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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find the food options here to be pretty good, overall.  You can get almost any ethnicity of food you could possibly want without having to drive very far, and there are plenty of solid American places for taking less adventurous diners.

I have heard from friends that we don't have good Chinese here.  I couldn't care less because i don't find it Chinese food that appealing anyway.  (I'm more into Thai and Indian.)  Though I can say that Peter Chang's in Arlington is probably the best I've had, and friends agree.[/quote]

Sorry, there is no good Italian (and I know because I am Italian).  [/quote]

+1 I just cook all my Italian food at home. What really sucks is the lack of good Italian salumi or bakeries in this area! I have to order online or go to Philly or Pittsburgh to get ingredients sometimes.[/quote]

I am the PP.  I cook mine at home too, but, as you say, it is hard to find quality ingredients.  Where do you order from?  I get some stuff when I go home, but not everything travels well.  [/quote]

I go to old neighborhood butchers and grocers in both cities, because I have relatives in both places and can go visit for Easter or Christmas and stock my freezer, especially with my beloved basket cheese for Easter pie! I sometimes order from http://www.varallobrothersbakery.com/ if I'm craving pastries and don't want to spend 6 days making sfogliatelle! I'll check if any of the little places I go for meat and cheese deliver and post if they do.[/quote]

Oh, I should add that I have found some good stuff at Let's Meat on the Ave in Del Rey. But for actual Italian sausage? Nothing as good as what's in Philly, NYC, or Pittsburgh anywhere near DC, sadly.[/quote]

Preach sister.  Been trying to figure out how to fly good Italian sausage, speidini and braciolone meat out of my hometown for years now.  [/quote]

I'm not a big sausage eater myself, but have any of you tried Baltimore?  There are a number of family-owned Italian delicatessens in Baltimore that have been around for a long time.  [/quote]

Yes, tried it right away on moving to the area a decade ago and go every so often with high hopes. Unfortunately I don't get the hype (ha, the word of the thread) about Baltimore Italian. It's not good at all, and I've been to a number of places at this point. I think it's just good in comparison to DC, which is a low bar.[/quote]

There's no point in going to Baltimore when Philly is just an hour more away.  The italian food in Philadelphia is a million times better.[/quote]

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