It still has nearly half a dozen Ethiopian restaurants but none from Scandinavia. AE, MC, V. No reservations. Street parking. L $3.25-$6.25, D $7.25-$14.75. L $4.50-$8.85, D $9.75-$15.75. Children's prices. Full bar service. Closed Sun. There is competent service and an occasional hug from the mama of the house. 387-1462. Reservations required. HOW WE ATE IN THE '80S - The Washington Post The cooking at Nora is better than ever, the soups dense with flavor, the lunchtime picadillo sweetly spiced with cumin, onions and peppers. L daily ex Sat, D daily. The few steaks have stiff competition in the thick calf's liver steak, the rack of lamb and the grilled fish or squab. Full bar service. 276. L, D daily. L $2-$2.75, D $3-$7. L,D daily. 751-8888. Initials are of credit cards accepted. L, D daily. Beer and wine only. And the crabmeat quiche is wll packed with crab, a grand ob when the reheating has been careful. Full bar service. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted for five or more only. Hogate's 9th St. and Maine Ave. SW. 484-6300. AE, CB, D, MV, V. Reservations required. Full bar service. Open daily. 11 talking about this. Open dialy. The menu, for example, describes a veal dish as "with special Italian cheese" rather than bothering to tell you that cheese is gorgonzola, a pungent blue that is not to everyone's liking. The food is rustic and homespun. The small room, wrapped in multitoned orange cloth panels and mirrors, allows for spacious tables and room for privacy. Au Pied de Cochon 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Gusti's 1837 M St. NW. 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. Ensalada de frutas is fresh melon and pinneapple whipped with water and ice in a blender, costing not much more than coffee. Valent parking for dinner. 589-0999. L daily ex Sat, D daily ex Sun. Service is formal, attentive. Please help if you can! Street parking. Main courses give fuller reign to tastes: paella, pork with bananas, several tropical vegetables, rabbit in dark, rich sauce. The stronghold of McDonald's, Pizza Hut , Burger King, and other giants of the '80s made the competition stiff. And then there is the chicken with pomegranates and walnuts, a marvel of a flavor, the moist pieces of boneless chicken covered with a dark paste sweet and tangy and earthy with walnuts. 337-4536. Smoked lobster, like smoked crabs, is stir-fried with ginger and scallion. Must all good things really come to an end? 589-0048. 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. This grandiose red and gold shopping center Chinese restaurant has benefited from the conversion, for the food is now fresh and carefully cooked, served in generous portions. This dim, clubby cave below the street is lush and comfortable, but the best service is reserved for regulars, and newcomers may get short shrift. It sounds exactly like Tom Sariss Orleans House. 2 / 30. But most of the food matches Washington's expense-account French restaurants, and the fruit tarts are justifiably renowned. L, D daily. Children's prices. Open daily. There are also Wienerschnitzel, Sauerbraten, goulash and roast pork, plus a parade of desserts from apple strudel to Sachertorte of distinction. Mc, v. Reservations suggested. McLean. 528-8886. L, D daily. The history of restaurants in the Nation's Capital. The Fishery 5511 Connecticut Ave. NW.363-2144. Old South Mountain Inn Boonesboro, Md. O'Riley's Pub 1122 18th st. (in the rear) NW. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. L $1.75-$5.25, D $3.75-$9.95. And soak up a lot of atmosphere for very little money. See 23 photos, review amenities, and request a tour of the property today. D $10.95-$15. AE, CB, DC, MC, V. Reservations accepted. 234-9134. L $2.95-$5.75, D $4-$9. Full bar service. Full bar service. Open daily. The wine list is small, with the Winemsters cabernet an especially good buy. You can put together a reasonable meal with good homemade soup and a pastry-crushed entree or salad. 333-2565. Full bar service. The quiches have been soggy and the spinach long wilted. emily in paris savoir office. Ae, CB, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Not only was the food -- from muddy-looking fish soup to greasy and tasteless short ribs -- unappealing, but it was rather expensive. Children's prices. No reservations. The restaurant: Iron Gate (1734 N St, NW) Year first opened: 1923. L $4.65-$5.95, D $5.50-$16.95. L $3.25-$4.95, D $3.25-$5.95. Parking in rear. No-smoking section. Which Area should I stay in when visiting DC? L daily ex Sat, D daily. Shooter McGee's 5239 Duke St., Alexandria. Children's prices. L $3.95-$10, D $7.50-$14.95. And the price range is tightening, with less difference than ever between the average checks of modest and grand restaurants. L $3.50-10, D $4-$12. Closed Sun. Full bar service. Full bar service. But Geranio's pastas are not the lightest, their fillings not the most pungent. Pizza with Duck Sausage wins quick stardom. The Hideaway in the back of the Madison Hotel in the 80s. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. Starbucks. This is inventive French cooking, food of considerable excitement. The brownies, the chocolate chip cookies (from the Capitol Hill branch's carryout market), the macadamia nut roll, the chicken and green bean and seafood salads would win on any first ballot. 244-2037.L, D $2.95-$8.50. 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! L $2.50-$6.50, D $5.75-$11.75. Street parking. Parking lot. Full bar service. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. No matter. The puff pastry is a nut-brown crunch sometimes filled with sole mousse and belon oysters from Maine, dollops of caviar in its cream sauce. Scotland Yard 728 King St., Alexandria. Look for the puff-pastry-and-almond-paste pithivier for dessert; served warm, it oozes butter and is ribboned with whipped cream. Open daily. 525-8770. Sometimes the food is excellent, as with a spicy rillette or very fresh fish. 333-2266. In the six months during which I visit restaurants -- at least once a day -- for the Fall Dining Guide, I must arbitrarily leave out some that are as important or agreeable as many that are included. Golden Table 528 23rd St. NW. 296-3065. Rather, it is siimple cooking with a deft touch to the sauces and special care in homey details. Open daily. No-smoking section. Kings Landing 121 S. Union St., Alexandria. Skip to the inside pages for appetizers, particularly for shrimp toast and cold sour cabbage flavored with chili peppers and sesame oil. More. Worse, fried dishes, particularly appetizers, may be grease-sodden and bland. Kramerbooks & afterwords Cafe 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. The deep-fried chicken had less crabmeat stuffing. D daily. Full bar service. The brown and beige upstairs and downstairs rooms are close and cozy rather than grand, and the service is quietly competent. Historic Restaurants of Washington, D.C. - Facebook The Big Cheese has, at its best, stood still and raised its prices while more sophisticated newcomers are serving better at lower prices. 7, Purcellville, Va. 703/338-6088. L $3.95-$8.95, D $6.95-$14.95. Aux Beaux Champs 2800 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Closed Sun. L $2.50-$4.50 0, D $4.75-$13.50. And any Formica luncheonette where you wait in line to pay $11.50 for flounder stuffed with crabmeat is bound to be good. Mamma Desta 4840 Georgia Ave. NW. 4) On the lighter side, David Bowie performed in DC during the Young Americans tour in 1974. This is a restaurant of solid culinary satisfaction rather than thrills. Open daily. Full bar service. Linen HOTEL SCENE Washington DC AE1522. L $3.50-$5.75, D $8-$10.50. No-smoking section. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. 102 Shepherdson Ln NE, Vienna, VA 22180 | Redfin Restaurants in Washington DC | The Watergate Hotel You can wade through a lot o sushi -- and a lot o money -- without batting an eye, or carefully monitor your intake and have had a light, rapid and invigorating lunch in an exquisite setting at a modest price. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $4.25-$9.95, D $9.95-$15.95. L daily, D daily ex Sat. 227 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, D daily.Closed Sun. Parking in front. 671-2774. Greek Village 1712 Connecticut Ave. NW. Home. Parking in rear. L $2.25-$3.95, D $4.25-$6.95. more. Mc, v. Reservations accepted. L, D $7-$11. Top 10 Best Theme Restaurants in Washington, DC - Yelp Children's prices. Free shipping for many products! Open daily. Valet parking on weekends, street parking during week. 667-5350. Closed Sat, Sun. The Peasant Basket 3321 Connecticut Ave. NW. L $3.25-$6.25, D $4.95-$12.75. It is more than a restaurant -- a neighborhood bar, a club for Nora's friends, a skylit pub with a quiet walled courtyard, a haven from frozen and canned and adulterated foodstuffs. Clam clhowder is unorthodox, white but not creamy, heavily herbed, very good if you are not a traditionalist. 337-7750. 258-0405. Full bar service. L $2.50-$2.95, D $3.50-$6.50. L daily ex Sat, D daily. What matters more than the fact that this restaurant calls itself Hunanese is that it is a very good Chinese restaurant. 232-8400. 525-42439 L $6-$10.50,, D $12.50-$25. Saigon Inn's menu is long, its 70 dishes even including cheeseburgers. Once a small storefront eating place, Caffe Italiano has expanded to three rooms on two floors decorated with Impressionist paintings and mirrors, white candles on the tablecloths and black vests on the waiters. Guitar music in the evening turns El Caribe into a festival. Full bar service. L, D $2.25-$5.95. In a fresh, casual setting of flowered tablecloths and luscious food photography. Donatos Pizza. Cheek by jowl to McDonald's on a fast-food highway is a lone white house that encloses an Italian restaurant of character, the kind that, small as it is, uses 20 pounds of garlic a week and butchers its own veal. Axum 2307 18th St. NW. Saigon Inn 6922-A Braddock Rd., Annandale. Street parking. AE, D, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. broiled sirloin steak was $4.50. Germaine's 2400 Wisconsin Ave., NW. By Phyllis C. Richman Assisted Carole Sugarman; Phyllis C. Richman is restaurant critic of The Washington Post. MC, V.Reservations suggested. Valet parking for dinner. Make Restaurant Reservations. The close seating makes a hectic environment, but both the room and service are colorful and attractive. 8. "The Alice in Wonderland themed decor, the drinks, the hookah, the music - everything was on point!" more. Nearby bus routes include 461, 463, and 467. . Full bar service. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested, required for four or more during weekends. Full bar service. Kramerbooks & afterwords Brasserie 1912 I St. NW.