Street parking. Full bar service. Main courses cover five pages, but concentrate on the first, where you will find crisp whole fish Hunan style, orange beef, honeyed ham. 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. Ae, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. D $5.95-$8.75. 363-6611. AE, MC, V. No reservations. 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. The finest of Italian cuisine is delivered by Nicholas Stefanelli at one of Washington DC's best restaurants, Masseria. Main courses give fuller reign to tastes: paella, pork with bananas, several tropical vegetables, rabbit in dark, rich sauce. Sadly if you grew up in DC in the 80s, you may remember the fact that it wasn't really a safe city. It is, however, the special of the day that is the knockout buy. Full bar service. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $3.75-$8.95, D $5.595-$17.95. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. No-smoking section. 971-4200. The dishes are colorful and bulging in the right places. Bamiyan's main peculiarity is that full course dinners cost more than they do a la carte. Yenching Palace 3524 Connecticut Ave., NW. September 21, 1980. 354-2120. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. SE. Closed Sun. $1.69 $1.99 . L $5.25-$8.50, D $8.95-$15. No-smoking section. Full bar service. Full bar service. Parking lot. McGuire's 1330 Pennsylvania Ave. L $2.45-$4.50, D $3.50-$8.95. Valet parking for dinner only. Capriccio's concerts now regularly garner praise from DC's top reviewers. Open daily. 363-8900. Sometimes fresh shellfish emerges in a creamy garlic sauce as a "special apetizer." L $4.25-$7.95, D$6.95-$10.95. Clam clhowder is unorthodox, white but not creamy, heavily herbed, very good if you are not a traditionalist. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted for five or more only. No credit cards. 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. L $3.95-$5.95, D $6.95-$12.95. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Closed Sat, Sun. 301/662-447. Parking in adjacent lot. And wonder how they do it for the price. The softshell crabs earlier in the season were as good as anywhere twice the price. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Wash them down with bargain-priced Italian wines, finish with eggy golden homemade tortoni and figure that what you spent in gas to find the place was saved in the price of the veal. Ae, cb, d, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Underground parking. Gaithersburg. MC, V. Reservations required for parties of five or more. 451-7356. It still has some . L $1.75-$6, D $5.95-$24.95. 466-4264. And even with all those amenities, the highlight is the food. Full bar service. 434-0515. No alcoholic beverages. No credit cards. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. AE, MC, V. No reservations. 333-4187. 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. 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. Mikado 4707 Wisconsin Ave. NW. The path to take is an appetizer of mussels with tomato sauce and plenty of garlic of fried squid; the empanaditas are merely ordinary. Premier among the dishes is aushak, whether as an appetizer or main course, the homemade noodles filled with sauteed leeks or scallions, topped with yogurt, mint and tomato meat sauce; it is an inspired combination. . Parking lot. La Fonda 1639 R St. NW. Childrens prices. Except for a few extraordinary dishes, among them a marinated fish salad similar to seviche, quiche, several fish dishes and strawberry sherbert, the total dinner -- which is fixed price and moderately so -- adds up to more than the sum of individual dishes, which are very competent but not spectacular cooking. L daily ex Sun, D daily. Fitzgerald's DC. Full bar service. L, D $2.25-$5.95. L $4-$10.50, D $8.50-$13.50. Full bar service. No credit cards. On the menu -- which seems to have the bulk of a phone book -- are some excellent dishes and some not so good; the cream of crab soup is memorable, seafoods often excel, and the rack of lamb is impeccable. Full bar service. L $3.25-$5, D $5-$9. Full bar service. Geppetto 2917 M St. NW. Parking in front. Full bar service. Booeymonger 5252 Wisconsin Ave. 686-5805. Open in Google Maps. (202) 387-8411. L, D $4.50-$6.50. 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. Parking lot. Open daily. L $3.95-$6.95, D $5.95-$9.50. Private Events. No-smoking section. The menu is simple, and the chef generous with herbs, wine, tomatoes and attention to detail. 338-1896. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted, suggested on weekends. The Red Fox Tavern Madison and Washington Sts., Middleburg, Va. 471-4455. For dessert -- have something. Parking next door before 5 p.m., valet parking after 5 p.m. Full bar service. A mild introduction to Ethiopian fire, Axum's food is not the best among local Ethiopian restaurants, but the reasonable prices and gracious room add points. The sandwich breads and ice creams are homemade. 659-2388. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Open daily. 277-7174. Fresh as a garden is Nora's gathering place. L $3.75-$5.75, D $5.25-$8.95. L $2.60-$3.20, D $3.35-$5.75. Szechuan & Hunan 1776 E. Jefferson St., Rockville. Street parking. The Man in the Green Hat is slipping again. Closed Sat, Sun. Parking lot. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Parking in front and rear. Its window walls fill the scene with the four-season beauty of Rock Creek Park. Ledo 2420 University Blvd. Closed Sun. Lamb is also excellent here, wither the filet with tarragon or the rack of lamb with a border of very good vegetables. L, D daily. The charming waitresses have forgotten their expertise and have become harried and forgetful. Children's prices. Best Seafood Restaurants in Washington, DC. Eat plenty of rough, chewy rye and raisin pumpernickel bread. D $6.95-$13.95. Parking in rear. 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. Fortunes shift, and fans shift back and forth between Georgetown's two side-by-side Vietnamese restaurants with this, the corner one, being the insiders' current favorite. L $2.50-$7, D $6.50-$11. Bacchus is a charming little place, with brick walls and tile tables. Children's prices. D $6.50-$14.95. AE, CB, D, MC, V. No reservations. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Parking lot. 737-1234 L $4.95-$8.95, D $9.50-$14.50. Parking in rear. Open daily. L $3.50-$9.50, D $6.50-$9.50. The first of Washington's Ethiopian restaurants, it has not yet been topped, but has gone on improving itself. Full bar service. AE, CB, CC, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 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. Children's prices. 58 restaurants, 4 parks. The Third Edition 1218 Wisconsin Ave. NW. L $2.25-$4.95, D $5.95-$12.95. L $4.25-$7.50, d $7-$19. Even the wine list is particularly well chosen. . 234-9134. Blaise Gherardi de Parata (1909-1978), a native of Corsica, had come to the United States in 1949 and opened Rive Gauche in 1956. Street parking. The Chinese food is attractive and well-prepared, though it tends to be bland and oversauced. Skip to the inside pages for appetizers, particularly for shrimp toast and cold sour cabbage flavored with chili peppers and sesame oil. Children's meals. Sunset 920 11th St. This is barbecue at its local best. The restaurant has become more elegant than the food, and prices reflect ambience rather than culinary character. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. A brisk, cheerful place to eat, La Brasserie allows the option of eating lightly or substantially, and inexpensively if you are careful. 572-7744. All this might work without excellent food, but there is that, too. D $9.95-$14.50. E.J. All known restaurants which opened before 1980 and remained opened when this website was founded (Apr 15, 2005) are included. L $3.75-$9.75, D $6.50-$14.95. Watergate Dining Room and Terrace 2650 Virginia Ave., NW. Thai Room 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. Maxime 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Reservations suggested. 596-6500. D $10.95-$15. 548-0088. L daily, D daily ex Sun. The room is still mildly pretty, the service still as hospitable as a home, the food still bright and crisp and excellent. La Fourchette 2429 18th St. NW. 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. The prices are its most erratic characteristic; asparagus vinaigrette and smoked salmon have been priced higher than at some of the city's grande luxe restaurants, while many main dishes are under $5. Parking in rear. 337-8080. 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. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested.Street parking and commercial lots. Closed Sun. Full bar service. L,D $3.50-$7.95. Some simple names -- seafood combination -- hide extraordinary dishes. 833-3846. Closed Mon. AE, CC, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Parking lot. L $3.50-$5.50, D $7-$10. Closed Sun. Open daily. Lang Lin 1331 University Blvd. Full bar service. Caffe Italiano 3516 Conecticut Ave. NW. Closed Sun. Saigon Inn 6922-A Braddock Rd., Annandale. Children's prices. parking lot nearby. In fact, from subtle rabbit pate to assorted sublime sherbets arranged like a bouquet, my most recent meal was fine, save the flown-in-from-France St. Pierre fish, which lost a lot through jet lag. What attractions require/offer timed or advance tickets? L daily ex Sat, D daily. New China 660 S. Pickett St., Alexandria. Full bar service. 232-8844. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Closed Sun.AE, MC, V. Reservations requested. Beer and wine only. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Esplanade Restaurant Menu Hyatt Regency Hotels Red Cherries 1980's at the best online prices at eBay! AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted for dinner only. Next, a fish filet or whole broiled flounder, either plain or with good lump crabmeat. No-smoking section. Germaine's serves delicate portions, but stints not at all on quality. 948-1775. 337-4536. 751-8646. Open daily. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Main courses, too, are good, particularly the liver with sage or any veal dish. 836-7010. Full bar service. Thai Hut 2404 University Blvd. L daily ex Sat, D daily. No credit cards. Armand's Chicago Pizzeria 4231 Wisconsin Ave. NW. And it serves French haute cuisine that is at least correct if not always exciting. Shrimp dishes are good, though shrimp biriani has been served cold and dried out. L $2.95-$5.95, D $4.95-$15.95. Expect savory cooking for your money but not much substance. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. 338-4484. L, D $2.25-$5.95. Kramerbooks & afterwords Cafe 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. Parking lot at mall. Drink homemade ginger beer or more familiar beer or wine. It is all right, sometimes very good (as in the case of the delicate mousseline of salmon) and sometimes very bad (as with the $21 lobster meat, dry and tough, in a rosy sauce that tasted of little other than a burned base). 362-6515. Street parking. Intrigue 824 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 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. Valet parking. 942-0075. D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. No credit cards. Full bar service. Imperial Garden Tysons Corner Shopping Center. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Open daily. Past the 1950s, White Tower, its restaurants mostly relegated to urban areas, began to fade away; it never made the move to the more lucrative suburbs, like many of its fast-food competitors did . Open daily. MC, V. Reservations accepted for dinner only. Parking lots nearby. 547-9626. Parking in rear. L daily ex Sat, D daily. 6 $8.50-$10, D $15.50-$30. But a change of chefs has brought overcooked chicken, indiffernet sauces. Ramparts 1700 Fern St., Alexandria. 965-1185. Open daily. Unclaimed. Full bar service. The Washington Palm 1225 19th St. NW. L $4.50-$8.75, D $8.75-$14.75. The wisest choices are among the blackboard specials, but dinner may be accompainied by indifferent side dishes. Closed Sat, Sun. Parking lot in front. Parking in rear. Valet parking on weekends, street parking during week. Arlington, VA 22209 (Map & Directions) (703) 524-2929. Full bar service. 589-6868. Even the traditional sauces -- dark, resonant mole and smooth, piquant salsa verde -- are unusually good. Free parking in adjacent lot. McLean. MC, V. No reservations. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Children's prices. Open daily. 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. Full bar service. L $4.50-$14.50, D $9.75-$16. Closed Sun. No credit cards. Enchiladas are better ordered at a Mexican restaurant rather than here, and roast pork is likely to be fatty. Free parking in adjacent lot at dinner. L daily ex Sat, D daily. No-smoking section. Nora is full of clatter, its service rough-edged and harried. 342-0444. Full bar service. Parking in building garage. Chef Martino presents the cuisine from a new, mouthwatering perspective with innovative takes on fish and chips, shepherd's pie and chicken tikka masala (served with delicious mango chutney). Open daily. Children's prices. The waiters and chef are garrulous, eager to involve you as a friend of the house. L daily ex Sat, D daily ex Sun. Desserts have been developed to include wondrous bitter chocolate terrine, pear flan with ginger, fine-grained sherbets of exotic fruits. Dominique 1900 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. L daily ex Sat, D daily. L $3.50-$9.50, D $4-$12. Most unusual among the appetizers are crispy shrimp balls and vegetable curl, the smoky diced bits to be wrapped in letturce. 468-1122. Full bar service. The Prime Rib 2020 K St. NW. Szechuan & Hunan has mastered the art of presenting vegetables crisp and meats and seafoods plump and moist. 393-1000, ext. At dinner, the scene is quieter, slightly more formal. View the menu for Dominique's and restaurants in Washington, DC. The menu divides into fixed-price dinners of $25, $30, $40, and $60, plus a few a la carte items. Valet parking. 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. Full bar service. 824-0909. Embrace music at the 14th Annual D.C. Record Fair Parking in building. 790-5164. Full bar service. Full bar service. Its culinary assets are highly peppered and faintly sweet cha gio (spring rolls) and crab farci, which is the same crab-pork filling in larger measure, without the rice-paper crust. Parking lots next door and across the street. Peking Palace 7944 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. L daily ex Sat, D daily.AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. 203 Strand St., Alexandria. Phone +1 202-347-4800. The metaphorosis of the Atlantic actually began in the late 1970s, when the building's then-owner, Paul Parsons, who made his money mostly renting out office space at rock-bottom prices that started at . 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. In a fresh, casual setting of flowered tablecloths and luscious food photography. Stacker compiled a list of the highest rated restaurants in Washington, D.C. from Tripadvisor. The vegetables, served family style, are sometimes in hunks so large that diners have to cut them up in order to give everyone a share. Street parking and commercial lots. 528-3320. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. It is simple and English, as handsome as Basil Rathbone and of similar vintage. Closed Sun. L $3.95-$7.95, D $6.95-$15.75. Ae, D, V. Reservations suggested. 881-3360. 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. Full bar service. Fish is poached in parchment, but so is chicken, to a unique succulence that turns it into perhaps the best dish on the menu. L $3-$8.25, D $6.25-$11.50. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Valet 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. Daily specials have included surprises like Moroccan chicken-egg-almond pie in filo dough. Open daily. Home-style duck is rich with the anise-cinnamon-clove scent of five-spice powder. Parking in front. L $3-$5.50, D $3.75-$11.50. There are plenty of pictures online if you google, so you can see if they match your memories. 659-0055. Parking in front. With most of the main dishes under $4 and a jug of that intriguing honey wine $1, Mamma Desta's is a unique bargain. Ae, cb, d, mc, v. Reservations suggested.Parking lot. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. Unforgettable is the crisp walnut delight, the large halved nuts fried in a thin, faintly sweet glaze. Main courses are the highlight; appetizers can sink to course and bitter seafood pate or smoked salmon that is just oily fish sliced too long ago. Full bar service. But try the tuna, abalone, salmon roe, all the usual sushi, and be sure to have some rich unctuous eel, with beer to quench the green horseradish fire and a mug of pale gree tea to finish. Beer and wine only; liquor license pending. The Georgetown branch is cluttered with tile tables in the garden-bright dining room. How do you get to Mt. *tImperial Garden has turned Vietnamese -- sort of. 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. The menu is full of don'ts -- no credit cards or checks, no separate checks, no sandwiches after 5 p.m., no substitutions, no half-orders. Start with fried samosas or pakoras to dip into tart, aromatic tamarind chutney. American, Bar $$ - $$$ Menu. You might wish there were more than three shrimp, but you must admit they are good. L $3-$12.50, D $4.50-$12.50. L daily ex Sat, D daily. L daily ex Fri, Sat, Sun, D daily. It is too small to justify lethargic, surly service such as I found. Full bar service. Pasta sauces have nothing subtle about them, and veal scallopine are overdosed with sweet marsala or lemon. Siam Inn 11407 Amherst Ave., Wheaton. Bistro Francais 3124 M St. NW. Closed Mon. Just remember pizza. Trattu 1823 Jefferson Pl. The fried mozzarella is superlative, light and crisp and oozing cheese. The hummos special, topped with ground beef and almonds, was not a prettily arranged or as tangy. And the service is still quietly efficient. Please help if you can! L $1.75-$5.25, D $1.95-$6.95. Maison Blanche 1725 F St. NW. L $2.25-$3.95, D $4-$179 Open daily. L $1.95-$5.75, D $2.95-$5.75. L, D daily. No mousse in town is as light as Le Pavillon's chicken liver mousse with lobster, truffles and red and green peppers. Children's prices. Chateau Gesundheit 7141 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. Parking across the street. Le Consulat 2015 Massachusetts Ave. NW. L $4.25-$6.95, D $4.75-$15.50. L, D $2.95-$9.95. AE. Open daily. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. broiled sirloin steak was $4.50. Closed Sun. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, D daily. No smoking section. Free shipping for many products!
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