<p>hi all…we are visiting in a couple of weeks and your restaurant recommendations are great!! One question though; daughter wants to tool around Georgetown the day before our tour and info session…what is the best way to get there from Friendship Heights Embassy Suites? I looked on the Metro map; looks like a bear…how do the kids get there from the campus?</p>
<p>Also, is the walk from the TenleytownAU stop doable or should we wait for the shuttle the next morning?</p>
<p>We are heading home today after a week on the east coast seeing both girls and other family and friends. We had pretty good Indian food st the little shop on the ground floor of the student center last night when we stopped by to meet a friend who lives near there and see our daughter briefly. </p>
<p>Getting to Georgetown is not really possible by Metro you have to drive or take a bus. You can walk to AU from Tenleytown Metro but it is a fairly long walk. AU has a shuttle that runs fairly late from the Metro station to campus. I am sure that the admissions office can tell you wear to catch it or you will be able to figure it out because it has AU very visible on the bus.
Ellen</p>
<p>We also had really excellent Japanese food in Tenley Town (Murasaki?) The place was PACKED. Relatively inexpensive, but high quality. The best recommendation is that this is where folks from the Japanese Embassy go.</p>
<p>The Mexican restaurant in Tenleytown also has gotten good reviews. It always seems packed.</p>
<p>As far as walking to Tenleytown, S says it takes 10-12 minutes from Anderson dorm to the Metro stop but he is tall with long legs. Say 15 minutes at most for short people like me? It’s a nice, pretty walk.</p>
<p>you can grab the AU shuttle to the Metro at the entrance to the parking lot next to Anderson–it’s clearly marked.</p>
<p>thanks all…as far as the walk from the Metro, 15 minutes is not bad (sounds like a mile) but it will depend on the weather…</p>
<p>boysx3: do you remember the name of the Mexican restaurant: just trying to keep the options open</p>
<p>The AU bus leaves from behind the Whole Foods, on a street parallel to Wisconsin Ave. IT drops you off in several places on campus, one is right outside the Kogod School of Business.
This spring, I walked one way, but got a little lost, so it took me longer- if you are walking be sure you have mapped out the route. Busses are supposed to run every 20 minutes.</p>
<p>Places I ate at this weekend in Tenleytown are: ZBurger (burgers with your choice of lots of toppings), Chipotle, Ruby Tuesday.</p>
<p>I went to very few organized activities for parents weekend but I was glad I went. I would definately go back next year on parents weekend versus another weekend, because I think my son was more willing to spend time with me than he would have been if his other friends’ parents weren’t there.</p>
<p>The AU shuttle also stops on the south side of campus outside of the Katzen Arts Center, where the Welcome Center is located. I believe it says somewhere on the AU website that you need a special pass to ride the shuttle if you’re a visitor, but ignore that–anyone can hop on. There’s also a city bus you can take that goes right to the campus from Friendship Heights, a pretty short ride–I can’t recall the bus number, but the DC Metro website is very user friendly. (It will also tell you how to get to Georgetown via bus, though a cab may make the most sense for that trip.)</p>
<p>There’s a Cheesecake Factory in the same building as the Embassy Suites in Friendship Heights, especially good for those with big appetites, and a great dessert stop. And the nice thing about that hotel is that a very extensive breakfast is included in the room price. There’s tons of very high end shopping in the hotel’s immediate vicinity, up Wisconsin (at that point you’ve crossed over the line into Chevy Chase)–you can even snag a Vera Wang wedding dress if you’re the type that likes to plan ahead!</p>
<p>Oh please, stop with the Ruby Tuesday’s recommendations. It really is a mainstream chain. In Tenley, the Mexican restaurant is called Guapo’s, ( very loud singles crowd; you can hear people stomping above.), but Cactus Cantina , further down near the national cathedral is even better. Z-burger is very unhealthy for teens. 5 Guys, a popular burger establishment, is also an unhealthy choice for teens. But really, Morty’s open faced brisket sandwich platters and chocolate egg creams are worth a try. (especially for our New York posters lol).</p>
<p>HAha CR, you’re TOO much
A brisket sandwich (hope there’s no FAT) and a chocolate egg cream are really healthy choices!</p>
<p>Rodney,
Guapo’s is the name of the Mexican restuarant in Tenleytown. Son went recently with some friends from his floor–said it was good but not fabulous, and that the portions were large (important to him) and relatively decently priced but not inexpensive (on a student budget). It was a nice evening so they were able to eat outside.</p>
<p>Our favorite “nice” places to take our sons so far are Founding Farmers on Pennsylvania (great menu, some unusual choices, “locavore” focus, the popcorn is amazing) and Zatiniya (sp?) near the DC Main Library (middle eastern small plates/ the chef who was eliminated from Top Chef last night is a chef there).</p>
<p>Friendship Heights has a lot of restaurants. We took our son and a group of his friends to the Maggiano’s in Friendship Heights–it’s a fun place to go with a crowd. Especially a crowd whose empty stomachs have no limits–I could not believe how many baskets of bread the boys devoured. However, Cadmiumred did not approve of our choice. That may or may not influence you.</p>
<p>The menu at Morty’s looks like standard deli fare, but we only had the soup there. it was ok but not great. My son has been spoiled by
good deli and doesn’t much care for it. He warns not to use the restrooms or you will lose your appetite. I didn’t want to ask him any more questions.</p>
<p>CR: you gave me my CC laugh of the day; Brisket sounds great, but healthy? um, no…thanks for the tips though; we are usually trying to put the lbs on my daughter so zburger sounds great! (for me though, uh, no but I’ll manage)…</p>
<p>hello: I’ll definitely look into the bus from Friendship Heights; we have to be at Katzen by 10 so I guess it’ll depend what time we get up…</p>
<p>You are all sooo helpful; I really do love this thread (and the comic relief is great too!!)…I hope my daughter loves AU as much as she thinks she will; she has already said that it is her top choice on paper and can’t wait to visit…and she’s only a junior!!</p>
<p>boys: thanks for the recs; we try to stay away from restaurants that have amazing bread; my daughter is gluten-free (Celiac) and is very tempted to “cheat” when she sees that bread bowl…</p>
<p>Hello5:</p>
<p>A chocolate egg cream is MUCH healthier than a chocolate mint milkshake at ZBurger!
An egg cream is merely composed of selzter water, skim milk and a little chocolate syrup.
I always request lean brisket for my open-faced sandwich platter. I meant in my earlier post that kids make a habit of frequenting ZBurger and 5 Guys. I know this crowd is not into Citronelle so I have recommended more basic places that are still pleasing.</p>
<p>Why would anyone call that an Egg Cream! I need a confirmation of that recipe !!!, any New Yorkers here? and why would you even want to drink that??
For lunch or informal dinner, I can recommend Clydes or Chadwicks in Friendship Heights/Chevy Chase. Varied menus, good food. Dinner was great at Paola’s in Gtown and Le Chat Noir in Tenleytown.
CR, I’m sure that most of the posters here love to eat in great restaurants and do. It’s just when you haven’t seen your D/S for several months, your priorities are spending time with your child and not necessarily using the trip to experience great DC restaurants.</p>
<p>CR, I owe you an apology. I googled and your recipe is correct. My husband says he loves them! Who knew?</p>
<p>For any sports fans, H and sons enjoy catching up with each other while watching the games at a sports bar called Third Edition. I believe it’s on Wisconsin, but closer to Georgetown than AU. A fun place, though.</p>
<p>CR’s recipe for the egg cream was correct (although this doesn’t mean much as you can google ‘egg cream’ and get that recipe off any one of the thousands of hits that come up) me and my dad had the egg creams from the place CR suggested, we took one sip and threw them out. I’m a New Yorker who has had many good egg creams and that was definitely not one of them.</p>
<p>As to the poster who was looking for restaurants that are celiac friendly Morton’s is a great one and there are two in DC. Every time my parents come down I have them take me there, its a steak house so I’m never tempted with the bread before the meal (I am also G-free) because I always want to save room and they have tons of salads, seafoods, and veggies to have with your steak. It’s a little pricier than say, Ruby Tuesdays but your getting a much better meal.</p>
<p>There are lots of great restaurants in DC, (although none as good as in NY haha) most hotels can provide recommendations that are close by and if you tell them what your looking for the staff will point you in the right direction.</p>
<p>If your looking for a fun family restaurant Bucca Del Beppo in Dupont is always fun. The food is okay, not great but its not expensive and if you make reservations ahead of time you can get a table in the kitchen (they only have 1). Its a fun experience especially if your traveling with children. I have been there once and I’d go back if my family wanted to bring my younger brother and sister but its not somewhere I would frequent. Atmosphere is more fun than the food is good.</p>
<p>New Yorker here. Never saw an egg cream made with skim milk in my entire life. Stepfather owned a pharmacy on next block from Zabar’s, and ate at Zabar’s on Monday night.</p>
<p>No skim milk need apply. And the specific reason why you CAN’T use skim milk in a proper egg cream is that skim milk doesn’t foam. And without the foam, it isn’t even an egg cream. Maybe a chocolate soda of some kind, but definitely not an egg cream.</p>
<p>correction: mini’s right, I didn’t read that it said skim milk, sorry!</p>
<p>I knew I’d find some New Yorkers to set me straight Thanks!
Don’t think I’m going to take CR’s recommendation of Morty’s</p>
<p>She knows about as much about egg creams as she does about Citronelle.</p>