Best casual restaurant for teen and very sophisticated mom (not me) in Georgetown

[Anonymous]

I need to take them out for lunch today. Suggestions?

[Anonymous]

Peacock Cafe

[Anonymous]

Pizza Paradiso on M Street in Georgetown. Good wood fired pizza. Other options besides pizza.

[Anonymous]

Would have said Mendocino, but it's gone. I think peacock would be great.

[Anonymous]

Peacock! If you want more expensive, you could do Cafe Milano next door - but I think Peacock is more fun and less expensive

[Anonymous]

The little restaurant in Cady's Alley owned by developer Anthony Lanier or Farmers + Fishers at the harbor.

[Anonymous]

It's pp again...I couldn't think of the name of the restaurant in Cady's Alley...so I looked it up -- Cafe Leopold's...very fun...good food and great place to people watch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The little restaurant in Cady's Alley owned by developer Anthony Lanier or Farmers + Fishers at the harbor.

That's Leopold's, and I agree it's a good suggestion. The casual restaurants in Georgetown, with a few exceptions (Leopold's, Bistro Lepic, Bistro Francais, Thunder Burger) range from mediocre to terrible. Cafe Milano, in particular, is a blight on the dining landscape. Grossly overpriced, bad food, snotty staff - it's for people who care more about appearances than food.

[Anonymous]

Il Canale. Wonderful Italian food, good looking Italian waiters, nice bar.

[Anonymous]

What is the definition of "very sophisticated mom"? A lot of negative qualities jump into my head right away. I would like to hear the positive qualities. Anyone?

[Anonymous]

I'm not the OP pp but I would think a "sophisticated" mom is one from the East Coast, goes to the theatre, stays in shape, dresses sharply, reads the NYT, can speak a few languages and works at a fairly interesting job or has her own business. I think many Washington mothers would qualify as "sophisticated" compared to the rest of the country...DC has the most educated population on average.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not the OP pp but I would think a "sophisticated" mom is one from the East Coast, goes to the theatre, stays in shape, dresses sharply, reads the NYT, can speak a few languages and works at a fairly interesting job or has her own business. I think many Washington mothers would qualify as "sophisticated" compared to the rest of the country...DC has the most educated population on average.

And the fugliest.

[Anonymous]

OP here -- we went to the Tombs, as the daughter was looking at Georgetown U, and that seemed to be a good place to give her a sense of university life. BTW, the mom is lovely; family lives in London. Neither daughter nor mom minded that the food was so-so.

[Anonymous]

It's just that very sophisticated sounds like code for super high maintenance, intolerant of the little people and uses way more than than their fair share of resources.. I guess you need to be very well educated to be very sophisticated. But just because you are well educated doesn't mean you are sophisticated. Just saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not the OP pp but I would think a "sophisticated" mom is one from the East Coast, goes to the theatre, stays in shape, dresses sharply, reads the NYT, can speak a few languages and works at a fairly interesting job or has her own business. I think many Washington mothers would qualify as "sophisticated" compared to the rest of the country...DC has the most educated population on average.

Oh my god, thanks for the laugh.

I guess you ended up being quite wrong. See you in London, NY, or LA....!