JLK Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Next week, a friend is coming home to visit his family for Thanksgiving and I'm trying to catch breakfast with him before leaving to visit my own relatives. Can you think of anywhere in Bethesda that serves breakfast on a weekday? Silver Spring would work too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm212 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Probably Original Pancake House would be your best bet. I have had some decent meals at the Tastee diner too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Probably Original Pancake House would be your best bet. I have had some decent meals at the Tastee diner too. When I needed to be out there working, I would go to Tastee Diner. It's not the absolute best quality, but it was a nice start to the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC in DC Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Probably Original Pancake House would be your best bet. I have had some decent meals at the Tastee diner too. I had the scariest "pancake" at OPH last year. It was some kind of baked apple/ cinnamon/dough monstrosity. Seriously, it covered the entire plate. Friends of mine loved the place, but I suspect it had more to do with the portion size (for the ravenous husband). I am personally not a fan. breakfast-- maybe cafe deluxe in downtown bethesda? Also, there is a diner in Chevy Chase DC (Connecticut Ave near the Avalon Theatre) where I had OK french toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CajunJason Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Tastee Diner is a Bethesda institution. A few bucks will go a looooooong way, and i've always been happy- and quite full after my breakfasts there. www.tasteediner.com Cheers, -j Jason Gabriel Mandel Assistant General Manger- Notti Bianche, Italian Trattoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bookluvingbabe Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 I like Original Pancake House. There is also a Booymongers on 410 just to the right of the Bethesda Metro if you are facing north on Wisconsin Avenue. Both provided breakfasts the weekend of my wedding. OPH was good basic food and the Booymongers had lovely greasy bacon. (I like my bacon undercooked and floppy, as I recall it was perfect...) Jennifer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMM Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Definitely Tastee Diner. It's got history and attitude! There's one in Silver Spring too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Next week, a friend is coming home to visit his family for Thanksgiving and I'm trying to catch breakfast with him before leaving to visit my own relatives.Can you think of anywhere in Bethesda that serves breakfast on a weekday? Silver Spring would work too. I'd hit Louisiana Express if they still do breakfast (they did seven days a week for years). Eggs creole: poached eggs on fried grits with creole sauce; and cafe au lait and beignets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Can you think of anywhere in Bethesda that serves breakfast on a weekday? Silver Spring would work too. Assuming "Silver Spring" means you'd be going down East-West Highway, I'd hit Red Dog Cafe which serves breakfast at 7 AM (try their house-made granola and fresh fruit juices). Cheers, Rocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokey Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Also, there is a diner in Chevy Chase DC (Connecticut Ave near the Avalon Theatre) where I had OK french toast. Ack! I say stay away from the American City Diner (CT Ave. near Avalon). I had a terrible dinner there once with SO. Mediocre diner food (at least for dinner), everything 'eh' at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPW Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Assuming "Silver Spring" means you'd be going down East-West Highway, I'd hit Red Dog Cafe which serves breakfast at 7 AM (try their house-made granola and fresh fruit juices).Cheers, Rocks. Just be prepared for everything to take a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLK Posted November 21, 2005 Author Share Posted November 21, 2005 Hmm...not ideal then. Long waits are not conducive to hitting the road for NE PA at a reasonably early hour. Thanks for the warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brr Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 I had the scariest "pancake" at OPH last year. It was some kind of baked apple/ cinnamon/dough monstrosity. Seriously, it covered the entire plate. HA! I think its their apple pancake, I like to call it an 'ode to obesity' - you can also order it a la mode if you don;t think its filling enough on its own I like OPH - good basic breakfast food/pancakes and I do like their other 'house special', the Dutch Baby - reminds me a little of the pancakes my mother used to make on Pancake (Shrove) Tuesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kventura Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 Another option in Bethesda is Old Georgetown Grille, at the corner of Old G'toan and Fairmont. Nothing special, but a decent affordable breakfast in a somewhat quiet setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted November 21, 2005 Share Posted November 21, 2005 i had one bad meal at the pancake place, and never went back. tastee diner is an institution, but the one in bethesda is far superior (believe it or not) to the one in silver spring. there is also the parkway deli and woodside deli (located right next to 495) for very good jewish deli type breakfasts. red dog cafe (at least the two dinners i had) were bad, so i wouldnt reccommend breakfast (and i live right next to it, and wish it was decent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ustreetguy Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Ha! A good breakfast in Bethesda!?!! I only say that cuz I work there. there is also the parkway deli For breakfast, I've had a decent (and I stress that it's only decent) breakfast at Parkway Deli in Chevy Chase or the deli at Potomac Village (it's in the same complex as the Giant at the intersection of Falls Road and River Road). Hope that helps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLK Posted November 23, 2005 Author Share Posted November 23, 2005 We ended up at Tastee Diner in Bethesda. It was fine, a good place to catch up. Our server, though, could only be described as bizarre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Our server, though, could only be described as bizarre. Oh, this is too tantilizing. DISH! DISH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLK Posted November 24, 2005 Author Share Posted November 24, 2005 I don't even know how to describe him, a man of about...45/50 years perhaps? He definitely had his schtick and 90% of it was fake rudeness that eventually just seemed rude. Granted this is a diner and we weren't expecting fine service, but it was just so odd overall. I can't do it justice with words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I can't do it justice with words. I know what you mean. That's why I secretly LOATHE Don Rockwell (and all the other "natural" writers on this site). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiral Stairs Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 How's this for an old bump? I figure my question would eventually get merged in with this, so I might as well save Don the trouble. I need to figure out a good place in downtown Bethesda to deposit my mom, wife, and 8-month old baby for a couple hours on a forthcoming Saturday morning. The situation is this: My mom is visiting on the same weekend as the first meeting of a class I'm taking at the Writer's Center. Rather than leave the family behind, I thought they could come up with me to Bethesda and entertain themselves from 10:00 to 12:30. Any good, casual breakfast or brunch place for such a motley trio in the walkable (and stroller-able) environs of downtown Bethesda on Saturday morning? Or at least coffee/pastries? Bonus points for any other suggestions on how they might entertain themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravana Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 The Original Pancake House is within walking distance of a few places that they can stay entertained at, although I doubt they'd wanna be outside with a baby and highs of about 49. White Flint Mall maybe? I am not sure anymore, my memories of that area are slowly fading away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiral Stairs Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 The Original Pancake House is within walking distance of a few places that they can stay entertained at, although I doubt they'd wanna be outside with a baby and highs of about 49. ... [For the record, it's not THIS weekend. It's April 14th. I have it on good authority that the weather will be perfect.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Any good, casual breakfast or brunch place for such a motley trio in the walkable (and stroller-able) environs of downtown Bethesda on Saturday morning? Or at least coffee/pastries? Louisiana Express is a dive, but the breakfasts are pretty tasty in a greasy-spoon-diner kinda way, the beignets decent, the cafe au lait hot and bitter. It could do. There's a handful of little shops nearby, too, and the big Barnes and Noble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravana Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 If you imagine this route as a triangle, then the origin is the OPH. There is a lot to see in that area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkduggins Posted April 4, 2007 Share Posted April 4, 2007 Porcupine types faster than I! Louisianna Express would be my recommendation, too. They open for breakfast at 7:30 on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimmySmith Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Mon Ami Gabi has a good brunch (open at 11:30 on Saturday), and is right across the street from a bookstore (Borders? B&N?) which is always a good place to kill time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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