Metro 29 or Amphora.

Silver Diner is NOT a diner.

Anonymous wrote:I second Metro 29 in Arlington for all around good food.....it was featured in Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives. There is also a DDD place in Silver Spring but haven't tried it yet.

I third this rec. The french toast at metro 29 is to die for!!!

Anonymous wrote:I'm from a place in the northeast where diners rule. I'm looking for a good area diner. I'm in Bethesda but will travel around the beltway for an authentic diner experience!

This is like looking for the holy grail around here.

Love Natilus!

I second Metro 29 in Arlington for all around good food.....it was featured in Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives. There is also a DDD place in Silver Spring but haven't tried it yet.

When I think diner, I think of the places I grew up with on Long Island with 10-page menus full of everything you can think of from breakfast to pizza burgers. There are two places in Nova that fit that for me (sorry, I don't know MD): Amphora Diner in Vienna and Metro 29 Diner in Arlington (on Lee Hwy). The food isn't awesome, but it is good enough and they are nice diners with good variety.

You might try Amphora in Vienna. It is not a diner per se, but one part of the restaurant has booths and a counter you can sit at and order. Huge menu, decor is like a throwback to the 70s.

http://www.amphoragroup.com/Restaurant/tabid/792/Default.aspx

Tastee diner is cheap, but not great.
Silver diner is yuppie diner food. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but it's not a traditional diner, it's a chain diner.

Best traditional diners in the area:
Nautilus Diner has two locations, Crofton and Timonium (north side of Baltimore)
Double T diner is a Baltimore chain (8 locations) closest is Catonsville, but you can find other locations at: http://doubletdiner.com/

Note, both of the above are Greek family owned style restaurants, not the greasy spoon type diners that we had back home when I great up. But, these do great diner food.

29 in Fairfax is okay, but not as good as the above two.

Anonymous wrote:Tastee diner in Bethesda

tastee diner is gross. Poor food and it smells.

Unfortunately we are diner deprived in this area. There are not a lot of choices.

Silver Diner would be the other to try.

Broadway Diner in Rockville closed a long while back. It became Hollywood Diner which also closed (it was not good) Recentally a new one opened in its place...haven't tried it yet.

I like Broadway dinner in Rockville. Great greek food. Great pies.

Sorry, Tastee isn't a good diner. I've been to diners in NJ/NY/New England areas. Tastee is definitely not a good diner.

Bob and Edith's Columbia Pike, Arlington

Tastee diner in Bethesda

I'm from a place in the northeast where diners rule. I'm looking for a good area diner. I'm in Bethesda but will travel around the beltway for an authentic diner experience!