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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm French. Coming from Europe, where big cities generally have lots of food options with walking distance of main tourist attractions, the DC food desert near the monuments was a shock when my relatives and I first visited. [b]Now if I'm in the area, I go to the American Indian museum restaurant, the food is half decent, plus I love the building[/b].

So yes, I agree with your complaints, OP. DC in general is a very strange capital city. It has a provincial atmosphere - which is nice if you live in NW! But this is why a lot of people in the world still think NYC is the capital of the USA... ;-)
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The American History museum also has a very nice cafe with a lot of farm to table stuff.  And I haven't been in a while but the Art museum cafe used to be quite nice also.  (Although I still miss the nice ice cream parlour that was there maybe 30 years ago.)  I do wish the food truck vendors were a bit more diverse in their offerings, and not quite so plentiful, with more transparent pricing.  Maybe a few ice cream vendors, a couple hot dog vendors, a shashlik, crepes, etc.

But I'd also note that we were at the Eiffel Tower recently, and it seemed like a "food desert" immediately around that as well -- so I think that's not uncommon with large tourist areas.[/quote]

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