Restaurants near National Zoo?
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Anonymous
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I'm looking for a family friendly restaurants near the zoo.
Thank you for your recommendations! |
Anonymous
| You can either walk north on Connecticut to Cleveland Park, or south to Woodley Park. Both have family friendly places, but the food is better in Cleveland Park. |
Anonymous
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^^^
This is true. And they're all in the space of two compact blocks. Many options, from pizza to sports pub to Indian to pan-Asian to small plates and wine .... Just stroll the two blocks and then pick. My personal faves are Spices (pan-Asian) and Ripple (small plates and wine), but I'm not sure if Ripple's open for lunch. There's also a California Tortilla if that's what the kids like. |
Anonymous
| There are plenty of restaurants in Woodley Park. Whatever you do, don't buy food at the Zoo. Tastes awful and is overpriced. |
Anonymous
| If you have a car, I'd drive over to 2 Amys. |
Anonymous
| Yep - we walk north on Connecticut Avenue to Nam-Viet for yummy vietnamese food. We have a 5 yo and twin 2 yos. It's a completely doable walk and completely worth it. Zoo food stinks. |
Anonymous
Nam Viet rocks!!! |
Anonymous
| there's a Noodles and Co near the Woodley Park station. |
Anonymous
| Just there on Sunday and walked north in Conneticut Ave to find some dinner. A ton of options! |
Anonymous
| Open City Diner is kid friendly. It's on Calvert just a block off Connecticut. |
Anonymous
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^^^
And if one of you is kid-tired, there's a gin bar upstairs. |
Anonymous
| You could pick up pizza at Vace's in CP and bring it with you to the zoo and picnic there. |
Anonymous
| Can also go out the Adams Morgan entrance to the zoo near pizza playground to restaurants in Adams Morgan. Mintwood Place is a great restaurant that also has a kids menu. |
Anonymous
This is what I would do. If you want a sitdown restaurant, though, Nam Viet is probably the best bet. If you and your kids love steak and fries, Medium Rare is also good--but that's all they have on the menu! |
Anonymous
| Dino is incredibly kid friendly too. |