Street parking and nearby lot. The whole fish with black bean sauce is a good buy, fried lightly and carefully, and seasoned with fire and flair. L, D daily. The variety is appealing, from hors d'oeuvre plates that are fresh vegetable salads and tiny bits of pate, sardines and the like, to moist bluefish in nantua sauce to cassoulet or just a rib eye steak with french fries. If you don't equate French restaurants with ethnic charm, you need an evening at Cafe Tatti. AE, CC, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Parking lot. Comus Inn 23900 Old Hundred Rd., Comus, Md. L $4.50-$8.50, D $10.50-$16. Service is formal, attentive. Since the selection changes seasonally, it is tricky to try to recommend dishes, but one day's mussels in mustard sauce combined expected flavors in a hauntingly good dish. 956-2209.L $5.95-$8.95, D $9.25-$14.50. Parking lot. One of the prettiest restaurants in town, with a floating stairway up the two-story dining room and contemporary stained glass tinting the old brick, Da Vinci serves some of the best pasta in town. And the attention in the kitchen is no less than in the dining room. 667-3040. Suspend your expectations and Axum can be fun. The more inventive a dish, the less likely its success. AE, MC V. Reservations suggested. The original Trattu still suffers from too many people trying to fill its small brickwalled dining room, but one goes there for brash conviviality rather than peaceful intimacy and for simple, robust food rather than for a wide choice of delicacies. L $3.95-$7.95, D $6.95-$15.75. AE, MC, V. No reservations. Gangplank 600 Water St. SW. 554-5000. Nothing sounds irresistible, although the list of daily specials ventures into several fresh fish. 824-0909. 463-6360. Full bar service. Full bar service. It sounds exactly like Tom Sariss Orleans House. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. 337-0730. Parking garage. Now there are tablecloths, but otherwise the fanciest fixture at Los Planes de Renderos is the tape deck on the bar, playing Latin music. L $2-$4.45, D $4.45-$10.95. The waitress recites a long list of specials, from softshell crabs in season (very good) to salmon (fair) to marinated rabbit (powerfully marinated) to roast or sauteed veal. L $3.75-$4.95, 5 $5.85-$9.50. L $4-$10.50, D $8.50-$13.50. If you like cardamom, end with scented tea. In the pasta department, the noodles are either homemade or top-quality imports, cooked to the proper bite, and often sauced with distinction, as in spaghetti matriciana with its light peppery tomato sauce and chunks of lean, smoky bacon. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Street parking. 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. Ae, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Still, from the orange-scented ramos gin fizz to bananas Foster, a dinner (or brunch) at 219, accompanied by a sprightly -- and reasonable -- bottle of vouvray, is sufficiently reminiscent of New Orleans to recommend the trip. . D $6.95-$13.95. Full bar service. Restaurants in Washington DC | The Watergate Hotel L daily, D daily ex Sun. Full bar service. On occasion, the rack of lamb or crabmeat rise to bygone dignity, but other than a nicely smoked, still moist cold trout, recent investigation has fund more to mourn than to celebrate. Swensen's 1990 K St. NW. Full bar service at dinner, beer and wine only at lunch. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. D daily. Parking in buildng. Closed Mon. Full bar service. An Adams-Morgan townhouse has been spruced up and hung with African artifacts, set with brown and white vinyl-covered tables and reborn as an Ethiopian-Sudanese restaurant. L $2.50-$4, D $6.95-$13.95. El Palacio Check local phone directories for locations. Main courses, too, are good, particularly the liver with sage or any veal dish. The kitchen certainly has its lapses -- navarin of tough lobster for two as an apetizer -- but usually Le Lion d'Or presents a range from robust to delicate, classical to nouvelle that display impressive talent. In all, Harvey's seems tired in the face of energetic new seafood restaruants in town. Full bar service. No credit cards. Draw your orders particularly from the list of daily specials and hope they include Germaine's new glazed chicken with carmel sauce.Even if it is not on the menu, ask for pine cone fish, scored and lightly fried filet of sea trout. 354-1677. Children's prices. Street parking. Reservations suggested. A little less foreign than it once was, Bamiyan now has American watresses, but they seem familiar with the Afghan food. In its second year, this lively bright, casual French restaurant is erratic but worth consideration. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted, only for eight or more at lunch. Parking lots nearby. No-smoking section. Sunset serves breakfast, lunch and dinner, but lunch is the prime time. The Two Continents 1420 F St. NW. Lamb has been badly trimmed and smothered in thick unsavory sauce. Which Area should I stay in when visiting DC? No smoking section. 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. No-smoking section. Fish filets are moist and, thankfully, unadorned. The Red Fox Tavern Madison and Washington Sts., Middleburg, Va. 471-4455. L, D daily. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested.Parking in commercial lots. 675 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA. The most interesting and unusual dish is an appetizer -- sauteed bananas and onions in a hot tomato sauce. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Beer and wine only. Full bar service. Platters are handsomely decorated. Valet parking for dinner. And the least interesting is at the end -- the ubiquitous carrot cake. L, D $1.95-$4.25. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Closed Sun. Divided-Back CAPITOL BUILDING Des Moines Iowa IA hJ5606. An "uninformed" purchase of a musical instrument led to a unique and No-smoking section. Unclaimed. Open daily. If you are a resident of another country or region, please select the appropriate version of Tripadvisor for your country or region in the drop-down menu. Full bar service. Children's prices. L $3.50-$8.25, D $6.50-$14.95. 244-5804. L $2.95-$5.95, D $7.50-$12.50. Open daily. ATTENTION 325544693449 AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. The cooking is simple and homey, with restrained use of the red pepper that is the principal spice. Bailey's Crossroads. In the morning, the coffee-and-croissant crowd gradually readies itself for work. Daily specials have included surprises like Moroccan chicken-egg-almond pie in filo dough. L $4.75-$8.95, : $6.25-$9.45. The Man in the Green Hat 301 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Children's prices. Full bar service. L $2.50-$7.95, D $6.95-$14.50. 1213 Wilson Blvd. Washington's long-gone restaurants, from Duke Zeibert's to Rive Gauche Choices still tend to be interesting -- stuffed veal breast, meat-and-fruit stuffed peppers with walnut cream, Cornish hens with herbed cream cheese -- but, except for the two fried cheese dishes that have been mainstays of the restaurant from the beginning, the dishes are full of errors: fine herbed soup with clams that taste canned, batter-fried fish vegetables that retain too much grease, blue cheese puff pastry that is overwhelmed by the blue cheese, pastries that sound luscious but are too dry and over-sweet. Ocean ix 1323 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring. L $3.50-$5.75, D $8-$10.50. The beef brisket is tender and moist, the chopped pork or beef full of wonderful crusty bits. The room is fresh and colorful, discreetly exotic. 652-6460. $1.69 $1.99 . Parking in shopping center lot. L, D $3.50-$10.95. The Epicenter of the 1980s Alternative Music Scene in DC Children's prices. The meat and fish are apt to be bony. Much of the food is the familiar pub level: large portions of fairly tasteless ingredients. One introduction to this white-washed, beamed and timbered inn is a good look at the impressive kitchen cadre through a front window. Genji 2816 Graham Rd., Falls Church. L $2.75-$4.95, D $5.50-$7.95. DC wasn't exactly termed "safe". 790-1020. Street parking. Joe and Mo's 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW. No credit cards. Pre-1980 RESTAURANT SCENE Atlantic City New Jersey NJ G8202 Parking lots. 347-4499. And even more important, increasingly restaurants are serving seafood that is fresh rather than frozen, and cooking it properly. Parking in rear. AE, CB, D, MC, V. No reservations. L daily ex Sat, D daily. East of Chicago Pizza. Answered: I am trying to remember a restaurant my parents took me to on visits to Washington DC in my youth. Fried clams are lightly breaded and superbly juicy. Full bar service. But Washington's French restaurants are famous for their inconsistency, and Jean-Pierre reaches excellence as often as any except perhaps the top three, and serves with as much suave expertise as any, bar none. 638-2444. The dining room may be barn siding and horse collars, but the kitchen is classical French. Tourists, policemen, office workers and down-and-outers mix in this cafeteria line, where liver is less than $1. The menu has remained small and interesting -- with oysters poached in orange butter and scallops or chicken livers served in boats of croissant or brioche as appetizers, and one-person souffles available for dessert -- and a mimeographed (thank goodness) list of appealing daily specials is included. Hu Nan 4660 Kenmore Ave., Alexandria. Open daily. 265-8955. These Are the 50 Most Influential DC Restaurants of the Last Century The menu divides into fixed-price dinners of $25, $30, $40, and $60, plus a few a la carte items. Few places on Capitol Hill, and fewer of Washington's Chinese restauurants, are so serene. Parking in Kennedy Center garage. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $2.60-$3.20, D $3.35-$5.75. Courtesy of Wikimedia/Oliver F. Atkins. Full bar service. Overambition shows in the crude rabbits pate en croute; on the standing menu, you are safest ordering the poached oysters as appetizer, perhaps the tangy beef sauteed with vinegar as main course. Full bar service. 340-6880. There's only one problem: after trying just one or more bite of this and one more tast of that, and having more pancakes brought to the table, you wonder if you'll ever be able to stop. L, D $7-$11. No reservations. The restaurant: Iron Gate (1734 N St, NW) Year first opened: 1923. La Mancha 5515 Cherokee Ave., Alexandria. Running a great restaurant is no secret. L $4.95-$6.75, D $8.25- $13.50. Nora is full of clatter, its service rough-edged and harried. Full bar service. Axum 2307 18th St. NW. Open daily. 1520 14th St NW, Washington DC, DC 20005-3722 - Read more on Tripadvisor. No resrvations. 244-7666. Old Angler's Inn 10801 MacArthur Blvd., Potomac. L $3.95-$5.25, D $5.50-$11.95. Clyde's/Georgetown 3236 M St. NW. 232-4768. 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. China Garden 1901 N. Moore St., Rosslyn. L $2.45-$3.95, D $3.45-$8.95. Much of the food, whether the soups or sauces, is slightly clumsy, lacking delicacy or being left too bland. D (fixed price) $25, $30, $40 or $60. Seafoods are the mainstay of the menu -- fiery barbecued shrimp with heads and shells intact (too fiery and less savory on my last visit), crabmeat with hollandaise and artichoke bottoms in puff pastry (excellent, except for acrid artichokes), catfish fried in crabmeal, oysters pan-broiled with lemon and butter, oysters Bienville. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Au Pied de Cochon 1335 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Closed Sun. This is a spirited restaurant, but sometimes spirits get most of the attention. D daily. Parking in front.full bar service. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. It has baba ghanouj and taramasalata, cucumbers with yogurt and mashed potato dip, all to be scooped with toasted pita sprinkled with oregano. Street parking. Carmack's 8401 Connecticut Ave., Chevy Chase. In the Washington Post, January 7, 1982, there is an account of the unfathomably named Richard Hamilton Herrud Houghton III. 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. L $3.95-$10, D $7.50-$14.95. Full bar service. Children's prices. L $3.50-$9.50, D $4-$12. L $4.25-$9.95, D $9.95-$15.95. L $3.25-$8.25, D $4.95-$14.95. 451-9350. L, D $1.95-$4.50. D daily. Children's prices. When it opened -- to much fanfare among old India hands -- it was a rather expensive restaurant. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Dishes ranging from Spanish to Ecuadorean are served in these charming little close-knit restaurants, with varying success. Harvey's 1001 18th St. NW. AE, CB, D, MC, V. No reservations. The homemade rum cake typifies the best and the worst of Caffe Italiano: The whipped cream is fake, but there is plenty of rum. Street parking. Try them. Harvey's also serves excellent drinks, and has a wine list both extensive and educational, heavily weighed towards California, though the cellar does not live up to the list. 941-5494. Quincy's 5444 Columbia Pike, Arlington. 986-8744. Full bar service. Closed Sun. 466-3232. Children's prices. 652-6816. Occoquan Inn 301 Mill St., Occoquan, 703/491-1888. A magazine, a kir, the fish of the day and a flaky browned fruit tart are the makings of a delightful $10 vacation from Georgetown shopping. And, while it serves the usual range of Italian dishes -- veal parmesan, chicken cacciatore, lasagna, spaghetti and such -- its central feature is unique pizza. L, D daily. The menu continues as a deft mix of standards and the unexpected -- red snapper with marrow and red wine, rillettes of smoked and fresh salmon, crayfish in cream sauce with orange. No wonder Germaine's has become a Washington landmark. L $4.50-$7, d $7.50-$15.50. Mc, V. Reservations suggested. 209 1/2 209 1/2 Pennsylvania Ave. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $5.75-$12.50, D $10.25-$21. 737-2101. 548-8688. Parking lots nearby. Mikado 4707 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Children's prices. Open daily. Full bar service. The best details are the fresh orange juice or espresso over the morning paper, a soup or pastry break to finish your last chapter. Occidental Grill & Seafood. Valet parking. Street parking and nearby lot. Parking in rear. The Old Ebbitt Grill 1427 F St. NW. L, D daily. Closed Sun. 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. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. Gaithersburg. The chiles that once brought tears to the eyes have been held in reserve. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. The historic restaurant was founded in 1856, originally as a boarding house, and later became known as Washington's first saloon. Open daily. MC, V. Reservations required for parties over six for dinner only. Open daily. The Chinese food is attractive and well-prepared, though it tends to be bland and oversauced. Taste of a decade: 1970s restaurants - Restaurant-ing through history 337-4536. With so many good new restaurants, it is obvious why some old favorites have missed being reviewed this year. Parking lot. 893-6366. L $3.95-$8.75, D $3.95-$14. Parking in rear. 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. L $2.65-$5.25, D $6.50-$14.95. And if cheesecake is on the list, reserve a piece, for it is superlative creamly, lemony, dense cheesecake with a light washof raspberry sauce. Open daily. L daily ex Sat, D daily ex Sun. There are things these two vibrant, plush anthologies of the American casual-eating classics do better than anybody else in town. The Tiki Room. Open daily. The Fishery has quickly become a sought-after eating place adorned with long necklaces of prospective diners awaiting tables. Parking lot next door. 821-1976. L daily ex Sat, D daily. One wall row of booths and the other wall a sushi bar with stools, the restaurant seats a few but serves rapidly those gorgeous little morsels of faw fish, glossy fish eggs, sea urchins and crustaceans on pads of rice or fanne out on lacquer or pottery platters. L $2.50-$7, D $14. Bamiyan 3320 M St. NW. Beer and wine only. Jun 3, 2015. Kramerbooks & afterwords Cafe 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. Valet parking for dinner. 6Open daily. Look for big changes this year in Le Pavillon, at least in the design of the room. Full bar service. 965-1789. The "special salad" is an exaggeration not worth the extra expense. White enamel chairs with woven seats are pulled up to tables covered with soft orange cloths. Parking next door before 5 p.m., valet parking after 5 p.m. Full bar service. Booeymonger 5252 Wisconsin Ave. 686-5805. Full bar service. Domino's Pizza. Full bar service. Tiberio 1915 K St. NW. Full bar service. but don't despair. The dining room is small, the booths just large enough for four slim diners, the decorations limited to a few carnations, some cardboard cartons and a refrigerator with a few stray bottles of wine and beer. L $3.25-$6.25, D $4.95-$12.75. L $4-$10, D $8-$16. 22 Historic Restaurants in Washington DC - TripSavvy The specials sound intriguing -- chicken with black bean sauce, for instance -- but each year the care in preparing all but the dim sum has slipped a little. Appetizers include savory German variations on charcuterie: air-dried beef, head cheese, Westphalian ham and tangy vinegary meat, cheese or herring salads. At least there is always a creditable cold smoked chicken garnished with fresh fruits if nothing else tempts you. It still has some of best the French restaurants in the country -- and some of the worst. The grilled meats -- lamb chops, pork chops, hamburgers -- are pretty good, but most of the menu is lighter fare, e.g., large, colorful salads, creamy quiches. Parking adjacent lot.Full bar service. L, D daily. Fio's The Woodner, 3636 16th St. NW. L $4.95-$5.95, D $5.95-$7.95. L $4.75-$7.50, D $8-$12. 10. 299-3526. Main courses should include at least one house specialty, perhaps grilled prok with rice cakes or grilled shrimp on sugar cane. The restaurant serves light snacks and full dinners, in quiet leisure or late night disco. Children's prices. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Well known chefs like Mike Isabella plan to debut new concept restaurants here as well. Open daily. And soak up a lot of atmosphere for very little money. Historic Restaurants of Washington, D.C. - Facebook Best of the menu, though, are appetizers, the tiny fried spicy turnovers, empanaditas, and an attractive do-it-yourself individual taco bar known as antojitos de Montezuma. And any Formica luncheonette where you wait in line to pay $11.50 for flounder stuffed with crabmeat is bound to be good. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. MC, V.Reservations suggested. Parking across the street. Valet parking for dinner. But if something very homey, like veal stuffed with seasoned bread crumbs and braised in a brown sauce, is on the menu, you have hit a good night. 333-2602. No credit cards. Start dinner with a champagne and framboise cocktail and end by taking home a quiche or plum tart for tomorrow when you wish you were back at Chez Francois. 223-2420. Children's prices. Look here for profiles of the District's many. Chez Maggy 26 N. Market St. (Rte. 347-7100. Street parking. Ethiopian 2000 S St. NW. McLean. Charcoal-grilled bits of meat are also scintillating. Full bar service. L, D daily. 525-8770. And the food is always decent and hearty, always served in huge portions and sometimes great. cLe Bagatelle attends carefully to salads, and its cheese slection is well chosen and impeccably served. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Le Lion d'Or 18th and M Sts. Thompson's Restaurant (1950s) 725 14th St., NW. 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. Full bar service. 525-42439 L $6-$10.50,, D $12.50-$25. Gino's Hamburgers - Wikipedia Vegetables are interesting choices but variable productions, the zucchini a good bet. Whatever combinations you choose, certainly include tibs, smoky-flavored grilled cubes of beef with onions, a mild dish that even entices children, and try the hand-chopped raw beef with chili pepper and butter to moisten it; a marvelous variation of tartar steak, it is called kitfo. Indulge in the Best Restaurants in D.C. Full bar service. No credit cards. Unfortunately, their attentions are intermittent, as is the quality of the food. L, D daily. And some fan favoriteslike Burger Chef, G.D. Ritzy's, and Howard Johnson'sfell by the wayside. Street parking. Lately, a filet of salmon under a creamy tangle of shredded leeks was simply delicious. No smoking section. Parking lot in rear. Full bar service.Children's prices. 10 Best Vintage Photos From Washington DC In The 1970s - OnlyInYourState Open daily. Children's prices. In the 1980s, the city was a center for crack cocaine, murder and gang wars. Timberlake's 1726 Connecticut Ave. NW. Valet parking on weekends, street parking during week. L $3.25-$5, D $5-$9. Parking in adjacent lot. AE, MC, V. No reservations. Most of the eateries will possess deep roots in DC's growing restaurant scene. 659-4447. Parking lot and street parking. Street parking and nearby lot. " DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME OR MONE. Kabul Caravan 1725 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. But more delicate dishes have been made clumsily; fettucine with caviar is cotton-candy pink from a strange tasteless stuff that is meant as red caviar, and veal has been pasty on the surface and cooked dry, immersed in a lumpy sauce. You may start with asparagus dried out in the reheating, but you are likely to have traded recipes with one of the owners by the end, after eating too much of his homemade bread, and still be tempted to end with a marvelous zucotto. 466-4264. L $4.40-$8.20, D $7.40-$18. Valet parking. 589-0048. 6 $8.50-$10, D $15.50-$30.