Inexpensive but good places to eat out?

[Anonymous]

Village Chicken in Springfield, lot of food, cheap.

[Anonymous]

Zoes kitchen
Jasons deli

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is such a reminder of how overpriced and underwhelming the DC food scene is. Jersey Mikes for a cheap family dinner? Prepared food from a supermarket? Most cities would have a plethora of diners and coffee shops to choose from where a family could easily eat for less than a Ben Franklin.

This aint Brooklyn.

Because Brooklyn is so inexpensive?

It was until the pretentious hipsters took it over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is such a reminder of how overpriced and underwhelming the DC food scene is. Jersey Mikes for a cheap family dinner? Prepared food from a supermarket? Most cities would have a plethora of diners and coffee shops to choose from where a family could easily eat for less than a Ben Franklin.[/quote

+1000.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Taco Bamba in Falls Church

The food is great, but the accommodations are the absolute worst. OP asked for places to eat out with 2 small kids.

Taco Bamba is opening a new location in Vienna. On Maple where the strip mall was renovated.

[Anonymous]

Busboys & Poets (Shirlington)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is such a reminder of how overpriced and underwhelming the DC food scene is. Jersey Mikes for a cheap family dinner? Prepared food from a supermarket? Most cities would have a plethora of diners and coffee shops to choose from where a family could easily eat for less than a Ben Franklin.

Where are these magical places? And have you eaten there recently? I think you're remembering your childhood.

They're certainly not in the Northeast. Diner food anywhere north of here is awful and not cheap (until you get to Maine, where the food is great in the summer -- good veggies, berries and cheap lobster). Pizza maybe.

The only place I can think of like you describe is Austin.

Atlanta s an example. I would say I could name 30 genuinely good places you can get a family dinner for under $40.

[Anonymous]

District Taco
Pho 75
Crisp & Juicy/El Pollo Rico
Seventh Hill Pizza
Bon Chon

[Anonymous]

Pan Am Restaurant one block from the Vienna Metro in the Pan Am Shopping Center. Been around forever. Very low key and relaxing with dated but homey decor. Perfect for a family. They have lots of options, but are especially known for their gyro platter, pizza, and breakfast items. Lots of food, very reasonably priced, service hit or miss.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is such a reminder of how overpriced and underwhelming the DC food scene is. Jersey Mikes for a cheap family dinner? Prepared food from a supermarket? Most cities would have a plethora of diners and coffee shops to choose from where a family could easily eat for less than a Ben Franklin.

Where are these magical places? And have you eaten there recently? I think you're remembering your childhood.

They're certainly not in the Northeast. Diner food anywhere north of here is awful and not cheap (until you get to Maine, where the food is great in the summer -- good veggies, berries and cheap lobster). Pizza maybe.

The only place I can think of like you describe is Austin.

Atlanta s an example. I would say I could name 30 genuinely good places you can get a family dinner for under $40.

I thought the OP was about lunch? I posted earlier with lunch in mind, but would have had different suggestions for dinner. I lean more toward sandwiches and counter restaurants for lunch.

[Anonymous]

You could try little Ethiopia. Several good restaurants there. It's where Seminary and George Mason intersect in Bailey's

[Anonymous]

Victor's Pizza (Springfield)
Milano's (Springfield)
Spartans (Burke)
Olympians (Kingstown near Wegmans)
House of Dynasty (Kingstown near Hayfield HS)
Dupont Italian Kitchen (17th & R, NW)
Anita's (all over NoVA)
Bob & Edith's
City Diner (Bailey's)
Anthony's (falls Church)
Joe's Pizza for the lunch buffet (Arlington, Vienna)
Tau Tau (burke)
Plato's diner (College Park)
College in Diner (Greenbelt)
Busboys and Poets (various)
Sweetgreen (various)
The Diner (Adams Morgan)
The Coupe (Columbia heights)
Trios (17th & Q, NW)
House of Dynasty (Alexandria/Belleview)
Paul Kee's (Wheaton)