Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!brl-sem!ron From: ron@brl-sem.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.org.usenix Subject: Re: Good restaurants around DC while you're at Usenix Message-ID: <582@brl-sem.ARPA> Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 19:52:56 EST Article-I.D.: brl-sem.582 Posted: Wed Jan 14 19:52:56 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 15-Jan-87 04:17:58 EST References: <490@unc.unc.UUCP> <1609@hoptoad.uucp> <424@hadron.UUCP> Organization: Electronic Brain Research Lab Lines: 46 Well, Gilmore seems to way the availability of vegetarian meals at a restaurant more than I do. The absolute best Italian restaurant in Washington is the Cantina d'Italia on Connecticut Avenue around L-M Sts. For ultimate pig outs, some of you may remember our excursion to the Palm (around 19th and M) or so. This place features portions too large for most mortals to consume including Lobster from 3-7 pounds, etc... Prices to match (Lobster used to be about $12 /lb.) This is the same restaurant as the one in Beverly Hills and other place. In the same general vicinity is the Szechuan Garden, a good but probably over expensive place ($25) and for a change of pace a Lebonese place called Bacchus. Not to be missed for the real adventurous is the Marakesh. Hard to find in the 600 block of New York Avenue, NW, it is a morrocan restaurant where you eat out of a communal platter with the rest of your guests. Belly dancing occurs on special occasions. Make a reservation. It's only a few blocks from the convention center. It is just South (West? NY Ave is a diagonal street) and on the same side of the street as the Ristorante Italiano (no, I've never been there...it is more visible as it has the provisions for a side walk cafe). There is a rather ornate door with no sign or anything in the middle of the same block. If you drive by slowly a man will jump out and yell "MARAKESH!" and attempt to park your car. Knock on the door and you will be escorted by a robed gentleman to your table. Dinner runs about $30 per person. For those looking for a Barbecue of different sorts, Tony Chengs Mongolian restaurant is not bad. I don't recall the location, you customize your own dinner an then have it grilled. For those looking for Dim-Sum, an unusual one that is pretty good is located around 300 block of Wisconson Avenue in the bottom floor of an office builing in Bethesda. I can't recall what the name of it, but in addition to regular dimsum, they have some rather good fish/seafood selections. In Georgetown, roughly accross the street and one block west of Gilmore's vegetarian Indian place is an Argentine restaurant of fairly good reputation. Immediately next to that is another Indian restaurant that has a good lunch buffet. -Ron