MC, V. No reservations. D daily. 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. But it is frayed, slightly ramshackle and strung with fish nets and tawdry gewgaws, and the kitchen is part of the present slipshod era. No-smoking section. D (fixed price) $25, $30, $40 or $60. Chez Grand Mere 3057 M St. NW. 737-2101. The more elaborate dishes taste as if the cook were blindly following recipes, adding too much herb or not controlling the frying temperature, but the ingredients are good, and the lemony cheesecake and extraordinarily good pecan pie are obviously made by skilled hands. The tacos and enchiladas grin blandly for fear of offending. 525-5317. Arlington, VA 22209 (Map & Directions) (703) 524-2929. The bad news is that my last sample of Bacchus' food was nowhere near as luscious as it had been. Children's prices. No reservations. The fare is fair these days, though the pastries are more buttery, more delicate, more professional than ever. Don't expect anything fancy, just lots of straightforward food in a heavy fog of garlic, lemon and oregano to remind you of the Mediterranean. On weekends you point to what want from rolling carts; on weekdays you choose from a m enu of three dozen dim sum. Children's prices. The restaurant has trout tanks and lobster tanks, offers limousine service and produces an annual Bastille Day race and festival. Closed Sun. Full bar service. Closed Sun. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Take the family and order family-size portions of meat or seafood platters, pizza and pasta and a carafe of wine. Pasta sauces have nothing subtle about them, and veal scallopine are overdosed with sweet marsala or lemon. You just think you have seen salad bars unless you have tried Zachary's. Sep 28, 2022, 11:53 PM. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted, suggested on weekends. The two homemade sausages tasted worn out. L $2.95-$3.50. L, D daily. 984-9440. Street parking or adjacent garage. The food is pretty good, particularly soups and pastries, the latter served from an imposing array on a rolling cart. Closed Sun. L $3.95-$6.50, D $4.95-$7.50. At La Ruche, expect the pate to be like meat loaf and all the sophistication to be focused in the pastry case, which displays extravagances like fresh blackberry tarts and chocolate almond meringue tortes layered with whipped cream. The restaurant has become more elegant than the food, and prices reflect ambience rather than culinary character. L $8.50-$13, D $13-$17. 836-8404. With salad or quiche and pastry, a shopping break for under $10 is worth adding to your list. L $2.25-$4.25, D $2.25-$9. Intrigue 824 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 362-8200. And on lazy days little attention is paid to precise cutting or lively color. Full bar service. L, D daily. The Palazzo Markham East Shopping Center, Annandale. L $3.95-$6.75, D $3.95-$12.50. L $4.50-$6.75, D $4.50-$12.25. L $4.25-$7.50, D $10.75-$17. German restaurants are scarce in Washington, and Alpenhof reminds you what fun they can be. MC, V. No reservations. L $6.25-$8.75, D $10.95-$15.95.L, D daily. Parking lot and street parking. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Open daily. 466-8811 L $6.50-$10.75, D $11.50-$17. Parking lot next door. AE. Open daily. While there certainly is nothing fancy, it is among the last of a breed. Stuffed grape leaves here are sweet and sour, pretty and unique. more. Bullfeathers on Capitol Hill 410 1st St. Childrens prices. Shang Hai 4-5-6 5884 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Cantina d'Italia is very Italian yet very personal -- a place where the food and service can be the most sophisticated and memorable in town, yet you can be as comfortable in jeans as in a tux. 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. Ethiopian 2000 S St. NW. D daily. L $3.50-$8.25, D $6.50-$14.95. . 4611 Laverock Pl NW # 1, Washington, DC 20007 is an apartment unit listed for rent at /mo. Scotland Yard is a bonnie darling of a restaurant with tartan tablecloths and lace curtains between the dark wood booths. L, D $3.50-$10.95. Street parking and nearby lot. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Mc, v. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. Soup at 75 cents -- sometimes good, sometimes not -- and a very good simple salad at the same price fill out a meal of mountainous portions of superlative chicken or shrimp salad, hash or omelets or chopped steak with irresistible homemade potato chips called Palm fries. tWaiters are familiar with the food, knowing which fresh herbs are used with which sauce, and keep a watchful eye on your table from a distance. Street parking. The small room, wrapped in multitoned orange cloth panels and mirrors, allows for spacious tables and room for privacy. Blue Nile 1701 16th St. NW. Open daily. Straight ahead is the book section, as tempting to a reader as any bakery display case. Open daily. No-smoking section. At dinner, the scene is quieter, slightly more formal. Closed Sun. Parking in front. No resrvations. Parking in rear or street. Parking in rear. Shrimp dishes are good, though shrimp biriani has been served cold and dried out. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted for five or more. Nora is full of clatter, its service rough-edged and harried. Full bar service. Mamma Desta blends sweet, savory and hot spices masterfully. Bistro Francais 3124 M St. NW. Musicians and belly dancers entetain in the evenings, but not loudly enough to rule out conversation. Round out the meal with tandoor-cooked flat breads. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Bacchus is a charming little place, with brick walls and tile tables. Mussels ravigote are similarly outstanding among appetizers. Children's prices. 638-6503. L $3.45-$4.95, D $3.45-$9.95. 337-3030 L $2.50-$7, D $4.50-$10.95. 770-5020. 965-1789. Children's prices. Sushi and sashimi are the mainstays, and they are as fresh as you are likely to find in Washington. Yenching Palace 3524 Connecticut Ave., NW. Look for the puff-pastry-and-almond-paste pithivier for dessert; served warm, it oozes butter and is ribboned with whipped cream. El Bandito 6113 Franconia Rd. 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. The food tends to sound more exotic than it tastes, and the soups are pallid. Maison Blanche joins Dominique's in offering fine affordable dinners that sacrifice none of the amenities of grand dining. 463-6360. L $2.60-$3.20, D $3.35-$5.75. Full bar service. L, D $2.25-$8.50. Parking lots nearby. Peking Garden 6802 Commerce St., Springfield. Children's prices. L, D daily. L $2.95-$3.99, D $3.95-$5.75. D daily. 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. Full bar service. Full bar service. Lake Anne Inn 1617 Washington Plaza, Reston. L, D $1.25-$8. Upstairs, several small rooms are appointed with fireplaces and ruby velvet chairs, silver napkin rings and salt shakers. Also on the menu are stuffed cabbage, squash or grape leaves, kibbeh and a few curries, but none of them matches the kebabs. Les Champs The Watergate, 600 New Hampshire Ave. NW. Full bar service. There are lapses, in particular the acid marinated trout and weighty quenelles. The fried shoestring potatoes are unbeatable, but order a half-portion for two to four people. Full bar service. L $2.25-$4.95, D $3.25-$8.25. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily.AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Cool "Disco" Dan. But two other major cuisines have contributed restaurants that deserve to be at the top of anyone's dining list. Begin, if it is available, with a pate of fish, beautifully ribboned with pink salmon and green spinach, perhaps with a heart of white fish and green avocado. And the least interesting is at the end -- the ubiquitous carrot cake. 468-1122. Much of the food is the familiar pub level: large portions of fairly tasteless ingredients. Full bar service. But that is the proof for anyone who doubts that Washington is a good restaurant city. Characters on the walls and characters serving the food, green and white checked tablecloths, those set the hale and hearty scene. Parking lot. Parking lot in front. L $2.75-$5.25, D $4.95-$11.95. Closed Mon. Roundtable 4859 Wisconsin Ave., NW. Linen HOTEL SCENE Washington DC AE1522. 986-0707. D daily.Closed Sun. No credit cards. L $3.50-$5.15, D $8.65-$12. Flickr/Lenka Reznicek. Early to mid 1980s Restaurant. Nizam's 523 Maple Ave. W., Vienna. D $5.95-$12.50.D daily. Full bar service. The Inn at Little Washington Washington, Va. 703/675-3800. Full bar service. Closed Mon. L $4.50-$9.25, D $7.95-$14. We have even added an outstanding new American restaurant -- a grill room at last -- T. Gregory's. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Middle courses are a mixed bag, though at one day's lunch the crab cakes were stellar, and served with crisp stir-fried vegestables. 296-3065. Cafe Lafayette 105 N. Alfred St., Alexandria. North America. Open daily. D $9.95-$14.50. Street parking. Closed Mon. Street parking. L, D daily. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 333-2266. U Street Corridor. If the Eatery makes you jittery, aim for White Flint's Cafe La Ruche, as busy and as enticing as Bloomingdale's. Closed Sun. 785-0734. No-smoking section. The waiters and chef are garrulous, eager to involve you as a friend of the house. And the cheese plate lacks adventure. Parking in rear. It remains intact after fears of losing the chef to the tug of France, this brilliant little restaurant hidden under the Watergate. Children's prices. L daily ex Sun, D daily. Open dialy. Full bar service. MC, V. Reservations accepted for dinner only. 528-4300. Trader Vic's. The Polynesian-themed restaurant was in Seattle's Washington Plaza Hotel (now the Westin) and capitalized on the tiki-fad of the 1950s and 1960s. 966-7600. The cha goi, Vietnamese spring rolls, however, are excellent, and you can do well with shrimp with a curry sauce that includes peanuts and coconut, or beef ground, firmly packed -- too firmly -- and wrapped in aromatic leaves before grilling. Washington still has about 5,000 restaurants. Vietnamese. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. AE, CB, CC, D, V. Reservations suggested. 466-5840. Open daily. Full bar service. 333-3700. 525-42439 L $6-$10.50,, D $12.50-$25. L $3.45-$6.95, D $8.45-$13.95. Bailey's Crossroads. Several dishes -- not just desserts -- are too sweet. Parking in shopping center lot. Try it for dim sum; the list is long and a few of the options -- crisp crab boxes, steamed shrimp and pork dumplings, several kinds of chow foon -- are excellent. The satay, once boldly spiced, juicy skewered meats, were less spicy, their peanut sauce distinctly less peppery. Open daily. Open daily. Ae, cb, d, mc, v. rEservations suggested. Save. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Our first installment of long-gone D.C.-area restaurants was such a hit, we couldn't help but dig back into the crates and pull out more old photos for you. L, D $1.95-$12.50. If you want plain fare served with a black-tie flourish, Prime Rib is one of the city's few possibilities. N reservations. Reservations suggested. 234-9134. L $2.50-$7, D $14. But not always. Children's meals. MC, V. Reservations suggested. The "special salad" is an exaggeration not worth the extra expense. L $4.25-$9.95, D $9.95-$15.95. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. Except for a few silk flower arrangements, the decor is standard Virginia Shopping Center Ethnic: dark wood veneer paneling, booths along the sides, red tablecloths and candles in red globes, and American colonial brass chandeliers. Beer and wine only. Fitzgerald's DC. Saigon Inn 6922-A Braddock Rd., Annandale. Joe and Mo's 1211 Connecticut Ave. NW. The heart of the nenu is the a la carte section: tacos are puffy or crisp, depending on which you order, well stuffed and well seasoned. E, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Gusti's 1837 M St. NW. AE, DC, MC, V. Reservations suggested. The room comfortably seats 30 guests or can accommodate 55 guests reception style. Full bar service. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. But the daily specials, appealing as they sound, are creeping up in price and down in quality. Parking in front. 638-2444. Full bar service. F. Scott's 1232 36th St. NW. No-smoking section. His restaurant doesn't stop at serving the usual wild game, but is likely to have rattlesnake one day, hippo another. Valet parking for dinner. L $5.75-$12.50, D $10.25-$21. Street parking. 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. NW. 332-8077. Worse were main dishes -- over salted, over cooked, soupy, their vegetables slimy from excess heat, the meats and seafoods skimpy. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Full bar service. Street parking. Steamed quiche is a dish to order, and apollo seafood is even better if you like squid. The 19 Greatest Restaurants in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. is a city rich with history and tradition a trait that plays out in the city's restaurants, many of which have been open for decades (or in some cases, a century!) No-smoking section. L, D $3-$8.50. White enamel chairs with woven seats are pulled up to tables covered with soft orange cloths. The best surprises at J. R.'s are the crab-stuffed mushroom appetizer and the enormous a la caret baked potato without foil wrapping. L $4.95-$8.95, D $7.50-$13.25. Appetizers can be superb, particularly the snails and the carpaccio, or even the daily mixed hor d'oeuvre. Full bar service. 296-6686. Chef Yannick Cam brought nouvelle cuisine to Washington, and with Jean-Louis of the Watergate, has maintained high excitement on the palates of Washington, at least those who are willing to spend what such handiwork costs and who are not offended by small portions but appreciate their arrangement as well as their preparation. Bamiyan's main peculiarity is that full course dinners cost more than they do a la carte. Fish is poached in parchment, but so is chicken, to a unique succulence that turns it into perhaps the best dish on the menu. It has quietly and gradually become a fine restaurant, its cuisine stably settled among those French restaurants just below La Pavillon, Le Lion d'Or and Jean-Louis, keeping company with Jean-Pierre, Le Bagatelle, Dominique's and Rive Gauche on its good days. Parking lot. Finish with nut-filled, cigar-shaped filo pastries and tiny cups of thick coffee. Unfortunately, the kitchen also thinks that some important qualities don't matter. Children's prices. 528-7600. Ocean ix is to be found on a side street, a pretty little house with awnings over the windows and a flower garden in front, and flanked by a parking lot. Open daily. Closed Sun. L daily ex Sat, D daily. 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. Parking lot. Wonderful or just fair, the meal ends agreeably with perky, crisp berry tarts. Phyllis C. Richman Assisted Carole Sugarman; Phyllis C. Richman is restaurant critic of The Washington Post. No smoking section. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested, required for four or more during weekends. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. L $1.50-$3.50, D $5.50-$6.95. Parking lot. AE, MC, V. No reservations.Parking lot. Closed Sun. The safest dishes I tried were sweetbreads in a calvados-scented cream and beef medallions in a mustard cream with an irrelevant garnish of prune. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. 466-4264. This is a restaurant where every dinner can turn into an impromptu banquet. Add to your plastic plate the homemade but not sensational potato salad and coleslaw, inconsequential baked beans of "texas toast." Open daily. No alcoholic beverages. FOR SALE! Open daily. 387-1462. L $3.95-$6.95, D $6.25-$9.95. . But service is indifferent unless you are a friend of the house, and little thought is given to the sensitivities of the diner. L $3.25-$6.95, D $3.50-$13. Full bar service. Full bar service. D daily. 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. Oxtail soup, in contrast, is disappointing. Food, as you have probably guessed, is not central, but is one of those minor details that is handled well and thus plays an important role in this success story. Order online. 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. Beer and wine only. A star on the menu is la bourride, a creamy, potent fish soup under a puff pastry crust. 573-0112. Children's prices. This vegetarian restaurant has expanded by removing dividers that once lent privacy and has added an outdoor cafe. But the rstaurant also serves tempura, teriyaki, two soups and excellent meat dumplings in paper-thin noodle wrappers. View Website. Open daily. Toscanini 313 Pennsylvania Ave. The good news is that Bacchus now serves Lebanese food at lunch as well as dinner. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. L $4.25, $6.50, D $4.95-$7.95. Children's prices.No smoking section. The quiches have been soggy and the spinach long wilted. L $3.95-$7.95, D $6.95-$15.75. Street parking. Parking garage. And the food is always decent and hearty, always served in huge portions and sometimes great. Parking lot. Ben's Chili Bowl, which opened in 1958, looks like a relic on the yuppified stretch of U Street once known as Black Broadway. Their variety, however, outshines their character. Street parking or garage across the street. Closed Sun. L $4.65-$5.95, D $5.50-$16.95. Service swings wildly from a great show of pulling out your chair to surly response to requests. Full bar service. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. 6710 Commerce St., Springfield. MC, V. Reservations required for parties over six for dinner only. Open daily. Full bar service. Old Ebbitt Grill. Pre-1980 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ASSOCIATION San Francisco California CA hn1559. Soups are fine, and the "egg souffle florentine" is an unusual slice of souffle on spinach and mushrooms with a rich, nutmeg-scented cheese sauce. The dining room is delightful when the tall windows are opened on a fall day. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Full bar service. Some dishes miss, particularly mildly seasoned ones and those with too-sweet fruit sauces. L $4.25-$11.50, D $5.95-$13.95. The shabu shabu dinner is rightly a favorite. No credit cards. Parking lots and street parking. Henry Africa 607 King St., Alexandria. Desserts have been developed to include wondrous bitter chocolate terrine, pear flan with ginger, fine-grained sherbets of exotic fruits. The fixed-price menus are expensive, nearly as high for lunch as for dinner, and the food can be glorious or slightly awry. Full bar service. Closed Mon. Closed Sun. East of Chicago Pizza. Closed Sun. MC, V. Reservations accepted. When in doubt, order the simplest dishes. Open daily. L daily ex Sat, D daily. College Park Shopping Center. The cooking is simple and homey, with restrained use of the red pepper that is the principal spice. 559-8558. Parking in shopping center lot. The more inventive a dish, the less likely its success. Parking in rear. American, Bar $$ - $$$ Menu. Mamma Desta's restaurant is an experience. 265-5860. ($) 4.6 Stars - 9 Votes. Alexander's Three 1500 Wilson Blvd. AE, CB, CC, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. But it is now furnished with basket tables from Ethiopia and folk art on the walls, along with the original booths. Timberlake's 1726 Connecticut Ave. NW. In warm weather the tables spill over to an outdoor cafe. Sandwiches L only $2.25, platters L and D $7-$19.75. 340-8596. 1860 - Old Angler's Inn (the oldest continuously operating restaurant in the Washington, DC area) 1904 - Royal Restaurant (present location since 1964) 1906 - Occidental Grill (closed 1972-1986) . Agreed. L daily, D daily ex Sun. Indside, the dessert table and cheese trays are iordinately enticing. Home Services. 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. Children's prices. Falls Landing 774 Walker Rd., Great Falls, Va. 759-4650. Full bar service. 836-4422. 751-8646. Behind those etched glass walls of the bread oven is a miniature neighborhood, where bread is being baked, and major decisions are being made between eclairs and pear tarts. L $2.25-$4.95, D $2.50-$7.50. Beer and wine only. AE, D, MC, V. No reservations. A brisk, cheerful place to eat, La Brasserie allows the option of eating lightly or substantially, and inexpensively if you are careful. L $2.95-$5.95, D $4.95-$15.95. We always wondered how they could do it so cheaply, and now we know that they can't anymore, at least they can't keep the quality as it was. L $1.80-$5.50, D $8.50-$11.25.

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