Subject: Restaurants in Washington D.C. From: Roy Kiyoshi Kinoshita, [email removed] Date: Mon, 12 Apr 1993 17:53:56 GMT In article Roy Kiyoshi Kinoshita, Someone wrote: >Are there any moderately-priced restaurants with decent food in the D.C. >area? > >I'm looking for something equivalent to the California Pizza Kitchen >(~10 locations in the U.S.) or Pasta Primavera (~5 locations in the >Bay Area). These are sorta trendy Italian-type places that do weird >things to pasta. > >Thanks! > >Roy Kinoshita >Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute >Troy, NY In the same vein is Paolo's, where the prep-yups go to check each other out...the food's good, though. There's one in Georgetown in Wisconsin a few blocks up from M Street. There's also one at the Reston Town Center out in the Virginia 'burbs.
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Restaurants in Washington D.C.
Someone wrote: > > > >Can anyone recommend a few moderately priced restaurants in >Washington, D.C. and/or Georgetown? Italian would be great, >but other ethnic or continental types would be OK as well. >Also need a good suggestion for lunch or brunch that's casual, >and that a twelve-year-old might enjoy. >Thanks! Just sticking to Georgetown, for Italian I'd recommend Paparazzi just south of M St. on Wisconsin Avenue. There is also a really fun bbq place on M st. called Old Glory. Across the street is Cafe de Paris, which has good, not expensive French food. Il Radicchio on Wisconsin ave. also has great italian food and pizzas. Good luck and have a great time!
Klabrie wrote: >Someone wrote: >> >> >> >>Can anyone recommend a few moderately priced restaurants in >>Washington, D.C. and/or Georgetown? Italian would be great, >>but other ethnic or continental types would be OK as well. >>Also need a good suggestion for lunch or brunch that's casual, >>and that a twelve-year-old might enjoy. >>Thanks! >Just sticking to Georgetown, for Italian I'd recommend Paparazzi just >south of M St. on Wisconsin Avenue. There is also a really fun bbq place >on M st. called Old Glory. Across the street is Cafe de Paris, which has >good, not expensive French food. Il Radicchio on Wisconsin ave. also has >great italian food and pizzas. Good luck and have a great time! Here are 2 from the Georgetown neighborhood that will serve you well: Vietnam Georgetown (on M Street) is moderate and reliable. Their spring rolls are excellent. If your 12-year-old already likes Chinese food, VG will broaden his/her horizons with its French grace notes. Informal, too. For night-owls, Au Pied du Cochon on Wisconsin Avenue is open 24 hours. In late summer, they generally have some cheap lobster dinners. The menu is sort of Frenchy bistro, and the ambience is informal. If you like French and can go semi-upscale for one excellent meal during your visit (probably $30 a person without wine), very good value can be found at La Colline, on North Capitol Street 3 blocks from Union Station. You'll want to dress decently here, but the waiters are NOT busy making the diners feel insignificant (which is a big problem in French restaurants in general....). Decor is not a big deal either. The point is the food, and it's excellent. --Janet Wintermute
If you don't get turned off at first by the location (in a shopping mall), I can suggest a great seafood spot, with reasonable prices. Kids would fit in. And its an easy connect by public rail transit. Here are my notes. L&N Seafood Pentagon City/Fashion Square Mall (top floor)[@ Metro Station] Arlington, VA 1-800-633-8483 (R) Cards/bar Informal, nautical setting. Nicely priced - Bargain Fresh seafood, all served with "bottomless" salad bowl, creamy herbed dressing, vegetable rice pilaf and hot house-made biscuits. Tuesdays crab and lobster night $12.95 each. Mixed Grill brings two portions of any two entrees for $16.95.