See restaurant menus, reviews, ratings, phone number, address, hours, photos and maps. The Big Cheese 3139 M St. NW. Service is dawdling and indifferent to complaints; when something goes wrong, from acrid yogi tea to bitter carob brownie, the response is a shrug. Closed Sun. The path to take is an appetizer of mussels with tomato sauce and plenty of garlic of fried squid; the empanaditas are merely ordinary. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. L, D daily. Open daily. Street parking. DITCH THE VALET: Affordable Parking Options for under $10/nt, How to Request a White House Tour as a Foreign Visitor - 2019. Closed Mon. Full bar service. K $3.95-$6.55. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. L $2.25-$3.25, D $4.50-$6.25. La Ruche of White Flint White Flint Mall (third floor), Rockville. 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. Even with a couple of days to craft a response, Khalsa's camp delivered a statement inconsistent with his plea. L daily ex Sat, D daily. L daily ex Sun, D daily. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Most of the eateries will possess deep roots in DC's growing restaurant scene. 900 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20006. If the noodles are too thick and the musels dry, they are minor notes in a generally satisfying meal. Children's prices. Parking in rear. Tiled and sunny, it is certainly pretty. Tiki Bars. Entering through the kitchen and lunch counter, you are met by wonderful smells of unusual spices and charcoal-grilling. No credit cards. Full bar service. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted only for large groups. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L, D $2.25-$5.95. Parking in building garage. Nora is full of clatter, its service rough-edged and harried. 296-7112. Street parking. Members who are knowledgeable about this destination and volunteer their time to answer travelers' questions. No reservations.Street parking. Chadwick's 3205 K St. NW. Although the name suggests the restaurant's specialization in seafood, there are meats on the menu. There is competent service and an occasional hug from the mama of the house. But the environment -- harried, slap-dash service and unkept surroundings -- has not been a strong point. L $3.35-$6.25, D $4.95-$10.75. Open daily. And the price range is tightening, with less difference than ever between the average checks of modest and grand restaurants. Best Restaurants in Staten Island, New York. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Full bar service. 333-6440. 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. 293-9111. 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. 532-9290. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested.Parking in commercial lots. Children's prices. Closed Sun. Suspend your expectations and Axum can be fun. 905 N. Washington St., Alexandria. Parking in front. 6710 Commerce St., Springfield. College Park Shopping Center. L $3.25-$4.95, D $7.25-$13.95. Full bar service. In the morning, the coffee-and-croissant crowd gradually readies itself for work. Closed Mon. L $2.50-$7, D $6.50-$11. Parking lots and street parking. Open daily. For dessert -- have something. I am trying to remember a restaurant my parents took me to on visits to Washington DC in my youth. Full bar service. Full bar service. On weekends you point to what want from rolling carts; on weekdays you choose from a m enu of three dozen dim sum. Da Vinci's kitchen is capable of producing Italian food as good as any in town, but alongside the two signs at the front door warning that proper dress is required, diners should tack up their own, noting that proper service is also requested. L $3.95-$8.95, D $6.95-$14.95. L, D $1.25-$8. Candelas 3280 M St. NW. Full bar service. Children's meals. AE, CB, D, MC, V. N reservations. Children's prices. The Old Ebbitt Grill 1427 F St. NW. Kings Landing 121 S. Union St., Alexandria. Le Bagatelle 2000 K St. NW. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L, D daily. $1.69 $1.99 . 265-7233. 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. The food is rustic and homespun. Start with crabmeat or smoked salmon or something similarly restrained. 457-0057. 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 $3.25-$7.50, D $5.95-$10.50. Whatever may go wrong, at the Pines of Rome the price is right. Swensen's 1990 K St. NW. r The Roma 3419 Connecticut Ave., NW. Street parking or commercial lots. L $4.75-$7.50, D $8-$12. Valet parking for dinner. Full bar service. And, while the pastas are not likely to be homemade, they are cooked al dente and sauced with wonderful pungent tomato sauce. L $5.95-$6.50, D $6.75-$9.50. Valet parking. Full bar service. Dominique is the Ted Turner of French restaurateurs. 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. 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. Parking in rear. L $4.40-$8.20, D $7.40-$18. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Street parking. Every couple of years, it seems, La Fonda comes up with a redecoration scheme; this year's is tile. 1443 K St. NW. The room is fresh and colorful, discreetly exotic. L daily ex Sun, D daily. Also try seafood curry and pork rolls with broccoli. Open daily. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. 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. Closed Sun. Beyond that are light main dishes -- quiches, eggs, salads, and a couple of undistinguished vegetable and fish casseroles. Flickr/Steve Fernie. O'Brien's Pit Barbecue 1314 E Gude Dr., Rockville. 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. Enriqueta's 2811 M St. NW. House of Hunan is an uncommon Fhinese restaurant, uncommonly good, uncommonly elegant, with an array of dishes and special touches found nowhere else in Washington. 20 reviews. Closed Sun. 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. Full bar service. Children's prices. 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. Closed Sun. Has history on the back cover. Children's meals. What has changed is the service, the servers being distant and self-absorbed, prompt but forgetful. The dining rooms are lovely, with rainbows of silk waving from the ceiling downstairs, salmon colored banquettes against silvery gray walls upstairs. 265-2540. Valet parking. Parking across the street. Taverna Cretekou 818 King St., Alexandria. L, D daily. We won't fault you for getting misty-eyed over these failed fast-food chain restaurants from the 1980s. L $3-$12.50, D $4.50-$12.50. Parking in rear. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Price $$$$$. Publick House 3218 M St., NW. Platters are handsomely decorated. 675 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA. No-smoking section. Oxtail soup, in contrast, is disappointing. Bennigan's (Closed in 2008) See more '80s . Barring my encounters with indifferent appetizers and luncheon specials that were steamtable mush, the food is fine. Cafe Tatti 6627 Old Dominion Dr., McLean. Parking in mall lot under building. Open daily. Or as an alternative, succulent lump crab imperial in a mustard-spiked cream. Dynasty 6852 Old Dominion Dr., McLean. And the menu is enticing, with little that is strictly routine. The Washington, DC of the 1980s and '90s was a dramatically different place than the Washington, DC of 2017. When one reviews the range of Washington restaurants every year, it is no surprise that the situation remains pretty stable -- a few get better and a few get worse, many open and just as many close. The restaurant serves light snacks and full dinners, in quiet leisure or late night disco. Vegetables are interesting choices but variable productions, the zucchini a good bet. The poached chicken dishes show how well the kitchen handles commonly indifferent preparations, and seafood are equally cosseted. Full bar service. Parking lot. 463-6360. 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 daily. Parking lots near Lincoln Memorial? L daily, D daily ex Sun. This is a friendly little restaurant with a representative choice of Vietnamese foods and, for the less adventurous, French dishes and even omelets. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. 362-8200. But Geranio's pastas are not the lightest, their fillings not the most pungent. Children's prices. The setting is of rustic, rough wood and tablecloths, the serive spirited and eager, then nonexistent. Closed Sun. Ocean ix offers a wide variety of fresh fish whole and in filets, but service is harrassed. 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. Mc, v. Reservations suggested. D daily. Full bar service. The surroundings are sedate, tasteful, an elegant collation of heavily textured fabric walls, plants and strikingly beautiful photographs.The food, too, is unusual, tasteful and elegant, a changing repertioire of dishes mostly Vietnamese but from all of Asia, with always a few exciting new inventions. Start with fried samosas or pakoras to dip into tart, aromatic tamarind chutney. L $3-$5.50, D $3.75-$11.50. The menu is simple, and the chef generous with herbs, wine, tomatoes and attention to detail. Open daily. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 244-1100. Closed Sun. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted for eight or more only. Capriccio's concerts now regularly garner praise from DC's top reviewers. If trees and flowers and patios and green lawns were enough to make a restaurant, Old Angler's would have it made. Parking lot. Crazy Horse Bar B-Q Ranch 6521 Riggs Rd., Hyattsville. L $4-$5, D $4-$7. Reservations suggested. Parking lot in rear. No credit cards. French restaurants in the middle range -- those with good food that make no attempt at grand cuisine and are modest in price -- are a shifting scene, one year satisfying and another year indiffent. La Ruche's formula still works well, despite the opening o branches, moving of site, revisions of staff and heavy competition from newer French cafes. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Lamb has been badly trimmed and smothered in thick unsavory sauce. Golden Wagon 6408 Kenilworth Ave. Riverdale. Parking garage. Parking lot. La Pagode 924 W. Broad St., Falls Church. 3. 893-6366. Follow your appetizer-salad bar with a pile of crisply grilled lamb chops saturated with garlic, oregano and lemon, or similarly seasoned baked fish filet, or something more complex like filet of beef in wine sauce or lamb baked with tomato. Reservations accepted. Sample tortellini, agnolotti and cannelloni swoop on a combination plate, or sumptuous linguine with fresh clams and a healthy dash of red pepper. L $3.95-$7.95, D $4.95-$10.95. Parking in front. L daily ex Sat, D daily. L, D daily. The chiles that once brought tears to the eyes have been held in reserve. Street parking. Desserts have been developed to include wondrous bitter chocolate terrine, pear flan with ginger, fine-grained sherbets of exotic fruits. And even more important, increasingly restaurants are serving seafood that is fresh rather than frozen, and cooking it properly. 333-9180. Zachary's 6238 Old Dominion Dr., McLean. In other words, this is a typical inexpensive ethnic restaurant, in this case Vietnamese and French. 549-4010. Intrigue 824 New Hampshire Ave. NW. L, D $2.25-$8.50. Street parking. D.C. Space. MC, V. Reservations accepted. Parking in front. The food, however, remains best for a snack or light meal, Mexican food that is standard quality, or at least sinks to standard in its reheating a lunchtime. Closed Mon. The small room, wrapped in multitoned orange cloth panels and mirrors, allows for spacious tables and room for privacy. D, D daily. L $3.50-$5.95, D $6.95-$12.95. L $3.75-$5.25, D $4.25-$13.95. The food is pretty good, particularly soups and pastries, the latter served from an imposing array on a rolling cart. And, for dessert, strawberry shortcake is unusual and creamy. 2316 40th St NW #2, Washington, DC 20007 is a 1 bed, 1 bath, 715 sqft Apartment listed for rent on Trulia for $1,645. Kramerbooks & afterwords Cafe 1517 Connecticut Ave. NW. Please help if you can! 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. The kitchen's unique character blooms at dinner. L $2.25-$4.95, D $5.95-$12.95. Parking in building. L daily. The Inn Rte. L daily ex Sun, D daily. Parking lot in front. Thai Room 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. Closed SUN. Lately, a filet of salmon under a creamy tangle of shredded leeks was simply delicious. Order spicy rather than subtle dishes, particularly wursts. Closed Sun. Ae, mc, v. Parking lot. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Particularly welcome for a casual little dinner is the good selection of half-bottle of wine. If Washingtonians ever kicked the habit of automatically thinking French when they want a special evening, Omar Khayyam would be overrun.