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Washington DC area restaurants
Looking for some suggestions on places to eat lunch/dinner in the WashDC area. We're staying in Rockville, MD and will be there for 1 week. Non-picky eaters, not looking for fancy or upscale. Thanks!
Re: Washington DC area restaurants
Rockville Town Center has some good places to eat. There's a Gordon Biersch for good burgers and beers, La Tasca for tapas and good sangria. Then there are some other typicals like Buffalo Wild Wings, Noodles & Co., Cosi, California Tortilla, etc.
Not sure where you'll be in Rockville, if you're near town center or further north, you might go to The Kentlands in Gaithersburg for really good crab cakes at O'Donnell's.
If you're looking for recs in DC proper, some of my favorites are Cava Mezze, Jaleo, Rosa Mexicano, and Fado's. All except Cava are right at Gallery Place/China Town, which is easy to get to on the red line metro.
Ditto some of the other suggestions, and here are some other ones:
Graffiato in Chinatown - it is owned by Mike Isabella of Top Chef fame
Ted's Bulletin (Eastern Market metro stop) - I just went for the first time with some friends last week and we all liked it. They have homemade pop tarts that were yummy and my friend loved her milkshake. They serve breakfast all day, but for lunch and dinner there are sandwiches, entrees, salads, etc.
Zaytinya which is around the Chinatown area as well
St. John, USVI
I got an awesome suggestion to check out one or two of the Jose Andres restaurants....
http://thinkfoodgroup.com/
We are going next month, but them menus look awesome!
If you just want a quick lunch near the Mall, there is a food court in the Ronald Reagan building. It's nothing fancy, but it's cheaper than eating at the museums: http://www.itcdc.com/explore.php?p=13
If you do want to eat at one of the museums, the American Indian museum has a very good cafeteria.
Food trucks are a very popular lunch option in DC - and most are pretty tasty. You can usually get a meal for around $12. Their locations change every day, but you can find them here: http://foodtruckfiesta.com/
Baby248 - ETA 1/10/13
Taro Sushi on 17th & P. Very, very good! Also the Beacon Hotel has a great brunch.
I second Matchbox. I would consider it more of upscale casual food -- pizzas, but creative ones, fish dishes, excellent burgers, etc.
i live near Rockville and commute to DC everyday. are you renting a car or metroing? you can metro down to the city pretty easily but for some of these suggestions (matchbox, o'donnell (which i wouldn't recommend) you would need a car.
i would estimate a 20-25 minute or a bit longer metro ride on the Red Line from Rockville to the city proper. prob 45 minutes to Capital Hill.