Love Black Market.. Addie's was my favorite before they closed. I also really like Mei Wah in Chevy Chase. The sushi was surprisingly good and also some of the "Adkins" friendly entress (no breading etc). Cava is good. Everything I have had at MIXX in Potomac has been good also.

Hops in Alexandria.

Some of these suggestions are sad. Get some standards, people!

Cava, Zaytinya, Taylor Gourmet, Carlyle in Shirlington

I Miei Amici

Each Peach market in Mt. Pleasant has amazing sandwiches.

if you dare to brave Nationl Harbor, Redstone Grill is really great.

Cactus Cantina

Anonymous wrote:Sad list!!

Chipotle, really?

I'd say Amsterdam Falafel, Bullfrog Bagels, and I can't think of anything else. DC restaurants are over priced for what they are.

Amsterdam Falafel is good if you're 23 years old and drunk.

Yirasai near westbard giant
Fu shing cafe off Westlake--hole in the wall but good chinese

Anonymous wrote:Cava *is* great, and consistent. I live in an area without one and really miss it.

Cava the restaurant or the fast casual? Which location?

Cava *is* great, and consistent. I live in an area without one and really miss it.

** Forgot to add I would be willing to spend $$$ if the food is truly great.

Op here.

I've probably been to most of the places in Bethesda, so I appreciate the DC recommendations. I will add some of these suggestions to my list.


Places I want to try: Joe’s Seafood, Vidalia, Ardeo Bardeo, Toki Underground, Ray’s the Steaks, Fish Taco, Hank’s Oyster Bar (Tried the one in Union Market but not Capital Hill), Persimmon, Bistro Provence, Gringos and Mariachis, Black Market Bistro, Cedar.

Here is my unsolicited opinion on the restaurants I know in Bethesda:

Woodmont Grill: Great steaks but $$$, very caloric food, corporate owned mixed experience with service
Blacks: Good, but also somewhat expensive (less so than Woodmont Grill), corporate owned
Mon Ami Gabi: good/very good, but Americanized french food. corporate owned
Food Wine and Co: great bar, good food, somewhat expensive
Jaleo: Good but not great. Americanized tapas.
Daily Grill: Average
Olazzo: Mediocre, Americanized Italian but well priced
Rock bottom: Awful awful food, beer is OK
Brickside: Awful
Mia's Pizza: Good
Cornucopia (Norfolk Ave): Run by an Italian guy, great sandwiches for a light meal
&pizza: Good and well priced, I was surprised by how good their pizzas are
Wildwood Kitchen (on Democracy): It was great the one time I went there a year ago
Raku: Good, but expensive non-traditional sushi/fushion.
Satsuma: Good ramen, Good traditional sushi. Affordable.
Nest: Mediocre food.
Flaxella: They have good Ethiopian food and very affordable ($6 platter). The menu is limited and they aren't open for dinner.
Guapos: Good margaritas, decent fajitas, everything else no good.
Tara Thai: Mediocre to awful.
Uncle Julios: Awful, overpriced.
Penang: OK Thai.

DC:
Off the record bar (Hay Adams): Excellent cocktails, very expensive but worth it.
Sei (Gallery Place): very good, expensive non-traditional sushi/fushion
Jaleo (Gallery Place): Good, better than Bethesda location but not great, somewhat expensive
St Arnold's (Jefferson Place): Good Belgian mussels and beer.
Le Diplomat: Mediocre
Pizza Paradiso: OK but not great
Zaytinya: Good not but great, somewhat expensive
Dukem: Good Ethiopian
District Chophouse and Brewery: Not good
i-Thai (Georgetown): Good Thai, affordable
Wingos (Georgetown): Great wings
Farmers Fishers Bakers (Georgetown): over-hyped, just OK (like Founding Farmers in Rockville)
Rosa Mexicana (Friendship Heights): Good, somewhat expensive
Maggianos (Friendship Heights): Not good
Nam-Viet (Woodley Park): Good Vietnamese food
Stachowski’s Market (Georgetown): Great Sandwiches

We're up the street from you in friendship heights. Moderate, nearby go-to's for us are: Range, Lia's and Sushiko. In Bethesda, we do Redwood, Jaleo & Mon Ami Gabi.