I don’t remember anything else on the menu, but the Harry’s (and it had a different name before that I think) in Pentagon City had this amazing buckwheat bean burger. I still think of that burger sometimes. Of course now that I have fifteen years of cooking under my belt I can’t remember what it was that made it taste so amazing so I can’t try to recreate it. Maybe smoked paprika?

Donutchew in Vienna just closed. Those mochi donuts were amazing.

Not surprised they closed though; they weren’t open early—and it’s a donut place. Also it was expensive.

DC Coast

Thai Pilin. It was a small Thai restaurant in Tyson’s, near the old Tower Records. Best PadThai I’ve ever had.

Oh- and The Thai Room!

So many good ones named already!
I’ll add Roy’s in Gaithersburg. I’d love one more Pocohontas!

Bethesda in the 70’s and 80’s was vastly superior than the Bethesda of today.

Anyone remember Dunmore’s on Bethesda Ave ? More of a bar than a restaurant but I had a lot of great times there in the 80’s.

Anonymous wrote:Mongolian BBQ Bethesda

soon after BDs closed I traveled to suburban Cincinnati and there, to our delight was a BDs Mongollian BBQ! But of course it just wasn’t as good.

Mongolian BBQ Bethesda
Chop Stix Muddy Branch Shopping Center Gaithersburg
Michaels Noodles Travilah Square.

AV pizza

All in Bethesda/Chevy Chase:

Chatters
Chadwick’s
Armadillo Grill
Tequila Sunrise
Negril
Athenian Plaka

Anonymous wrote:The Vegetable Garden, first when it was at white flint, then silver spring.

The Silver Spring location recently closed. It was never as good as the Rockville Pike spot.

Anonymous wrote:Houstons in Georgetown

Same menu at Woodmont Grill in Bethesda! Including the yummy veggie burger.

The worst TGIFridays in the country .