The Cracked Claw 19815 Frederick Rd. The Bread Oven 1220 19th St. NW. Full bar service. Closed Mon. Ae, cb, d, mc, v. Reservations suggested.Parking lot. Phyllis C. Richman Assisted Carole Sugarman; Phyllis C. Richman is restaurant critic of The Washington Post. L $3.95-$6.75, D $3.95-$12.50. NW. AE, CC, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Parking lot next door. Closed Sun. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. And the kitchen can produce superb fried foods, fine light sauces and aromatic pasta fillings, so I cannot understand why it settles for pallid sauces and pasty-coated veal with sludgy lemon sauce or vegetables cooked to a mush. 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. 227 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Closed Sun. L $2.50-$3.25, D $7.50-$9. L $1.95-$5.75, D $2.95-$5.75. But more frequent are the good days when Szechuan is sizzling. The Hideaway in the back of the Madison Hotel in the 80s. Children's meals. Connected to a seafood market, The Fishery gets the best. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 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. Full bar service. 451-9350. Open daily. L $2.25-$3.95, D $3.25-$7.95. 333-8900. #796 of 1,855 Restaurants in Washington DC. $4.25-$9.25, D $5.75-$9.50. 333-9180. Full bar service. The big disappointment at Harvey's is likely to be dishes with lobster in them, so stick to crab. Closed Sun. a mug of beer, a cup of too-sweet but fairly good chili fill out a meal that is nofrills and priced accordingly. 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. Children's prices. View more property details, sales history and Zestimate data on Zillow. Closed Sun. 528-4300. L $4.25-$6.95, D $5.95-$11.95. Children's prices. Children's prices. Other than that, the upstairs dining room is still simple, with the merest Afghan touches; the prices are still low; and the food is better than ever. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. The empanadas are also excellent. 998-6616. AE. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Long a favorite of mine for its refreshing, serene dining room and fresh, inventive food, the Big Cheese has expanded to a lush upstairs dining room full of exotic colorful fabrics and glorious watercolor prints and raised its prices while slipping in quality. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. But it emphasizes light suppers for after the theater. Parking in rear. L $2.50-$4.75, D $3.25-$7.50. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L, D daily. Must all good things really come to an end? 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. L daily ex Sat, D daily. o The Upstairs Maid 1992 Chain Bridge Rd., Tysons Corner. 751-8646. Full bar service. More intricate dishes -- crab cakes, seafood Norfolk -- are, to be picky, apt to be flawed by too much green pepper or too much butter or too much something. L $3.50-$8.25, D $6.25-$13.95. Pasta sauces have nothing subtle about them, and veal scallopine are overdosed with sweet marsala or lemon. Always new sushi appear on the menu above the sushi bar, nowadays salted roe with raw quail eggs. Smoked lobster, like smoked crabs, is stir-fried with ginger and scallion. Open daily. Enriqueta's menu has its ups and downs, but always offers a wealth of choices. L daily ex Sun, D daily. Full bar service. Full bar service. Vincenzo 1606 20th St., NW. Open daily. Even his early dishes have improved, notably the thin, rare slices of duck breast with a dark, tart lime sauce. AE, V. Reservations suggested. Upcoming Events. Full bar service. Street parking. Ae, cb, d, mc, v. Reservations required. L, D daily. D daily.Closed Sun. Reservations accepted for dinner only. L $1.75-$5.25, D $3.75-$9.95. 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. Full bar service. Commercial parking garage next door. It is just an enormous old apartment house coffee shop with travel posters and vinyl tablecloths, but Fio's has real southern Italian cooking at coffee-shop prices. Open daily. Pueblo Joe's looks like the kind of place you would like to go while on vacation. AE, MC, V. No reservations. Full bar service. Parking in front and rear. Capucine 1645 Wisconsin Ave. NW. L, D daily. Full bar service. Full bar service. 966-7600. La Scala 4915 Silver Hill Rd., Suitland. 548-9181. But Apana has changed its seating arrangements so that you can no longer expect a high-backed booth allowing privacy, but are likely to be seated a few inches from the next table. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Closed Sun. 337-0730. Children's prices. AE, C, MC, V. Reservations accepted. 244-5804. L $2.25-$5.95, D $7.95-$13.95.Open daily. 836-4422. Closed Sun. But its prices have lagged behind inflation, so now it must be considered moderate. L $9.50-$10.95, D $11.95-$26. Beer and wine only. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Open daily. No-smoking section. L $3.50-$6, D $4.50-$7.50. L, D $2.95-$4.959 L, D daily. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $2.75-$5, D $3.50-$7. It takes a zeal for devising and revising recipes and cooking methods to come up with basil-scented pasta doughs and pasta sauces rich and complex. You might wish there were more than three shrimp, but you must admit they are good. 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. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Open daily. La Maree 1919 I St. NW. The chiles that once brought tears to the eyes have been held in reserve. This garden-green French restaurant is frest, pretty and formal. 296-6686. Main courses, too, are good, particularly the liver with sage or any veal dish. Occoquan Inn 301 Mill St., Occoquan, 703/491-1888. Tom Sarris Orleans House. No wonder Germaine's has become a Washington landmark. 439-5500. Bamboo House 9650 Main St., Fairfax. Service depends on the patience of the diners; it seems as if it is the first day on the job for every one of the smiling waitresses. Fish is poached in parchment, but so is chicken, to a unique succulence that turns it into perhaps the best dish on the menu. 338-8707. L $3.95-$7.25, D $6.95-$11.95. This is a restaurant where every dinner can turn into an impromptu banquet. Full bar service. Parking lot. 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. La Miche 7905 Norfolk Ave., Bethesda. Cantina is cozy and intimate, but the least stylish-looking northern Italian restaurant downtown. Save. Open daily. Among appetizers is perfectly ripe avocado et champignons vinaigrette, the avocado thinly sliced and fanned out, bordered by delicious marinated mushrooms and tomatoes. Even the expresso is as good as you are likely to make at home. 452-1915. Shang Hai 4-5-6 5884 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church. Binnacle III Off Rte. Children's prices. Sadly if you grew up in DC in the 80s, you may remember the fact that it wasn't really a safe city. The Broker 713 8th St. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. If you want to know why I have not evaluated Le Provencal or El Bodegon or the Blue Nile or whichever of your favorites is missing, the answer is that there is no good answer. 861-8447. D daily. Similar topping is served on crisp-edged eggplant or squash to no lesser effect. If you like cardamom, end with scented tea. Along with cha gio (spring rolls), the most interesting appetizers are cold rice paper rolls stuffed with shrimp, pork, lettuce and fresh mint, to dip in superb hoisin peanut sauce. Clyde's/Tysons Corner 8332 Leesburg Pike, Vienna. No credit cards. No-smoking section. Some days, Geranio is worth circling the beltway for, and other days it is not worth more than a walk around the block. MC, V. Reservations accepted for dinner only. Closed Mon. Another significant test is shrimp, and again Hunan's score is high. One good test of a Chinese restaurant is its hot-and-sour soup; Hunan passes with honors. Open daily. Children's prices. New York City. MC, V. No reservations. Closed Sun. "Yes, it's in the back of a Chinese restaurant . L $1.99-$3.99, D $2.99-$9.99. eFull bar service. L $2.25-$4.25, D $2.25-$9. L $2.50-$6.50, D $5.75-$11.75. . Danker's 1209 E St. NW. Closed Mon. Tiled and sunny, it is certainly pretty. This is a French restaurant that establishes Washington in the big leagues. Old Angler's Inn 10801 MacArthur Blvd., Potomac. AE, V. Reservations accepted for four or more only. One must by all means try the beef noodle soup to find the interplay of tastes that is so intriguinng in Vietnamese food. Closed Mon. Ae, mc, v. Parking lot. Thai Room 527 13th St. NW. L $3.75-$9.75, D $6.50-$14.95. Company Inkwell serves food of very high caliber from a short menu, printed daily, of seasonal specials. Closed Sun. L $3.25-$4.75, D $7.25-$11.95. L $4.25-$10.95, D $9.75-$15.95. Closed Mon. A star on the menu is la bourride, a creamy, potent fish soup under a puff pastry crust. 333-6440. You might wonder how this can be considered a decent restaurant, unless you were clever enough to order shrimp de jonghe, jumbo shrimp firm and moist, in a garlic and shallot flecked butter sauce. No credit cards. 522-4787. Valet parking for dinner only. D $6.50-$14.95. 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. 965-5252. 572-4402. Maxime 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. L $5.95-$12.50, D $7.50-$14.50. Parking in nearby lots. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. But don't aim to dine at Old Angler's at the end of your canal walk or bicycle ride, because proper attire is required. 568-3400. Full bar service. Parking in shopping center lot. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Full bar service. D daily. Although the menu has resisted change -- and faddism -- for years, the infusion of new talent and nouvelle cuisine in Washington's other restaurants has spurred Rive Gauche on to better efforts. L $2.15-$5.95, D $3.15-5.95. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Even the cheeseburger is tough and tasteless, under an embarrassing blanket of American cheese, and nice softshell crabs have been buried in heavy batter and drowned in brown gravy. Open daily. Parking lots nearby. Le Vagabond 7315 Wisconsin Ave. NW. L daily, D daily ex Sun. Vietnam Georgetown 2934 M. St., NW. 893-3390. Free parking garage. Full bar service. Clyde's food is more famous than good. 534-0004. Full bar service. For the greatest variety and most reasonable prices, you can sample combination platters. Closed Sun. Closed Sun. Open daily. Ae, cb, d, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Open daily. 333-2266. L daily ex Sat, D daily. J. R.'s Steak House 9401 Lee Hwy., Fairfax. Geppetto 2917 M St. NW. Vernon. 783-4133. Open daily. Full bar service. L, D daily. Full bar service. Hefty dishes are the most suitable to order -- the sausages or liver, for instance, but save room for a flaky apple tart and good espresso. Full bar service. Szechuan 615 I St. NW. L $4.40-$8.20, D $7.40-$18. Closed Sat, Sun. L $3.25-$6.25, D $7.25-$14.75. washington, dc restaurants in the 1980s. Samantha's 1823 L St., NW. Street parking. 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. Masseria. Initials are of credit cards accepted. Intrigue 824 New Hampshire Ave. NW. 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. L $2.50-$4.50 0, D $4.75-$13.50. 4611 Laverock Pl NW # 1, Washington, DC 20007 is an apartment unit listed for rent at /mo. L $4.95-$8.95, D $7.50-$13.25. Open daily. Closed Sun. 19. AE, CB,D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Main courses give fuller reign to tastes: paella, pork with bananas, several tropical vegetables, rabbit in dark, rich sauce. Kabul Caravan 1725 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. 355). Web Visit website. The menu has been revamped to concentrate on the house specialties, weeding out the chaff. Closed Mon. Jordan Hammes: (844) 711-5129. L, D $2.95-$9.95. Ae, cb, d, mc, V. Reservations suggested.Parking lot. "Full bar service" indicates that the establishment is licensed to sell spirits as well as beer and wine . From the central pastry table to the tiny carved batons of apple arranged as spokes on a plate of sweetbreads, the attention to decorative detail is sustained. It is one of those exciting cities where you could visit a different restaurant every day for six months and still not get to all the good ones. The bar is stacked the Clyde's canned chili; even as it comes from the kitchen it is too sweet, decent but not star quality. L $3.50-$9.50, D $4-$12. Most of the menu is enchiladas, though there are some good soups, a mole that needs mellowing and a few other beef and chicken dishes. Street parking or commercial lots. There is competent service and an occasional hug from the mama of the house. Full bar service. Bamiyan 3320 M St. NW. It still has some . Order spicy rather than subtle dishes, particularly wursts. AE, CB, D, MC, V.Reservations suggested. Full bar service. Parking in building. It has also been a forerunner in prices, the first to charge $10 for what tasted like packaged linguine with clams, $18.50 for a bottle of Blue Nun. L $1.75-$5.25, D $1.95-$6.95. Parking in commercial lots and on street. A downstairs brick-lined bar and an outdoor cafe offer simple red beans and rice, gumbos and the like. Parking in front. MC, V. Reservations accepted. 820-5775. L, D daily. Public parking lots. K $3.95-$6.55. The historic restaurant was founded in 1856, originally as a boarding house, and later became known as Washington's first saloon. L $3.95-$7.95, D $6.95-$15.75. 547-9626. L $4-$8, D $5.75-$16. L $4.75-$18, D $5.75-$18. null is served by 33 transit routes. Appetizers can be superb, particularly the snails and the carpaccio, or even the daily mixed hor d'oeuvre. Open daily. Open daily. 659-1211. Sunset 920 11th St. L $3.75-$4.75, D $3.75-$8.75. L $5.75-$12.50, D $10.25-$21. Arlington, VA 22209 (Map & Directions) (703) 524-2929. 528-7600. Open daily. Street parking. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations required. The spot was known for serving . But nobody is keeping a careful eye on the ingredients, for the scallops have been bitterly fishy, the pork dark and strong. Tiberio 1915 K St. NW. Open daily. Geranio 724 King St., Alexandria. Pre-1980 SEA GRILL RESTAURANT Bethesda Maryland & Washington DC G8405@ EUR 2,24 Sofort-Kaufen , EUR 4,13 Versand , 60-Tag Rcknahmen, eBay-Kuferschutz Verkufer: postcardworld (1.433) 98.9% , Artikelstandort: Ontario, CA , Versand nach: WORLDWIDE, Artikelnummer: 325544692621 Open daily. Taverna Cretekou 818 King St., Alexandria. Valet parking on weekends, street parking during week. L $4.50-$6.75, D $4.50-$12.25. 821-1976. Pizza with Duck Sausage wins quick stardom. 548-0076. And even more important, increasingly restaurants are serving seafood that is fresh rather than frozen, and cooking it properly. No wonder. cFull bar service. Whatever may go wrong, at the Pines of Rome the price is right. L $3-$5.50, D $3.75-$11.50. Skip to the inside pages for appetizers, particularly for shrimp toast and cold sour cabbage flavored with chili peppers and sesame oil. Full bar service. Expect savory cooking for your money but not much substance. No alcoholic beverages. 393-1000, ext. Street parking. Parking in rear. 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. L $3.95-$11.95, D $9.95-$15.95. L $4.25-$6.75, D $7.25-$13. Jean-Pierre 1835 K St. NW. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. 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. It is too small to justify lethargic, surly service such as I found. Closed Mon. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $3.75-$5.25, D $4.25-$13.95. 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 $2.25-$3.95, D $4.25-$7.95. No-smoking section. No alcholic beverages. L daily ex Sat, D daily. 652-6816. Full bar service. Full bar service. Free parking lot. If Washingtonians ever kicked the habit of automatically thinking French when they want a special evening, Omar Khayyam would be overrun. Unfortunately, their attentions are intermittent, as is the quality of the food. Parking in front. Full bar service. We won't fault you for getting misty-eyed over these failed fast-food chain restaurants from the 1980s. Closed Sun. Select a Rating! 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.

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