saturday.

There are so many great restaurants near Dupont Circle, it's actually pretty difficult to go wrong. I'm trying as hard as I can to think of bad restaurants :)  Actually maybe that's why this ng is so slow.... we have so many good restaurants around here to choose from. I used to live in the Triangle area (NC) and their dining ng hums quite a bit, but it's because there aren't many good restaurants, and you get really excited when you can point out one that's decent. :)

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> We surely want to go to an Ethiopian place for one of our dinners.  The
> other dinner could be anything - price not necessarily an obstacle, but we
> prefer a place that's not too quiet because we have a small baby.

I'm not a huge fan of Ethiopian, but I always hear people rave about Meskarem. Haven't been there and don't really plan to.

I always liked Mixtec (Salvadoran food) in Adams Morgan. Grill from Ipanema (Brazilian) on Columbia Rd is good. Mama Ayesha's Calvert Cafe on Calvert Street just down the block from Adams Morgan has good Middle Eastern food. If you cross the bridge there, there's a good Afghan restaurant called Khyber Pass on Calvert St. Walk another half block and you're in the middle of the restaurants at the Woodley Park/Zoo metro station area. There's good Thai there (forget the name). Other good restaurants, too. Most are noisy. :)  If you venture up to Cleveland Park (2 metro stops up from Dupont Circle), there are a bunch of good restaurants up that way. One of my faves is Lavandou (country French).

You're more limited down by the National Gallery. You could go up to Jaleo (Spanish tapas) which is up by Gallery Place metro. Or you could head down to Union Station, I guess. It's sort of a food court down there. Haven't been there in a while. There used to be a decent vegetarian Indian restaurant there. Can't think of much else. I think the Old Post Office Pavilion is closed now. We usually end up getting hot dogs (or the official DC dish: a half smoke) from a street vender when we're down by the mall :)

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> We also would love a down-and-dirty breakfast at a good greasy spoon.

Kozy Korner at 21st and N (I think that's it) just south of the Circle. Not sure how greasy it is for bfast, but it has the name and the look.

> Your replies are appreciated!  Thanks,

Have fun and report back after your trip! :)

>
> Rich
> Pittsburgh, PA
>
>

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Someone wrote:
> We'll only be in town for a short visit.  We'll have dinners Friday and
> Saturday, and breakfast Sunday.  Adams Morgan, Georgetown, and other
> downtown recommendations are appreciated.  We're staying in Dupont Circle
> and we'll be in and around the National Gallery around lunchtime Saturday.

> We surely want to go to an Ethiopian place for one of our dinners.

Addis Abba is a very good natively owned Ethiopian restaurant, in Adams Morgan (AMO), 1 or 2 blocks on north of Florida Ave. on 18th St. (Florida is the northern boundary of the DuPont Cirle area and the southern boundary of AMO).

> The other dinner could be anything - price not necessarily an obstacle,
> but we prefer a place that's not too quiet because we have a small
> baby.

Polly's or other restaurants along U St. between 14th & 12th Sts. (Florida going east from Connecticut Ave (Connecticut is the main DuPont Circle area promenade :-) splits into both U and the continuation of Florida at 18th St.).  There is the well regarded, Latin American fare restaurant, Lauriole Plaza on 17th St (the western border of the DuPont Circle area).  Polly's and Lauriole are noisy.

Also, I would just walk, the relatively short distance, along both Connecticut and 17th from N St.  to Florida and peruse.  And check along 20th, 22nd Sts.  There are loads of noisy as well as quiet places. Hopefully Johnny Cashion's on 17th, I think, is noisy 'cause the reviews say they have great seafood.

> We also would love a down-and-dirty breakfast at a good greasy spoon.

If still open, Lil' Giant on Mt Pleasant St. just north and east of AMO. Then there is Bob & Edith's, 5 miles away from DuPont Circle in Arlington. Both have very good, greasy spoon breakfasts.

[Directions to Bob & Edith's:  Go west on P St. from Connecticut, pass 23rd St., and make the 1st right onto Rock Creek Parkway.  On the Parkway, to get to 50 West, get in the right hand lane, go 1/8 of a mile, make a left at the 1st light staying in the left lane, then immediately (40 feet) make the non-light, left past the light.  Promptly, remain in or take, the extreme right hand lane, when that lane divides into 2 lanes, take the left of those 2 lanes onto Roosevelt bridge.  Get in the center lane as you cross the Roosevelt Bridge and follow the big sign to 50 West.  At the 2nd light on 50 West, take a left onto Patrick Henry, proceed past 1 light and make a left onto Columbia Pike at the 2nd light.  Drive 2 or 3 blocks until you see Bob & Edith's sign on the right just past a gas station. Both are across from a dooded up strip mall on the left.]

Elliott

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in article [email removed], Cancer3 at [email removed] wrote on 2/20/2001 8:18 AM:

>
> We also would love a down-and-dirty breakfast at a good greasy spoon.

Brinkleys at seven corners in VA.  Pretty good steak and eggs. The also have a breakfast buffet on weekends with the usual trimmings and wonderful french toast and syrup. (no pancakes but they have fresh biscuits)

From DC take Take route 50 west. Go atleast 4-5 miles and then exit on the right for Route 7. Stay on the left lane to catch route 7 east. After you get thru the messy intersecton; switch to the right lane as Brinkleys is on the first block after the intersection. If you go past a mobil gas  station, you have gone too far. Regards. Sanjay