Although I have not been there, I'ver heard that the Samba Cafe in Bethesda serves some very good Brazilian food. Harry
Washington, DC
South American Restaurants?
Dave R. wrote: >Someone wrote: >: A friend of mine (a native Argentinian) is looking for a nice, relatively >: CHEEP (we're grad students :) ) restaurant in the area that specializes >: in dishes from SA. I remember eating at one on Wisconsin Ave near the > >I've for years been going to El Caribe on M street just a few blocks from >the Key Bridge. It's got a pan-South American menu, it's inexpensive (at >least at lunch, when I go there), and it used to get somebody's Blue >Ribbon award every year. I keep going back... >Terramar in Bethesda. How have you managed to miss this great place? >----- >InterNet: [email removed] HeyYouNet: Dave Ruckman, Alexandria Va. >VoiceNet: 703.684.0689 FaxNet: 703.684.6864 > Accountability: The Mother of caution (Ambrose Bierce)
Based on the recommendation of this newsgroup (middle of 93) we went to Las Pampas last night. It's an Argentinian restaurant on M St 2 blocks from the Key Bridge. The beef was excellent. I have only had better in a few places. The have a boneless chicken skin and herbs and spices which was very good. If you like sausage, you may like the churizo (sp?). We had the "combo" platter, a large piece of beef (each half could have been a meal by itself), 1/2 chicken, and two churizo for $26.95. All very good. The restaurant was pretty much empty when we arrived around 6 pm. It was small though and it seemed to start filling up after 7. The empanadas (sp?), beef and cheese, were also good, though not exceptional. Very friendly service there, too. Not much atmosphere: typical restaurant with no view of M St. Don't let the drab exterior fool you though. They have a bar upstairs which we didn't try. Finally, a totally unrelated question: my girlfriend and I saw Miss Saigon last night. They have some amazing setups -- much too elaborate to call them props. One thing is a "helicopter" which lands on a small pad and then takes off. We wanted to know if it was a real helicopter (if so, how did they hoist it up on stage), half a helicopter (where did the people go who got in it), or a very skilled theater techie. Any ideas? Greg [email removed]
Someone wrote: Someone wrote: : > >: A friend of mine (a native Argentinian) is looking for a nice, relatively : > >: CHEEP (we're grad students :) ) restaurant in the area that specializes : > >: in dishes from SA. I remember eating at one on Wisconsin Ave near the There's the Argentine Grill on 18th street in Adams Morgan. It' next to Cafe Lautrec.
Try EL CHALAN around GW University, its Peruvian food and very GOOD Tom