washington, dc restaurants in the 1980s

Valet parking after 6:30 p.m. Full bar service. Reservations accepted. Except for the salad bar, the Golden Temple is a textbook case of a very good restaurant being allowed slip into ruin. Open daily. But the tandoor chicken is a better reason for trying this restaurant. Children's prices. Parking in rear for M St., street parking for Columbia rd. L $2.50-$7, D $6.50-$11. Street parking. Private party facilities. Toscanini 313 Pennsylvania Ave. Its sweet-hot red cornstarched sauce is strange, but it grows on you. Parking in building garage. Pines of Rome 4709 Hampden La., Bethesda. Baobab 2106 18th St. NW. Full bar service. ATTENTION 325544693449 544-6352. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. 362-6515. And dessert crepes or Grand Marnier-soaked oranges make wonderful bargain-priced endings. China Garden serves fine Cantonese food, stretching from congee to seafood in fried taro baskets. Full bar service. Petitto's 2653 Connecticut Ave. NW. Closed Sat, Sun. L $2.45-$3.95, D $3.45-$8.95. L, D $2.95-$9.95. Le Jardin 1113 23rd St. NW. L, D daily. 232-8400. L, D daily. Children's prices. Ocean ix 1323 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring. Vie de France 1990 K St. NW. L, D daily. L $3.50-$5.50, D $7-$10. 9ll-6787. L $2.25-$3.95, D $3.25-$7.95. Home. Children's prices. L $3.95-$7.25, D $6.95-$11.95. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. 5825 Seminary Rd. Full bar service. L $2.25-$5.95, D $6.50-$12.95. Keep supporting great journalism by turning off your ad blocker. Cold and hot appetizers are generally intriguing, notably shrimp cakes with shredded sweet potatoes. Street parking. Closed Sun. The poached chicken dishes show how well the kitchen handles commonly indifferent preparations, and seafood are equally cosseted. dFull bar service. Children's prices. Danker's 1209 E St. NW. D daily. L, D daily. and have played host to former presidents, foreign dignitaries, and a wealth of other impactful figures. Children's prices. L $2.50-$6.95, D $4.50-$9.95. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted for parties of seven or more only. L $2.75-$5.25, D $4.95-$11.95. In its second year, this lively bright, casual French restaurant is erratic but worth consideration. Dishes ranging from Spanish to Ecuadorean are served in these charming little close-knit restaurants, with varying success. Street parking and nearby lots. One night the specials alone included two kinds of crayfish, lamb with ginger, veal with cepes, lotte with tarragon and softshell crabs. Pakoras are likely to be heavy and tough, less acceptable. Those who really know the Palm, though, recognize lunch as an unheralded bargain. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 338-0900. The Warehouse 214 King St., Alexandria. Full bar service. Mussels ravigote are similarly outstanding among appetizers. Unfortunately, the kitchen also thinks that some important qualities don't matter. Children's meals. Fish of this quality does not come cheap, but the expense will be bearable if you concentrate on local seafoods and order them simply broiled or fried.Besides good food, the nautical whimsies are good-natured and the waitresses are the wonderful tough-and-cheerful sort that, if they were not so young, would rival Boston's Durgin Park waitress wonders. AE, MC, V. Reservations required. L $2.75-$4.50, D $5.25-$7.75. The room has been redone in bright glazed tiles on a white tile background, floors and walls, and the effect is at least startling. AE, V. Reservations required. O'Riley's Pub 1122 18th st. (in the rear) NW. Dinner is the time to try it, for the same menu is available for lunch and is priced high for midday eating. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Open daily. Thompson's Restaurant (1950s) 725 14th St., NW. Valet parking. And even a welcome mat. 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. 528-8886. MC, V. Reservations suggested. The walls are gilt-edged black, and the diners are gilt-edged meat and potatoes fans. 525-8770. Full bar service. L, D daily. 332-8077. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Parking lot. 546-5900. Most unusual among the appetizers are crispy shrimp balls and vegetable curl, the smoky diced bits to be wrapped in letturce. Parking in building lot. Closed Tues. DC, MC, V. No reservations. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 956-2209.L $5.95-$8.95, D $9.25-$14.50. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. The spumoni tastes like sherbet, but you can find a midnight-dark and moist chocolate cake and service that is winning even when the kitchen is irritatingly slow. and car dealers will solely become service centers. L $3.95-$7.95, D $4.95-$10.95. 337-8080. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. L, D $4.95-$5.95. Mai Flower 2304 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. Street parking. L $2.65-$5.25, D $6.50-$14.95. But these fade in the light of fresh salmon poached to a melting softness, or pork loin balanced by pungent fresh tarragon. 299-3526. L daily ex Sun, D daily. Open daily. L daily ex Sat, D daily. And any Formica luncheonette where you wait in line to pay $11.50 for flounder stuffed with crabmeat is bound to be good. The gravlax is an extraordinary idea, the cured salmon charcoal-grilled very briefly, just so the surface is seared and the smoke has permeated the flesh. Two cautions: The coffee isn't even strong enough to tint a tablecloth, and throughout dinner you might want to look out for slices of those 20 pounds of garlic. 347-8416. Full bar service. 6710 Commerce St., Springfield. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Closed Mon. No-smoking section. United States. The empanadas are also excellent. L $6.25-$8.75, D $10.95-$15.95.L, D daily. 986-0707. Street parking. SE. Closed Sun. Closed Mon. The food is rustic and homespun. L $1.75-$5.25, D $1.95-$6.95. Gaithersburg. Children's prices. Hours & Location. If you like cardamom, end with scented tea. AE, CC, D, MC, V. No reservations. Children's prices. L, D daily. Full bar service. Open daily. "The Alice in Wonderland themed decor, the drinks, the hookah, the music - everything was on point!" more. Despite flaws, dinner is likely to be a treat to the senses. Open daily. The menu runs the usual gamut of snails, pate, onion soup, coq au vin, veal francaise and steak au poive. Fiddlers 4340 Connecticut Ave. NW. Vegetables (which do not, by the way, accompany the shrimp) are also good, whether fresh green beans or potato baked with a sprinkle of salt and no foil wrapper. 223-3780. Street parking. Open daily. Full bar service. Full bar service. Closed Sun. Ou can depend on tantalizing interplay of chiles, soy, ginger, garlic and scallions. Auto Services. Full bar service. Valet parking. Tourists, policemen, office workers and down-and-outers mix in this cafeteria line, where liver is less than $1. Kramerbooks & afterwords Brasserie 1912 I St. NW. 6 $8.50-$10, D $15.50-$30. The menu attempts to meet every desire, from pheasant terrine to bacon cheeseburger, from London broil to chicken tarragon salad. AE, CB, CC, D, V. Reservations suggested. L $4.50-$9.25, D $7.95-$14. Open daily. Full bar service. L, D $1.95-$4.95. cFull bar service. Serenity has turned to slugishness at Golden Temple Conscious Cookery, and the last two words should be wiped from the name. No reservations. L $4-$8, D $5.75-$16. Select a Rating! It is a restaurant of character; its food is very good and, in the instance of a few dishes, unexcelled. 58 restaurants, 4 parks. Nora cooks fish with imagination, chopping the remains with dill and yogurt for a salad. L $2.25-$4.95, D $5.95-$12.95. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $3.15-$6.35, D $4.75-$12.95. Parking lot. L, D daily. 338-8707. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted, suggested on weekends. Closed Sun. "It fits Washington really well," explains John DeFerrari, the author of the book Historic Restaurants of Washington, DC: . Closed Sun. The menu also lists simple grills -- steaks, lamb chops, pork chops -- and a couple of fish dishes. 652-9514. Most interesting, though, are the daily specials, from simle breast of chicken with mustard to exotic snails wrapped in puff pastry. By Phyllis C. Richman Assisted Carole Sugarman; Phyllis C. Richman is restaurant critic of The Washington Post. Dominique is the Ted Turner of French restaurateurs. September 21, 1980. 331-9444. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Open daily. 265-7233. Taverna Cretekou 818 King St., Alexandria. L $3.25-$6.35, D $15. 4200 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Open daily. Flight Table 10108 Greenbelt Rd., Lanham. Gangplank 600 Water St. SW. 554-5000. This garden-green French restaurant is frest, pretty and formal. AE, MC, V. Reservations required. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Parking in rear. Closed Sun. Parking lot. 652-6816. Children's prices. China Inn 631 H St. NW. Harvey's 15201 Shady Grove Rd., Rockville. AE, CB, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Children's prices.No smoking section. No smoking section. 525-1750. L $2.50-$4.75, D $3.25-$7.50. If the Eatery makes you jittery, aim for White Flint's Cafe La Ruche, as busy and as enticing as Bloomingdale's. Saigon Inn's menu is long, its 70 dishes even including cheeseburgers. 528-3320. They poured perfect pints for nearly 30 years at this Woodley Park Irish pub that closed its doors in November after numerous, outrageous St. Paddy's Day parties . Full bar service. MC, V. Reservations accepted for six or more only. Parking lot. L $2.50-$6.50, D $2.50 -$12. December 31, 1989. Golden Temple Conscious Cookery 1521 Connecticut Ave. NW. 337-3600. Parking in rear. The Big Cheese 3139 M St. NW. Parking lot. Street parking or public parking lot. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. It is always, however, a pretty little Italian restaurant, white with touches of pink, and lovely, flossy little arrangements of flowers on the table. Full bar service. No-smoking section. L $3.25-$4.35, D $4.25-$20. Old Ebbit Grill, Lunch, 1945. Casba 2100 & St. NW. 333-3323. Full bar service. The Magic Pan 5252 Wisconsin Ave. NW. Open daily. This is a spirited restaurant, but sometimes spirits get most of the attention. Full bar service. The ideal meal at Joe and Mo's is all beef: tartar steak (share a portion as an appetizer) and roast beef, the fullest flavored prime rib in town, more than an inch thick, tender, moist and juicy, permeated with rosemary, basil and garlic. Full bar service. See restaurant menus, reviews, ratings, phone number, address, hours, photos and maps. 256-1111. In 1950, African American civil-rights leader Mary Church Terrell arrived at this chain cafeteria for lunchand, at 86 years old, was refused service. Kings Landing 121 S. Union St., Alexandria. Now it's driving me bonkers trying to figure it out! The waiters toss the food at you. 244-2037.L, D $2.95-$8.50. L $2.25-$9.95, D $5.75-$14.75. Shang Hai 4-5-6 5884 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Children's prices. Children's prices. Parking in front. L daily ex Sun, D daily.AE, MC, V. No reservations. 979-2229. 1621. Arabian Nights 2915 Connecticut Ave. NW. Full bar service. Children's prices. 770-5020. Every Friday night, he would head to The Day Lily, a red and gold velvet-walled Chinese restaurant . You can put together a reasonable meal with good homemade soup and a pastry-crushed entree or salad. The menu overlaps with French but is largely Russian and Yugoslavian; its offerings range from earthy ground meat kebabs -- cevapcici -- and stuffed cabbage to sophisticated kulebiaka of salmon and veal Orloff. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. 1789 1226 36th St. NW. Full bar service. Children's prices. 833-8870. 965-1789. L $2.75-$5, D $3.50-$7. "Yummy and I hope healthy lentil quinoa burger with cheddar, mushrooms etc. Open daily. Full bar service. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Children's prices. L $4.95-$8.95, D $7.95-$13.95. Parking garage at mall. Closed Sun. AE, V. Reservations accepted for four or more only. Take the family and order family-size portions of meat or seafood platters, pizza and pasta and a carafe of wine. L $2.25-$3.95, D $4.25-$7.95. Full bar service. L $3.50-$6, D $4.50-$7.50. If what you care about is the cooking, the amenities on the plate rather than in the dining room, join the crowds at Le Gaulois.The central feature of this over crowded restaurant is the full page of daily specials, nearly two dozen main courses, offering at reasonable prices such dishes as duch with tropical fruits, veal with chanterelles, salmon in a pastry crust with champagne sauce. Capucine 1645 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 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. Tiki Bars. Full bar service. D daily. Full bar service. The Big Cheese has, at its best, stood still and raised its prices while more sophisticated newcomers are serving better at lower prices. Crisfield 8012 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring. Children's prices. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. 333-3376. I am trying to remember a restaurant my parents took me to on visits to (ta && ta.queueForLoad ? Some people consider that and the absent-minded service part of the charm. Full bar service. Street parking. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. No reservations. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Its pre- and post- theater dinners are a remarkable bargain. If trees and flowers and patios and green lawns were enough to make a restaurant, Old Angler's would have it made. And, while it serves the usual range of Italian dishes -- veal parmesan, chicken cacciatore, lasagna, spaghetti and such -- its central feature is unique pizza. Le Manouche is one of those unfathomable French restaurants where the food is wonderful and dreadful, reasonable and expensive, a little of the best and the worst. AE, D, V. Reservations suggested. Open daily. The dozen dishes run the gamut from Mideast (humos, a delicious rendition) to Deep South (barbecued spare-ribs, oversweetened but not bad). Roast veal is served in nearly half-calf portions, though sometimes it has been cooked so long it crumbles. Beefsteak Charlie's was a well-known restaurant chain based in the New York metropolitan area, which grew to over 60 locations in the early 1980s. MC, V. Reservations accpted. Masseria. And the handwritten menu changes daily, though usually has several dishes in pastry -- dartois, bouchee a la reine -- that take advantage of the pastry chef's skill (the dartois showing him off better than the puff pastry of the bouchee). 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. Publick House 3218 M St., NW. L daily ex Sun, D daily. anakeesta photo memories . AE, CB, MC, V. Reservations suggested. AE, DC, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $3.95-$5.50, D $5.25-$9.95. Open daily. 244-5804. 861-8447. The Prime Rib 2020 K St. NW. The finest of Italian cuisine is delivered by Nicholas Stefanelli at one of Washington DC's best restaurants, Masseria. Children's prices. 466-3111. Related Reads News & Views 1 minute But if you ignore the flossy touches, such as cloying Polynesian drinks, and approach this as a hospitable neighborhood Chinese restaurant with a Vietnamese accent, you will find it worth remembering when you are around Tysons Corner. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana. 223-1823. But except for the sushi and sashimi -- and the seating of strangers at our table in a half-empty room -- the meal was a gem. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. And the crabmeat quiche is wll packed with crab, a grand ob when the reheating has been careful. Answered: I am trying to remember a restaurant my parents took me to on visits to Washington DC in my youth. 1213 Wilson Blvd. Valet parking. Parking in commercial lots. D $2.95-$8.95. Cantina d'Italia 1214-a 18th 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. Open daily. MC, V. Reservations suggested. L,D daily. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Commercial parking lot next door. The Spaghetti Market 6347 Rolling Rd., West Springfield. 338-1896. The menu is small, with California contemporary touches on its Italian base. washington, dc restaurants in the 1980s. Parking lot. Connected to a seafood market, The Fishery gets the best. Full bar service. Thai Hut 2404 University Blvd. L $3.50-$7, D $4-$14. L $2.95-$7.95, D $2.95-$19.95. Full bar service. L $3.35-$6.25, D $4.95-$10.75. L, D daily. La Miche has expanded and is suffering from growing pains, though it is still the best French restaurant I have found in the Maryland suburbs. Full bar service. L daily ex Sat, D daily.Closed Sun. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Open daily. 836-7010. And, just as clothes may make the woman, Pueblo Joe's makes Washington's best-dressed restaurant list. Hidden below the bustling cormer of 17th and K Streets NW is a bustling bar where it's easy to relax and forget the over-head traffic jams. 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. 965-1185. Parking lot. Jun 3, 2015. 6201 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church. The variety of house wines and beers complement the menu, and desserts, especially the chocolate walnut cake, are worth the splurge. Sauces are lighter, dishes imaginatively arranged, flavors more pronounced with the use of fresh herbs. Full bar service. L $6.50-$9.95, D $10.95-$14.95. Closed SUN. Smithsonian? The great dishes of New Orleans are on the menu at 219. Usually the pastas are homemade, delicate, delicious.You can get an excellent meal at Tiberio, fresh fish and pale veal and seafoods in buttery cream sauces, and even richer tarts and cakes for dessert. Full bar service. Le Rendez-Vous 3155 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. Full bar service. Closed Sun. 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. 737-1234 L $4.95-$8.95, D $9.50-$14.50. Full bar service. 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. Open daily. 296-8075. Reservations accepted for dinner only. L $3.95-$8.95, D $6.95-$14.95. It is too small to justify lethargic, surly service such as I found. Full bar service. Parking in building garage. On a base of very good, highly professional French cuisine, Dominique's builds a lively atmosphere, more a party than any other French restaurant in town. This highly personable and vaguely unkempt French restaurant is back to its old level of inconsistency, with bouillabaisse of exceptional flavor but with dry and mushy seafoods, choucroute well balanced in flavor but its meats ariid and chewy. Hamburger Hamlet 10400 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda. Children's prices. The waiters and chef are garrulous, eager to involve you as a friend of the house. " reasonable food but long wait " 05/12/2022. 528-4300. Open daily. Open daily. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Open daily. The big disappointment at Harvey's is likely to be dishes with lobster in them, so stick to crab. Lido di Venezia 200 N. gLebe Rd., Arlington. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. The dining room is delightful when the tall windows are opened on a fall day. L daily, D daily ex Sun.