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L daily ex Sat, D daily. AE, CB, D, MC, V.Reservations suggested. Tall flutes of champagne with framboise dot the room as diners begin their ritual of hot rabbit pate, rare lamb or duck or venison, perhaps mousse-stuffed trout or baby salmon in puff pastry, the flaming orange souffle. Bethesda Square. Valet parking for dinner only. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. Le Manouche is one of those unfathomable French restaurants where the food is wonderful and dreadful, reasonable and expensive, a little of the best and the worst. The 10 standing main courses are all grilled, but the daily specials are more varied preparations. Worse, fried dishes, particularly appetizers, may be grease-sodden and bland. L $4.50-$7, d $7.50-$15.50. Closed Sun. But the highlight of an evening at Dominique's might be the service, for the troop of young waiters and waitresses seem not only to know their job, but to enjoy it. 13,050 reviews Open Now. The dishes are colorful and bulging in the right places. Open daily. La Brasserie 239 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Closed Sun. Soft, rich fabrics cover floors, walls, seats with locally unsurpassed luxury. The room has solid, dark wood paneling with angular English carving, an imposing stone fireplace, mirrors and leaded glass. Full bar service. Children's prices. Closed Sun. The wine is poured into tumblers, as it would be in such a restaurant in Italy. Chadwick's 3205 K St. NW. 572-7744. Closed Mon. L, D $1.25-$8. 452-1915. - Address: 1201 New York Ave NW, Washington DC, DC 20005-3917 - Read more on Tripadvisor. Far from the spaghetti-and-meatballs image, this pasta house serves homemade egg noodles with cream, mushrooms, prosciutto and peas and linguine with crab or clams. L $3.50-$5.50, D $7-$10. Children's prices. L, D daily. Another significant test is shrimp, and again Hunan's score is high. MC, V. Reservations suggested. 1980s BOSTON SEAFOOD COMPANY Restaurant Menu - Washington DC & St Louis | Collectibles, Paper, Menus | eBay! 652-6460. L, D $2.25-$5.95. The gravlax is an extraordinary idea, the cured salmon charcoal-grilled very briefly, just so the surface is seared and the smoke has permeated the flesh. This moderately priced French bistro is sweeter looking than ever, with a mural covering one wall and old brick to contrast, a pressed tin ceiling and church pew banquettes. Children's prices. Street parking. L $6.50-$9.95, D $10.95-$14.95. No reservations.Street parking. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested Street parking. L, D daily. Closed Sat, Sun. 751-8646. Full bar service. Full bar service. 671-2774. 836-2834. L $2.50-$7.95, D $6.95-$14.50. Service at the Serbian Crown is moody and erratic; it is the main dishes of this restaurant that show the best of Russian character. L $2.25-$3.95, D $4.25-$7.95. Agreed. AE, CB,D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. New York City. Among the appetizerss, the standards -- egg rolls, spare ribs and the like -- are dismal renditions, but the fried meat dumplings are outstanding and bon bon chicken is excellent. It has one of the town's most elegant pates maison. E., Landley Park. D $5.95-$8.75. Full bar service. 1621. Alpenhof 1243 20th St. NW. China Inn 631 H St. NW. Occidental Grill & Seafood. Children's prices. But I found no dish that meets any desire. Parking in adjacent lot. The few steaks have stiff competition in the thick calf's liver steak, the rack of lamb and the grilled fish or squab. But start with milky white arak to drink and warm pita to dip into the appetizer spreads and go on to shish kebab (or order a special dish ahead if you have the foresight) and you will understand Mama Ayesha's longevity. Closed Sun. Reservations accepted for five or more only. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in the United States. L,D $3.50-$7.95. Children's prices. Parking lot. While it may have "grill" in the name, diners won't find much more than Utz potato chips to go with the beer and rail drinks. Closed Mon. Mamma Desta blends sweet, savory and hot spices masterfully. Parking lots and street parking. Chateau Gesundheit 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. AE. Rafters at Landmark 2 S. Whiting St., Alexandria. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Reservations accepted for 10 or more only. Parking lot next door. But fried foods stand out here; the onion rings are thin and crisp and impossible not to finish despite the enormous portions, and the fried chicken wings are all that, plus tender and juicy, too. Parking in building or street. Enriqueta's 2811 M St. NW. 232-6684. 965-2350. 333-9180. Closed SUN. No credit cards. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Tung bor is an ambitious Chinese restaurant, but its best efforts go into dim sum, so it is best visited at lunchtime. L $2.95-$5.75, D $5.45-12.50. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Street parking. 544-5411. But above all, it is a personal restaurant, where the maitre d'hotel remembers not only your name but also where you sat last year, and maybe 10 years ago when they opened. 466-3111. There are flaws: snails with too-strong, too-thick green peppercorn sauce, mussels with garlic butter but no character. Much has improved at Jean-Pierre in the past year, for it has become a handsome restaurant, its appearance worthy of its kitchen. L daily ex Sun, D daily. Other than that, the upstairs dining room is still simple, with the merest Afghan touches; the prices are still low; and the food is better than ever. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. More intricate dishes -- crab cakes, seafood Norfolk -- are, to be picky, apt to be flawed by too much green pepper or too much butter or too much something. T. Gregory's 2915 M St. NW. L $4.25-$8.75, D $8.75-$12. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Parking in front. Street parking. L $3.50-$9.50, D $6.50-$9.50. Children's meals. Parking in rear. 770-5020. No smoking. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Intrigue 824 New Hampshire Ave. NW. Expect to more than 20 restaurants, including Fabio Trabocchi's Del Mar, Rappahannock Oyster Bar, Dolcezza, Taylor Gourmet and Hank's Oyster Bar. Skip to the inside pages for appetizers, particularly for shrimp toast and cold sour cabbage flavored with chili peppers and sesame oil. Street parking. L daily ex Sat, D daily ex Sun. If trees and flowers and patios and green lawns were enough to make a restaurant, Old Angler's would have it made. Children's prices. O'Riley's Pub 1122 18th st. (in the rear) NW. Children's prices.No smoking section. No reservations. Open daily. AE, D, MC, V. No reservations. Parking in front. The president of the National Restaurant Association proclaimed "Dining 14. Casba 2100 & St. NW. Full bar service. They include cha goi and two or three other dishes -- skewered beef, pork or chicken, carmel pork or chicken curry; turmeric baked fish with steamed quiche. In the 1980s, the city was a center for crack cocaine, murder and gang wars. La Maree's more modest self-introduction leaves room for unexpected pleasures. Some dishes miss, particularly mildly seasoned ones and those with too-sweet fruit sauces. But if you ignore the flossy touches, such as cloying Polynesian drinks, and approach this as a hospitable neighborhood Chinese restaurant with a Vietnamese accent, you will find it worth remembering when you are around Tysons Corner. Pasta sauces have nothing subtle about them, and veal scallopine are overdosed with sweet marsala or lemon. In all, Harvey's seems tired in the face of energetic new seafood restaruants in town. 824-0909. The House of Hunan is an exceptional addition to Washington's hundreds of Chinese restaurants, and Vincenzo's, once the kinks are ironed out, is aiming for the top among Italian restaurants. It promotes a salad bar at dinner -- a good one, with the same old wonderful sesame-lemon and yogurt-herb dressings -- plus a potato bar that is an insult of overcooked potato and soupy, sloppy sauces. Beer and wine only. 265-1600.L $5.25-$9.95, D $11.95-$15.95. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. SE. A downstairs brick-lined bar and an outdoor cafe offer simple red beans and rice, gumbos and the like. If the Eatery makes you jittery, aim for White Flint's Cafe La Ruche, as busy and as enticing as Bloomingdale's. Nathan's 3150 M St. NW. Ae, cb, mc, v. Reservations suggested. How do I get to DC from the airport (BWI, DCA, IAD)? Closed Sun. It is much loved, for good reason, and best garnished with bacon or sausage. No resrvations. Valet parking. Beer and wine only; liquor license pending. Empty tables are seen for the first time in some restaurants. Closed Sun. Golden Temple Conscious Cookery 1521 Connecticut Ave. NW. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Dinner is the time to try it, for the same menu is available for lunch and is priced high for midday eating. Parking in rear. No-smoking section. The Salle du Bois and Colony might have been swell, but probably the most exclusive restaurant in the city in the 1950s was the Rive Gauche, located at 1310 Wisconsin Avenue NW in Georgetown. NYC's Best Restaurant Patios. Ae, d, mc, v. Reservations suggested. It has until now been consistently excellent; I hope its third year blues are short-lived. Stacker compiled a list of the highest rated fine dining restaurants in Washington, D.C. from Tripadvisor. For many years the godfather of Washington's French restaurants, Rive Gauche has continued to maintain a glorious red and gold dining room with a well-oiled staff. The Warehouse 214 King St., Alexandria. Full bar service. Children's prices. The Tiki Room. Street parking. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested, required for four or more during weekends. But at my last visit the chili was pale and starchy, the avocado soup missing al taste and texture of avocado. Full bar service. Full bar service. D daily. The Hunan lamb and beef offer a brilliant interplay of pepper, vinegar and soy with a touch of sweetness that is uniquely Hunanese. Street parking. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Order from the front page of specialties and certainly try a Hunan dish -- perhaps shredded chicken with broccoli -- violently hot or very mild, as you wish. Closed Mon. And the service is personable, casual. But not always. 10. L $3.95-$6.50, D $4.95-$7.50. D $11.50-$16.25. No credit cards. Children's prices. 659-8220. No-smoking section. Parking lot. In warm weather the tables spill over to an outdoor cafe. Parking in adjacent lot. L $3.25-$8.95, D $5.95-$11.95. Indulge in the Best Restaurants in D.C. The food, too, remains authentic and straightforward, with a few especially good dishes. L $3.95-$7.95, D $4.25-$12.95. Full bar service. Ramparts 1700 Fern St., Alexandria. Jordan Hammes: (844) 711-5129. Saigon Inn's menu is long, its 70 dishes even including cheeseburgers. Hunan Garden 2104 Viers Mill Rd., Rockville. Landini Brothers is a restaurant that grows on you, even during the meal. 466-4570. Full bar service. 333-2266. In the Washington Post, January 7, 1982, there is an account of the unfathomably named Richard Hamilton Herrud Houghton III. But always there are enough improvements to keep one believing that Washington is constantly becoming a better and better eating city. Ae, cb, d, mc, v. Reservations suggested.Parking lot. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. D $9.95-$14.50. 986-8744. Joe and Mo's 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Full bar service. On the dinner menu, anonymous mixtures and mismatched combinations range from broccoli with apples, walnuts and mushrooms under a veil of cheese at an overpriced $7 to mock quiche, lasagna, curry and Mexican casserole. L'Auberge Chez Francois 332 Springvale Rd., Great Falls, Va. 759-3800. 657-8775. Szechuan 615 I St. NW. 667-1022. Even the traditional sauces -- dark, resonant mole and smooth, piquant salsa verde -- are unusually good. L, D daily. L daily ex Sun, D daily.AE, MC, V. No reservations. L $3.95-$11.95, D $9.95-$15.95. Portions are gigantic, except for extravagant ingredients like veal -- but what would you expect for $5 veal? The cuisine has had its ups and downs, but shows strong signs of an upswing these days. The main courses are a couple of veals, a couple of chicken dishes, lamb with rosemary and maybe a special or two, but they are fresh and spicy, food with a distinct Italian personality, the kind of food one excepts to find in any trattoria in Italy, which is indeed a compliment. There now is more than one answer to, "Where is a good seafood restaurant?" Now that it has a liquor license, Foggy Bottom Cafe has matured into a bright, tasteful gathering place for the neighborhood and for diners on their way to or from the Kennedy Center. AE, CB, CC, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. 528-7600. Now there are tablecloths, but otherwise the fanciest fixture at Los Planes de Renderos is the tape deck on the bar, playing Latin music. 321. On the lunch and dinner menus are exotic and familiar -- squid and shrimp, chili-black bean sauces and simple soy-ginger sauce -- with all the subtle contrasts of color, texture and flavor that characterize true Contonese food.Service is likely to be abrupt and indifferent, but the kitchen is what counts here. Parking lot. D daily. L $3-$5.50, D $3.75-$11.50. Unfortunately, the kitchen also thinks that some important qualities don't matter. Parking in rear. L $3-$12.50, D $4.50-$12.50. D daily. But this 100-percent wind-powered business has . Save. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana. But it is a restaurant where they smile a lot while they blunder. The menu attempts to meet every desire, from pheasant terrine to bacon cheeseburger, from London broil to chicken tarragon salad. See 23 photos, review amenities, and request a tour of the property today. Free dinner parking in hotel garage. No credit cards. La Fourchette 2429 18th St. NW. And at dinner, the charcoal-grilled skewered meats are the stars of the menu, particularly shish kebab or kufta kebab. Ae,cb, D, MC, V. Rervations required. MC, V. No reservations. La Ruche of Georgetown 1039 31st St., NW. Street parking. . La Ruche maintains a good collection of light dishes.And if the daily specials are sometimes not very special, you can usually count on fresh vegetables to enhance them, and further do so with a bottle of reasonably priced wine. L $4.25-$11.50, D $5.95-$13.95. L, D daily. Full bar seravice. Full bar service. But dishes that are meant to be robust -- chicken cacciatore, braciole, herbed roast veal -- are as good as Washington has to offer. Children's prices. Nearby bus routes include 461, 463, and 467. . Vegetables are interesting choices but variable productions, the zucchini a good bet. Prices are modest for hot daily specials and quiches, eggs and light entrees. The space is profligate, the service elaborate and capable. Closed Mon. No reservations. L $1.80-$5.50, D $8.50-$11.25. Lido di Venezia 200 N. gLebe Rd., Arlington. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Parking in Colonial garage at dinner only. Mussels ravigote are similarly outstanding among appetizers. Full bar service. D $2.95-$8.95. AE, CB, D, MC, V. No reservations. L $1.79-$2.75, D 5.50-$12.95. Parking in rear. Cagney's 1 Dupont Cir. L daily ex Sat, D daily. 1475 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (15th St. NW) Washington, DC 20004. Nothing changes at Crisfield except the prices. 794-8818. Flagship Restaurant Seafood Menu Washington DC 1980's A large 4 page dinner menu from the Flagship Restaurant in Washington DC Circa early 1980's. Measures about 8 3/4" x 13 3/4" when closed. Open daily. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. Most interesting, though, are the daily specials, from simle breast of chicken with mustard to exotic snails wrapped in puff pastry. La Pagode 924 W. Broad St., Falls Church. Beer and wine only. Hickory-smoked slabs of meat, cafeteria lines and Formica are as American as the Stars and Stripes, so if you are looking for something to categorize as an American restaurant, try O'Brien's. This is a homestyle restaurant, with waiters that are likely to befriend you, bone your fish and advise you how to reheat the leftovers they have insisted on wrapping. Full bar service. Full bar service. L, D daily. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted for five or more. La Ruche of White Flint White Flint Mall (third floor), Rockville. Sunset serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, but lunch is the prime time. The dining room may be barn siding and horse collars, but the kitchen is classical French. Closed Sun. MC, V. Reservations accepted. Full bar service. Mushroom soup has tasted like gray dishwater, rockfish has been overcooked to cryness, and a very pretty salad has been drowned in sweet dressing with chemical undertones. Dealing with sleazy salespeople is so 1980's. This is a big reason why people love dealing with Tesla, they have a fixed price, no sleaze, no . There are only a few pastas from which to choose, but you should start with the spinach-stuffed agnolotti in cream sauce. Appetizers include savory German variations on charcuterie: air-dried beef, head cheese, Westphalian ham and tangy vinegary meat, cheese or herring salads. L, D daily. Full bar service. And, for dessert, strawberry shortcake is unusual and creamy. 301/662-447. It is several restaurants scattered from Columbia to Tysons Corner; it is a Washington institution and live museum of American pub culture; it is Georgetown's longest running mixer. L, D $2.95-$4.959 L, D daily. The captain recites a stream of daily specials -- unfortunately too many to remember and sometimes at prices higher than any other menu entries. No-smoking section. elan 2020 K St. NW. Full bar service. Street parking or garage next door. 4611 Laverock Pl NW # 1, Washington, DC 20007 is an apartment unit listed for rent at /mo. 337-3030 L $2.50-$7, D $4.50-$10.95. L $4-$10, D $8-$16. More. Open daily. The rates are rough and homey, soups fragrant, main dishes bold with garlic and shallots. Every Friday night, he would head to The Day Lily, a red and gold velvet-walled Chinese restaurant . Hugo's Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Main courses range from boiled beef (dry and grim) to a platter of smoked meats with sauerkraut and dumplings, and certainly you should try the sauerkraut and dumplings, even if the latter are a bit pasty. The flowered tablecloths, green-stemmed wine glasses, folk art and pottery on the walls reinforce the magical quality. DoubleDave's Pizzaworks. Clyde's is a series of attractive stage sets for playing out the Georgetown breakfast, the Georgetown brunch, the George-after-dark. And it contains less familiar items you should try, like stuffed cornmeal cakes called pupusas. Pierce Street Annex 1210 19th St. Nw. Parking in commercial lots. While not meant to draw diners for a gastronomic evening, the Kennedy Center's Roof Terrace restaurant is doing a better-than-ever job of serving theatergoers quickly and decorously. Select a Rating! L $2.50-$7, D $6.50-$15. Get answers to your questions about Washington DC. Even the cheeseburger is tough and tasteless, under an embarrassing blanket of American cheese, and nice softshell crabs have been buried in heavy batter and drowned in brown gravy. 11 talking about this. No-smoking section. 223-6666. Landini Brothers 115 King St., Alexandria. Kramerbooks brasserie is an all-day place, a kind of Reader's Digest Condensed Books version of the Champs Elysees. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $3.95-$8.25, D $8.95-$14.50. Full bar service. Or the noodle turnovers can be fried, with the yogurt on the side. Full bar service. L $3.95-$6.25, D $5.50-$9.95. Gusti's 1837 M St. NW. 871-8554. Main courses should include at least one house specialty, perhaps grilled prok with rice cakes or grilled shrimp on sugar cane. Street parking. AE, MC, V. No reservations. AE, MC, V. Reservations required. L $4.25-$6.95, D $4.75-$15.50. Lamb is also excellent here, wither the filet with tarragon or the rack of lamb with a border of very good vegetables. Bamiyan 3320 M St. NW. Full bar service. It is contemporary and gregarious, the menu running the usual gamut of burgers and salads, plus a long page of entrees -- steak, omelets, quiches, shrimp. No credit cards. Yenching Palace 3524 Connecticut Ave., NW. But the execution of the dishes ranges from excellent -- moist crayfish in impeccable white butter sauce, oysters fried on skewers and bedded on spinach, thick veal medallions with fleshy, woodsy mushrooms -- to fishy, oversalted salmon terrine that should have been relegated to the cats. That flounder stuffed with creamy, slightly piquant lump crabmeat is nothing short of ideal, however, as is the Crisfield Special -- just the crabmeat mixture, and lots of it. Look here for profiles of the District's many. 171-4212. Drinks are enormous, but puffed up with fruit and ice. Beer and wine only. Jonah's Oyster Kitchen Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. The Washington, DC of the 1980s and '90s was a dramatically different place than the Washington, DC of 2017. Reseravations suggested. Los Planes de Renderos offers few niceties; the fish will not be boned, and the chicken, though nicely seasoned and crisp, may be reheated. Quincy's 5444 Columbia Pike, Arlington. No-smoking section. Closed Sun. Parking lot. Full bar service. Full bar service. L $2.75-$4.25, D $4.50-$7.50. Full bar service. 19. Hours & Location. 948-1775. Rive Gauche 3200 M St., NW. Fitzgerald's DC. L $3.95-$6.75, D $3.95-$12.50. A tribute to its success, Trattu has developed from a cute little downstairs Italian restaurant to a two-branch operation and has given rise to spinoffs that copy its menu. Closed Sun. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Long a favorite of mine for its refreshing, serene dining room and fresh, inventive food, the Big Cheese has expanded to a lush upstairs dining room full of exotic colorful fabrics and glorious watercolor prints and raised its prices while slipping in quality. Expect savory cooking for your money but not much substance. Closed Mon. Parking in rear. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Street parking. 232-8844. 332-8077. Full bar service. Entdecke 1980er Jahre BOSTON SEAFOOD COMPANY Restaurantmen - Washington DC & St. Louis in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! Concentrate on vegetables -- white beans, fried zucchini -- and accompany your meal with white pizza, even red if you like. Parking lot in front. Closed Sun. 342-0444. Closed Sun. Several dishes are unexpectedly sweet, the oddest of them being beef with cinnamon, pinwheels of lmeat crisped and sauced with plenty of sugar in a cinnamon-spiced syrup. L, D $1.95-$4.95. And the hostess still keeps a maternal eye on your table. It takes a commitment to fresh, seasonal, peak-perfect foods such as the summer's rockfish and branches of rosemary, and a commitment to cooking them so as to heighten their qualities, perhaps baking them in parchment to seal in juices and mingle flavors. Arlington, VA 22209 (Map & Directions) (703) 524-2929. L $3.50-$5.75, D $8-$10.50. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Closed Sun, Mon. But the food has more elegance than personality, and the service can be imperious if you are unknown to the staff. Fox's Pizza Den. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Restaurants listed but not reviewed requested inclusion. Old Ebbitt Grill. Even the expresso is as good as you are likely to make at home. 998-6616. L $4.25-$10, D $10.50-$18.50. L, Ddaily. Closed Mon, Tues. MC, V. Reservations suggested. And, just as clothes may make the woman, Pueblo Joe's makes Washington's best-dressed restaurant list. L, D $3.95-$5.35. 347-8416. Finding an extensive seafood menu with special emphasis on grilled fish is welcome. Parking lot in front. Lang Lin 1331 University Blvd. Closed Sun. The 1,000 sq. Closed Sun. Street parking. Full bar service. Our chic private dining room offers an intimate experience with a view of our expansive wine cellar. E, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service.Children's prices. 536-4200. Cuisines: American, Bar, Pub. 331-9444. 436 11th St NW Harrington Hotel. Next, a fish filet or whole broiled flounder, either plain or with good lump crabmeat. No reservations. The whole fish with black bean sauce is a good buy, fried lightly and carefully, and seasoned with fire and flair. The Two Continents 1420 F St. NW. Unfortunately, their attentions are intermittent, as is the quality of the food. G. D. Graffiti 1321 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 424-4091. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Open daily. 393-1000, ext. 256-1111. Valet parking for dinner. How do you get to Mt. Open daily. It is, however, the special of the day that is the knockout buy. The Fishery 5511 Connecticut Ave. NW.363-2144. Full bar service. This is a friendly little restaurant with a representative choice of Vietnamese foods and, for the less adventurous, French dishes and even omelets. Full bar service. The food is pretty good, with tall pyramids of salad, smooth custard quiches in puff pastry, simple meat and fish dishes and pastries that are highlights. Full bar service. Closed Mon. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, D daily. The menu is small, with California contemporary touches on its Italian base. Prices are generally around two digits for entrees, but this is Indian food of particular character, where the interplay of aromas and tastes takes precedence over heat. 638-6503. St. Regis 2218 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The ingredients at 219 are excellent -- big lumps of crabmeat, fresh fish -- but the kitchen is just competent rather than talented, so that overseasoning or overthickening are common. Capriccio's concerts now regularly garner praise from DC's top reviewers. Children's prices. American, Bar $$ - $$$ Menu. Web Visit website. The surprise is fining homemade soup and potato salad which is embellished with pickle relish and celery seeds. The wisest choices are among the blackboard specials, but dinner may be accompainied by indifferent side dishes. Le Lion d'Or is as prone to human foibles as any restuarant, but it remains a pace-setter and the most mature of Washington's top three French restaurants. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Children's prices. Full bar service. 244-5804. The dining room is distinctively African, with grassy wall coverings and artifacts, woven fans hanging from the back of each ladderback chair. Children's prices. Over the years, it has moved to a few different locations in the downtown area. Full bar service. Then, there are dishes like the duck, stringy and gravy-sodden, yet the highest priced on the menu. Parking in rear. The population was shrinking, wealth flowed out to the suburbs, and you could buy a Northwest rowhouse for five figures. L daily ex Sat, D daily. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. 949-4140. L $6.50-$13.95, D $11-$17.95. Closed Sun. Cool "Disco" Dan. In the 1970s the restaurant industry and the custom of eating in restaurants grew rapidly. We won't fault you for getting misty-eyed over these failed fast-food chain restaurants from the 1980s. Parking lots nearby. No credit cards. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted, suggested on weekends. 836-8404. 277-7174. Street parking. Kalorama Cafe 2228 18th St. NW. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested.Street parking and commercial lots. One evening the staff was as nice as it could be, but few of the menu items were in stock, and those that were looked grim and tasted no better. No reservations. Street parking. 900 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20006. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Street parking. Full bar service. No-smoking section. Full bar service. FOR SALE! Amend that: The egg rolls have turned greasy and pasty inside, though their dough remains paper-thin. Vegetables are carved into tiny perfect batons and placed precisely on the plates. Ben's Chili Bowl, which opened in 1958, looks like a relic on the yuppified stretch of U Street once known as Black Broadway. SALE: SUBSCRIBE AND GET 1 YEAR FOR $21.99 $5. No-smoking section. Dim, baronial Western as suburban steakhouses tend to be, J. R.'s is probably best known for its 28-item salad bar, which is generous and kept refreshed, though with no surprises but the inferiority of its dressings. Samurai Sushiko 2309 Wisconsin Ave., NW. 338-1896. Full bar service. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. washington, dc restaurants in the 1980s. Oysters are briny and plump. D daily. No-smoking section. No reservations.Street parking. Children's prices. L $3.25-$4.75, D $3.50-$15. 296-6686. Dining in Washington DC, District of Columbia: See 296,335 Tripadvisor traveller reviews of 3,484 Washington DC restaurants and search by cuisine, price, location, and more. West African restaurants have come and gone in Washington, but Baobab seems here to stay. Full bar service. Full bar service.
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