L $3.75-$4.95, 5 $5.85-$9.50. Taverna Cretekou 818 King St., Alexandria. Closed Sun. Serenity has turned to slugishness at Golden Temple Conscious Cookery, and the last two words should be wiped from the name. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. The menu attempts to meet every desire, from pheasant terrine to bacon cheeseburger, from London broil to chicken tarragon salad. L,D $5.75-$7.25. This is barbecue at its local best. Free parking in adjacent lot at dinner. L $4.85-$7.75, D $7.95-$12.95. Put away your preconceptions of Mexican restaurants when you visit Enriqueta's. But then one returns to the question of the food. The Hideaway in the back of the Madison Hotel in the 80s. 296-7972. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Ledo is probably Prince George's County's longest running hit, for nobody can remember not seeing a line outside its front door. Full bar seravice. Szechuan Garden 7945 Tuckerman La., Rockville. The desserts are all good, though strawberry broyege ought to be a required course. 820-5775. AE, CB, MC, V. Reservations accepted. L $3.50-$7.50, D $7.50-$13.95. Children's prices. The pastry carts offer some of Le Bagatelle's finest moments, particularly the tarts, or the berries with sauce sabayon. On occasion, the rack of lamb or crabmeat rise to bygone dignity, but other than a nicely smoked, still moist cold trout, recent investigation has fund more to mourn than to celebrate. Children's prices. 175. Full bar service. Street parking. Drink with it a simple wine, for most are agreeable and well under $10. G. D. Graffiti 1321 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 424-4091. Full bar service. No reservations. L $3.25-$4.95, D $7.25-$13.95. and car dealers will solely become service centers. Street parking. Nothing changes at Crisfield except the prices. The few steaks have stiff competition in the thick calf's liver steak, the rack of lamb and the grilled fish or squab. L $2.45-$4.50, D $3.75-$8.95. Full bar service. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. Blue Nile 1701 16th St. NW. Parking in front. Jonah's Oyster Kitchen Hyatt Regency Hotel, 400 New Jersey Ave. NW. The softshell crabs earlier in the season were as good as anywhere twice the price. Yenching Palace 3524 Connecticut Ave., NW. Children's prices. Lido di Venezia 200 N. gLebe Rd., Arlington. 882-2955. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. Full bar service. Focus on main dishes, avoid the often inept grilled skewered meats, and you should enjoy an evening of pan-Asian delight. Ae, cb, d, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Children's meals. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. The Third Edition 1218 Wisconsin Ave. NW. 6710 Commerce St., Springfield. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Parking across the street. Arabian Nights 2915 Connecticut Ave. NW. D $6.50-$14.95. Patent Pending National Portrait Gallery, 9th and G Sts. Full bar service. L $2.95-$6.95, D $6.50-$11.95. 337-3030 L $2.50-$7, D $4.50-$10.95. La Fonda 1639 R St. NW. Reservations suggested. Washington has many elegant restaurants, but most of those serving good food in luxurious surrounding are either French or Italian. Closed Sun. Parking in shopping center lot. Open daily. You can start with lobster bisque or clams casino; other soups can taste canned-bland, even if they are larded with plenty of fresh clams or crab, and my last oysters were flabby and small. Appetizers can be superb, particularly the snails and the carpaccio, or even the daily mixed hor d'oeuvre. MC,V. Has history on the back cover. Street parking and nearby lot. Entdecke 1970er Jahre Montpelier Restaurant Lounge Men Madison Hotel Zimmerservice Washington DC in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! Street parking. But that is the proof for anyone who doubts that Washington is a good restaurant city. 338-8707. . Parking in front. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Street parking. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. L $8.25-$11.95, D $11.75-$17.50. Street parking. $4.25-$9.25, D $5.75-$9.50. Parking lot. Ae, d, mc, v. Reservations suggested. Appetizers include savory German variations on charcuterie: air-dried beef, head cheese, Westphalian ham and tangy vinegary meat, cheese or herring salads. AE, MC, V. No reservations. Occidental Grill & Seafood. The restaurant serves light snacks and full dinners, in quiet leisure or late night disco. 770-5020. L $2.25-$5.95, D $6.50-$12.95. Full bar service. Small and spare, with flimsy tables huddling close, Vietnam Georgetown's main environmental asset is its outdoor cafe in the rear. Parking lot. Parking lots. L daily ex Sat, D daily. 1475 Pennsylvania Ave. NW (15th St. NW) Washington, DC 20004. L, D daily. No credit cards. Private Events. Reservations accepted. Full bar service. Inside, carpet and muted lighting set a dignified mood, reinforced by staff in black tie. Frederick, Md. Full bar service. L $3.95-$8.50, D $4.95-$9.95. The restaurant presents, at moderate prices, a choice of more than two dozen main dishes stretching across stir-fried Chinese-style dishes to curry to chicken and fish. 232-8844. Free parking in adjacent lot. Parking lot across the street after 6 p.m. Full bar service. Filet of lamb, rubbed with a similar spicy paste, is also very good. 751-9266. Commercial parking garage next door. Shooter McGee's 5239 Duke St., Alexandria. AE, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. AE, CB, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 737-2101. The Intrigue is not really all that intriguing, but it is a decent restaurant close to the Kennedy Center, a category in short supply. Closed Sun. The food is excellent as well." more. L, D daily. L,D$2.95-$8.95. But try the tuna, abalone, salmon roe, all the usual sushi, and be sure to have some rich unctuous eel, with beer to quench the green horseradish fire and a mug of pale gree tea to finish. L, D daily. Sholl's 1990 K St. NW. 737-12334. With salad or quiche and pastry, a shopping break for under $10 is worth adding to your list. Parking lot in front. E.J. II Nido 4712 Wisconsin Ave. NW 363-2672. Full bar service. Entdecke 1980er Jahre BOSTON SEAFOOD COMPANY Restaurantmen - Washington DC & St. Louis in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! Valet parking for dinner. Full bar service. L $3.95-$7.95, D $4.25-$12.95. Caffe Italiano 3516 Conecticut Ave. NW. . L $3-$4.50, D $5.50-$7.70. Ae, cb, d, MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $4-$8, D $5.75-$16. Kingbird serves a lavish breakfast spread, and is the ideal pre . Open daily. The food, however, remains best for a snack or light meal, Mexican food that is standard quality, or at least sinks to standard in its reheating a lunchtime. Valet parking. L $3.25-$6.95, D $3.50-$13. Closed Sun. 466-3232. L, D daily. All this, and the prices are low, servings large and menu extensive. No reservations. If the Eatery makes you jittery, aim for White Flint's Cafe La Ruche, as busy and as enticing as Bloomingdale's. 8. And on lazy days little attention is paid to precise cutting or lively color. And the prices have climbed so that a hamburger (accompanied though it may be by excellent potatoes and unusual salads can cost nearly $6. After the last chord, the crowdwho had paid a few bucks to see acts like Fugazi, Soulside, or 9353spilled out into the dark, nearly deserted streets. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. L, D daily. Open daily. AE, D, V. Reservations suggested. Dominique is the Ted Turner of French restaurateurs. Full bar service. La Miche 7905 Norfolk Ave., Bethesda. L $3.25-$8.95, D $5.95-$11.95. Parking in nearby lots. Full bar service. L $2.60-$3.20, D $3.35-$5.75. Full bar service. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted. Unused Pre-1980 CARSON'S RESTAURANT Largo Florida FL M8853. The "special salad" is an exaggeration not worth the extra expense. Full bar service. Parking in rear. No-smoking section. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations required. District of . Parking in Kennedy Center garage. 362-6515. L $4-$10, D $8-$16. 434-0515. Take the family and order family-size portions of meat or seafood platters, pizza and pasta and a carafe of wine. Street parking. Even the chocolate mousse was dried out. Full bar service. 544-6352. December 31, 1989. The shabu shabu dinner is rightly a favorite. Viva 4409 John Marr Dr., Annandale. Street parking. Full bar service. 347-4499. L $3.95-$6.25, D $5.50-$9.95. U Street Corridor. 965-1789. So order earthy rather than elegant dishes: dense, long-simmered minestrone rather than lemony fish salad that is just rings of squid with a few tiny, tasteless shrimp. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. Anyone who lived in middle America and grew up in the '80s likely knows the odd name G.D. Ritzy's. First founded in Ohio in 1980, the 1950s-style restaurant grew quickly, with about 100 locations at its peak. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily.AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Street parking. Parking lot. 833-8870. Sample tortellini, agnolotti and cannelloni swoop on a combination plate, or sumptuous linguine with fresh clams and a healthy dash of red pepper. L, D $2.25-$5.95. McDonald's can fold up its golden arches when it comes to competing with Sholl's cafeterias, where a full dinner with fresh fruits and fresh vegetables and homemade pies and puddings wil cost less than $4. Full bar service. Rather, it is siimple cooking with a deft touch to the sauces and special care in homey details. Our first installment of long-gone D.C.-area restaurants was such a hit, we couldn't help but dig back into the crates and pull out more old photos for you. Elaborate preparations at Le Bagatelle are least likely to please, except for desserts. Open daily. Old Angler's has its standards, but they need to be applied to the kitchen. 942-0075. Closed Mon. The Sherry Cafe 2116 F St. NW. Amphora 377 Maple Ave. W., Vienna.938-7877. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Beer and wine only. Valet parking for dinner. It serves these elaborate pasta dishes in whimsically decorated little dining rooms and an outdoor cafe and embellishes the menu with daily meat and seafood specials: veal with amaretto, mushrooms and shallots; fish or squid with lemon butter. MC, V. No reservations. L $4.50-$6.95, D $8.50-$11.50. You might wonder how this can be considered a decent restaurant, unless you were clever enough to order shrimp de jonghe, jumbo shrimp firm and moist, in a garlic and shallot flecked butter sauce. L daily ex Sat, D daily. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. There are only a few pastas from which to choose, but you should start with the spinach-stuffed agnolotti in cream sauce. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Parking lot. Golden Table 528 23rd St. NW. Vegetables are interesting choices but variable productions, the zucchini a good bet. Le Lion d'Or 18th and M Sts. MC, V. Reservations suggested. L $4.40-$8.20, D $7.40-$18. 986-0707. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted for dinner only. Full bar service. L $2.25-$4.50, D $5.50-$9.50. Full bar service. Open daily. L daily, D daily ex Sun. Full bar service. Parking in rear. New York City. This kind of wrap-and-dip food is not only fun, it is light eating and sufficiently crunchy and cool to appeal to flagging summer appetites. Open daily. Full bar service. The Far Inn (Club Soda) The Fireplace. And every year the repertoire developes new fresh seafood and game, new vegetables purees, new fresh herb sauces. washington, dc restaurants in the 1980s . No reservations. 984-9440. 797-7640. Full bar service. Full bar service. Full bar service. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted, suggested on weekends. L $3.25-$4.95, D $3.95-$12.95. We won't fault you for getting misty-eyed over these failed fast-food chain restaurants from the 1980s. But always there are enough improvements to keep one believing that Washington is constantly becoming a better and better eating city. Photographer Michael Horsley documented the era with a fascinating series of 537 photos. 971-4200. For many years the godfather of Washington's French restaurants, Rive Gauche has continued to maintain a glorious red and gold dining room with a well-oiled staff. L,D $3.50-$7.95. NW. L $2.50-$4.75, D $3.25-$7.50. Street parking. Closed Mon. Mama's 1901 N. Ft. Myer Dr., Arlington. Parking lot. Children's prices. Full bar service. Among the appetizerss, the standards -- egg rolls, spare ribs and the like -- are dismal renditions, but the fried meat dumplings are outstanding and bon bon chicken is excellent. 3, Irvington, Va. 804/438-6000. Street parking. The kitchen's unique character blooms at dinner. Marcel's by Robert Wiedmaier. Lake Anne Inn 1617 Washington Plaza, Reston. The decade was the gateway to the present in many ways. Although the list of hors d'oeuvres is tempting, particularly the caviars with or without bliny, main dishes are more satisfactory, notably fish wrapped in pastry -- pate de sole Vladimir for one person, or kulebiaka for two people. Public parking lots. Thai Room 5037 Connecticut Ave. NW. Old Ebbit Grill, Lunch, 1945. AE, CB, CC, D, MC, V. Reservations accepted. A restaurant more significant for what it didn't do than what it did. Parking in adjacent lot. The population was shrinking, wealth flowed out to the suburbs, and you could buy a Northwest rowhouse for five figures. Most of the menu is enchiladas, though there are some good soups, a mole that needs mellowing and a few other beef and chicken dishes. At Chrisfield you ought to know what to order, for the crab cakes are bready and heavily permeated with green pepper, and the broiled, baked or sauteed seafoods outshine any of the fried ones. Children's prices. L $2.95-$5.50, D$6.50-$10.50. Parking in rear. June 14, 2022. In the Washington Post, January 7, 1982, there is an account of the unfathomably named Richard Hamilton Herrud Houghton III. It is simple and English, as handsome as Basil Rathbone and of similar vintage. L $3.95-$7.50, D $11.50-$14.95. Parking in shopping center lot. Old South Mountain Inn Boonesboro, Md. Vernon if not by car? Pakoras are likely to be heavy and tough, less acceptable. AE. Flight Table 10108 Greenbelt Rd., Lanham. L $3.95-$6.95, D $5.95-$9.50. Full bar service. Full bar service. 842-0070. The Broker 713 8th St. Concentrate on vegetables -- white beans, fried zucchini -- and accompany your meal with white pizza, even red if you like. Full bar service. Well known chefs like Mike Isabella plan to debut new concept restaurants here as well. L daily ex Sun, D daily. AE, D, MC, V. No reservations. Free parking in adjacent lot after 5:30 p.m. Beer and wine only. The more elaborate dishes taste as if the cook were blindly following recipes, adding too much herb or not controlling the frying temperature, but the ingredients are good, and the lemony cheesecake and extraordinarily good pecan pie are obviously made by skilled hands. Beer and wine only. But this 100-percent wind-powered business has . And it serves French haute cuisine that is at least correct if not always exciting. It takes a commitment to fresh, seasonal, peak-perfect foods such as the summer's rockfish and branches of rosemary, and a commitment to cooking them so as to heighten their qualities, perhaps baking them in parchment to seal in juices and mingle flavors. Open daily. AE, MC, V. No reservations. L $1.50-$6.75, D $6.75-$10.50. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Acas; Conducere; Evenimente; Comunicate; Presa; Activiti; why does perdita walk funny gangster hideouts in wisconsin And if cheesecake is on the list, reserve a piece, for it is superlative creamly, lemony, dense cheesecake with a light washof raspberry sauce. L, D daily. L daily, D daily. Children's prices. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Empty tables are seen for the first time in some restaurants. L, D $1.25-$8. AE, MC, V. Reservations accepted for eight or more only. 468-1122. Gusti's 1837 M St. NW. No-smoking section. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. Full bar service. AE, MC, V. Reservations suggested. From the central pastry table to the tiny carved batons of apple arranged as spokes on a plate of sweetbreads, the attention to decorative detail is sustained. Parking lot. Full bar service. Fellini's Pizza. 686-5500. Parking lots. Kabul Caravan 1725 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. 299-3526. Street parking. Free dinner parking in hotel garage. No alcholic beverages. 333-3700. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. That is, until the 1980s, when the building achieved a different sort of notoriety as the epicenter of the District's alternative music scene. 1983 The Food Marketing Institute reports that 2/3 of all fish consumed in the U.S. is eaten in restaurants. The menu is simple, and the chef generous with herbs, wine, tomatoes and attention to detail. Street parking. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Ben's Chili Bowl, which opened in 1958, looks like a relic on the yuppified stretch of U Street once known as Black Broadway. The Washington, DC of the 1980s and '90s was a dramatically different place than the Washington, DC of 2017. Booeymonger 5252 Wisconsin Ave. 686-5805. Open daily. One could hardly tell from the outside, but there is new life at the China Inn. Oysters are briny and plump. Viet Nam Bistro has grasscloth walls and lacy bamboo hanging lamps. Parking in front. I am guessing it was some sort of steak house, it had big white pillars or columns outside, a two story dining room (I think ) that looked over the big salad bar. which according to my 80 year old mother had big bowls of feta cheese on it?? Open daily. Lotus Inn 2404 Wisconsin Ave. NW. It has one of the town's most elegant pates maison. Street parking or nearby lots. No credit cards. Soup at 75 cents -- sometimes good, sometimes not -- and a very good simple salad at the same price fill out a meal of mountainous portions of superlative chicken or shrimp salad, hash or omelets or chopped steak with irresistible homemade potato chips called Palm fries. 525-8770. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. The cuisine has had its ups and downs, but shows strong signs of an upswing these days. L daily ex Sat, D daily.Closed Sun. Valet parking for dinner. Parking lot. 559-8558. Parking in shopping center lot. L $2.25-$9.95, D $5.75-$14.75. Closed Mon. Le Vieux Logis 7925 Old Georgetown Rd., Bethesda. L, D $2.95-$9.95. Open daily. Children's prices. They poured perfect pints for nearly 30 years at this Woodley Park Irish pub that closed its doors in November after numerous, outrageous St. Paddy's Day parties . 933-3687. L, D daily. L daily ex Sat, D daily. 340-6880. Entering through the kitchen and lunch counter, you are met by wonderful smells of unusual spices and charcoal-grilling. L $4.50-$8.50, D $10.50-$16. Cedar Knoll Inn George Washington Memorial Pkwy., Mt. The menu lists 20 dishes, many of them similar to one another, and all with the large, pale fermented pancakes that serve as platters and silverware for Ethiopian dining. Wine service is neglectful. But if something very homey, like veal stuffed with seasoned bread crumbs and braised in a brown sauce, is on the menu, you have hit a good night. $1.69 $1.99 . Open daily. Full bar service. The spot was known for serving . 234-1444. Nora is a sophisticated return to old-fashioned home cooking, with dishes from here and there but ingredients only from impeccable sources that raise their meats without chemicals. L daily ex Sat, D daily. Peking Palace 7944 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda. 536-4200. ta.queueForLoad : function(f, g){document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', f);})(function(){ta.trackEventOnPage('postLinkInline', 'impression', 'postLinks-115187862', '');}, 'log_autolink_impression');Washington DC in my youth. No smoking section. L daily ex Sat, Sun, D daily. Pueblo Joe's looks like the kind of place you would like to go while on vacation. L daily ex Sat, D daily. China Inn 631 H St. NW. Germaine's 2400 Wisconsin Ave., NW. AE, CB, D, MC, V. Reservations suggested. 638-6503. Although the menu has resisted change -- and faddism -- for years, the infusion of new talent and nouvelle cuisine in Washington's other restaurants has spurred Rive Gauche on to better efforts. Rive Gauche seems to be taking a deep breath and meeting the challenge again. Le Rendez-Vous 3155 Wilson Blvd., Arlington. If you judge the restaurant by one dish, let it be a soup called minced squab and scallops in a bamboo container. Beefsteak Charlie's was a well-known restaurant chain based in the New York metropolitan area, which grew to over 60 locations in the early 1980s.