favorite restaurant - specific twist in my question

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Thip Khao. The reason I can never move away.

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Cava grill

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Anonymous wrote:Cava grill

WTF and they are in other areas already.

[Anonymous]

Perly's in Richmond. Outside the DVM but I wish there were one closer.

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Anonymous wrote:Many people don’t know this but Peruvian chicken places are pretty localized. I don’t know of anyone who wouldn’t like Peruvian chicken from time to time.

My brother lives in San Francisco and he had never heard of it.

The best Peruvian restaurant I’ve ever been to was in San Francisco. It wasn’t a chicken chain though, true.

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Medium Rare is a good one. It's going to sound crazy but where I grew up in Texas there's nothing like Chop't or Sweetgreen (I know they're in NYC, etc, but the parts of the country that could REALLY BENEFIT from a fast-food salad chain don't have them). Other than that, maybe Rehobot?

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Anonymous wrote:I would kill for a Franklin Barbecue, Salt Lick, Torchy’s Tacos, or Lone Star Kolache. Hell, I even miss Taco Cabana. I honestly haven’t eaten anything here where I’d kill to see it somewhere else. I was excited about District Taco the first few times I had it, but it’s just ok. There are more exciting and interesting Taco places, even here.

I lived in Houston for 2 years. Lupe Tortilla would make me very happy!

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I live 45 minutes west of Leesburg. I would love a Moby Dick, Anita’s, and a Bonchon out this way.

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Anonymous wrote:Cava grill

WTF and they are in other areas already.

What you like may not be what I like. Didn't realize they expanded beyond the 3 states.

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Agree with Teaism, though part of the charm is that it's local

One place I miss that didn't survive is Bread and Brew that was in Dupont. Just simple healthy salads and sandwiches. And longer standing was CF Folks. Miss their lunch specials so much!

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Anonymous wrote:I feel so sorry for all of you. Philly and NYC have much much better food thank you...and you don't even realize how bad DMV food is.

Totally agree! There is nothing unique about DC food. Most cities have better food than DC. I grew up in Cincy and the food is even better there.

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Anonymous wrote:Many people don’t know this but Peruvian chicken places are pretty localized. I don’t know of anyone who wouldn’t like Peruvian chicken from time to time.

My brother lives in San Francisco and he had never heard of it.

This is a good one! Also, related but different: pupusas. Hard to find a good pupusa outside the dmv.

NYC begs to differ with both of these.

Where in NYC does one get good pupusas? I live there now and have been looking for a place comparable to the ones here.

Pupuas Ridgewood, La Cabana Salvadorena

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Anonymous wrote:District taco

OMG no. Their tacos are flavorless and awful.

+1. No one benefits from more district taco.

I see a big difference between winter and summer at District Taco. They seem to use fresh produce etc and everything tastes better. With that said, I still prefer Taco Bambo (but also know that DC taco joints aren’t good enough to export).

There really aren’t Peruvian chicken places elsewhere? I didn’t realize that.

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Anonymous wrote:Cava grill

I live in Atlanta and I spotted 3 recently, so they gave definitely expanded. You got your wish!

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Anonymous wrote:I’d say Woodlands but sadly it no longer exists.

Big Greek Cafe is decent. Moby Dick is meh, IMO. Cava used to be better. We have delicious Ethiopian options but I can’t name chains. Sushi Jin is great but one can find good sushi outside of DC.

I’ve lived in DC for 15 years and have rarely been blown away by the food, which is kind of sad because I’m from flyover country.

Woodlands in Fairfax no longer exists? I’ve been out of the country for a while but I’ll be back in a few weeks and this makes me want to cry.

It's still there! I ate there last week. The one in Langley closed

The Langley Park Woodlands has reopened in Gaithersburg