<p>We will be down for accepted student day on Sat, April 17. Can anyone give a suggestion for a restaurant that evening. We will also be celebrating sibs 16 birthday, so no sushi or seafood as she won’t eat them, but anything else if fair game.</p>
<p>Are you looking for a restaurant near AU or near a particular hotel, or anywhere in DC?</p>
<p>Yelp.com is always good for finding decent restaurants. I’ve used it every time I’ve been in DC.</p>
<p>We will be at American in the afternoon, hotel is in Georgetown, but we will have our car, so flexible about location.</p>
<p>Buca Di Beppo ,on Connecticut Ave. north of Dupont Circle is great!! Massive portions of meatballs, chicken parmesan. Great bread. You MUST make a reservation though. We came without reservations, and we were seated in the kitchen. It was fun though. It was a special table, and the wait staff talked with us the whole time. You can even ask for that special table. (: Any of the restaurants in the Wilard Continental Hotel are nice as well. We just adore the atmosphere there.</p>
<p>You could try Cafe Ole or Zatinya (sp?) which are fun with “small plates” and there is also Founding Farmers on Pennsylvania. All 3 are a lot of fun. There is also Maggiano’s in Friendship Heights (one stop further out on the Metro) which is similar to Buca.</p>
<p>Farmers & Fishers on the Georgetown waterfront is a fun & unique restaurant. We were there over 4th of July weekend – even though it was super crowded, the service was very good.</p>
<p>Buca di Beppo is a chain restaurant. Just so you know.</p>
<p>We always seem to end up at Georgia Brown’s for yummy southern cuisine–I guess it’s kind of a tourist destination, but it’s very pleasant and we gorge on fried chicken, fried chicken livers, she-crab soup, etc. until we are practically incapacitated.</p>
<p>Buca is a ton of fun at any of the tables including the kitchen. Wish there was one in NOVA.</p>
<p>There is one of those pay-by-the-pound joints called An Uncommon Market on G Street close to the World Bank. Best of its type I’ve found in the DC metro area.</p>
<p>We hardly ever venture into DC for eats cause NOVA has just about everthing a foodie would want.</p>
<p>Second the vote for Georgia Brown’s. Also recommend Filomena in Georgetown, where the homemade pasta is made before your eyes in the window</p>
<p>A great restaurant for a birthday with spectacular food is Blue Duck Tavern. Reservations a must.</p>
<p>Blue Duck is one of my favorite more upscale places. My other must visit DC restaurant is Old Ebbit Grill near the WH. Their fried oyster stew is pretty much to die for.</p>
<p>We were just in DC, ending a college tour (American was our DC destination), and we met a bunch of family and had a birthday dinner at Central. Terrific French bistro food, great location near the White House, good service, reasonably priced for an upscale French bistro with a celebrity chef (Michel Richard) in a swank neighborhood. We also ate at Old Ebbit, which was good, but it’s a total tourist mob scene there.</p>
<p>Sorry Hoverdad, but Filomena is terribly overpriced for the service and quality. We were placed in a spot, between 2 crowded tables. The prices for pasta you can make yourself are above and beyond. You could buy a nice blouse or shoes instead of pasta. Alot of steps to walk down to the actual restaurant. Too many for the elderly. We had to carry our mother down them. Buca, I do not consider to be a chain quality restaurant like Maggiano’s. Dudedad: NOVA has little for foodies. The foodie friends of mine in NOVA always venture into D.C. and Bethesda for restaurants. All you have is the Amphora, and you used to have PO Folks. (:</p>
<p>Thanks for all the great suggestions. Nice to see a wide selection of types of cuisine. We are deciding between Georgia Brown (don’t get much southern food in CT) and Blue Duck. Filomena was booked and we have eaten at Old Ebbit Grill.<br>
We are keeping the others written to try on other visit down, which hopefully will happen frequently over the next four years!</p>
<p>My Italian wife, who can and has made her own pasta, loved Filomena.</p>
<p>Enjoy, bhmomma! I’m also from CT, so I know that with the wealth of great Italian cuisine available in your home state, it’s probably not what you would look for in DC.</p>
<p>MommaJ-I didn’t realize you were from CT as well. We are close to NYC so no dearth of good restaurants! I think your D may be the same major as mine (if I remember from the MT boards)!</p>
<p>there are some great places in NOVA, just check Washingtonian lists including cheap eats.
Cheers,
dd</p>