Anonymous
Post 06/07/2019 09:07     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Another vote for Willards BBQ.
Anonymous
Post 06/07/2019 07:16     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Anonymous wrote:There is a good place to get Chettinad chicken, if you like good food rather than Outback Steakhouse.


Which place is this?
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2019 09:17     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It's pretty close to Reston Town Center where there are several good restaurants and it's nice to stroll around the shops- Passion Fish is quite good.


It’s not that close to Reston Town Center.


OP mentioned interest in places on the way back, as well as close to Udvar-Hazy. Reston Town Center is right off the DTR. OP needs to know, though, that parking there can be confusing.
Anonymous
Post 05/07/2019 09:14     Subject: Re:Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Anonymous wrote:Willards BBQ - it is great


Willard's is a good BBQ place, but know that it is super casual--go order then pick up and eat at your table on styrofoam.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 22:34     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Willard's
Thai basil
Super pho
Otani
Eggspectations
The Peruvian place near eggspectations
Solace brewing
Dogfish Head

Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 22:13     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Anonymous wrote:Back in the day we wouldn't ask silly questions like this here, instead search restaurants on Google maps and pick what you want along the route.

NP here. It's a waste land out there. I've Googled this before, and didn't come up with anything inspiring or very close by. This is a totally valid thread for OP to start.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 22:12     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Anonymous wrote:It's pretty close to Reston Town Center where there are several good restaurants and it's nice to stroll around the shops- Passion Fish is quite good.


It’s not that close to Reston Town Center.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 22:11     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Fosters Grille - shopping center off Westfield’s. Best burger and fries, milkshakes too.
Anonymous
Post 05/06/2019 05:36     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Thank you 19:49 from a PP. These are good options and I haven't heard of them before!
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2019 22:02     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

It's pretty close to Reston Town Center where there are several good restaurants and it's nice to stroll around the shops- Passion Fish is quite good.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2019 20:51     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Anonymous wrote:Back in the day we wouldn't ask silly questions like this here, instead search restaurants on Google maps and pick what you want along the route.


Good for you!!!!
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2019 19:56     Subject: Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

There is a good place to get Chettinad chicken, if you like good food rather than Outback Steakhouse.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2019 19:54     Subject: Re:Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Yeah ... it’s not that there isn’t this stuff in the suburbs. It’s just not right near UH and would add quite a bit of driving into your trip in the opposite direction. Even the suggestion to go fords sends you 20+ minutes west into Ashburn.


Please note the post at 19:49.

Too bad you didn't ask before you went to Udvar-Hazy. Three of those are five minutes away and meet the request of OP--except for farm to table.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2019 19:49     Subject: Re:Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Thai Basil is one of the best Thai restaurants around. Yes, it is in a strip mall just off 50 past 28. Five minutes from Udvar-Hazy. Mikaku is an authentic Japanese restaurant at McLearen Square at the corner of Centreville Rd and McLearen. Five minutes from Udvar-Hazy.
Zeffereilli's in Herndon is an excellent Italian restaurant. It is on the other side of the Dulles Toll Road from Udvar-Hazy. It is more elegant than the others and is ten to fifteen minutes.

Otani's is a Japanese steak house where they cook the food and entertain. Lots of groups go there for birthdays.

None of these are chains.

http://thaibasilchantilly.com/about/
https://mikakurestaurant.com/
https://www.zeffirelliristorante.com/
http://myotani.com/

I also agree with a PP who mentioned Ford's Fish Shack, but it is a greater distance away.
Anonymous
Post 05/05/2019 19:00     Subject: Re:Where to eat after Udvar Hazy air and space, near Dulles?

Willards BBQ - it is great