Anonymous wrote:WOW, just looked up Nando's. WHile it looks tasty, the food is extraordinarily high in calories. What a drag.

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Matchbox
Any Mexican restaurant
Cava
&pizza
Roti

District Taco.

Anonymous wrote:Add Le Pain Quotidien. Mine like that, too.

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WOW, just looked up Nando's. WHile it looks tasty, the food is extraordinarily high in calories. What a drag.

Add Le Pain Quotidien. Mine like that, too.

My kids live Cava Mezze and any sushi or Mexican place.

Anonymous wrote:We really like doing sushi or sushi/mixed Asian places. DD will not eat actual sushi, but loves rice, noodles, edamame, miso soup. DH and I love sushi. Lots of stuff is fast - little to no to-order cooking - so the dreaded wait time is short.

Sushi Damo at Rockville Town Square has create your own California Roll on the kids menu. A deconstructed California Roll which the kids love to make their own. Sushi burrito, eat each ingredient separately, etc.

We really like doing sushi or sushi/mixed Asian places. DD will not eat actual sushi, but loves rice, noodles, edamame, miso soup. DH and I love sushi. Lots of stuff is fast - little to no to-order cooking - so the dreaded wait time is short.

We love Nando's!

Other favorites:
Chipotle, Rio Grande/Cal Tort - any Mexican places, really
Any Chinese restaurant, esp. if they have sushi
Greek
Moby Dick - HUGE hit
Cheeburger Cheeburger
OK I am ashamed to say this last one out loud, but my kids love Chili's!

Quickfire hibachi is great if you like Japanese.

My kids like Noodles and Company and Lebanese Taverna Cafe

We love fast casual too. Kabob places are often pretty good for families.

Other fast casual places like chipotle or cava mezze?

We have a new favorite - Nando's Peri-Peri - all my four children enjoy it and more importantly so do myself and my husband. I like the fact that it does not have mac and cheese and the usual rubbish on the menu. I like the fact that it is fairly loud and casual, easy in and out. We also manage to spend under $50 for the six of us. However, we need more options like this! Any ideas? The children are always happy at a pizza/pasta place, but my husband and I are tired of them. We have a couple of great eaters and a couple of terrible ones. I know we need to expand their palates, but at the same time it is no fun going out if they eat nothing. TIA for any ideas!