crackers Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I have the good fortune of being asked to escort six well dressed and well behaved teenagers out to dinner Friday night during an overnight trip to the GW campus. Much as I would love to introduce them to Notti Bianche or Circle Bistro, I’m afraid that may be out of their budgets. Are there any good burgers, pizza, not-too-challenging ethnic, etc. within a few blocks of 21st and E St.? Shogun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FunnyJohn Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Bertucchi's near Tower Records in that little mall at 21st & Penn has pizza and pasta -- not great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogun Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 No Bertuccis! I mean really! Lindy's (21st and I): My personal favorite burger joint in the immediate area, having ~25 varieties and decent other offerings. Cone-E-Island next door [inside the 'mall'] for dessert. Froggy Bottom Pub (The Frog)(22nd and Penn): Burger place, also good, with more dinnery-type offerings than Lindy's (Pastas, chicken/steak/fish*, pizza). Standard, generally reasonably-done pub fare. Excellent pho and spring rolls, not that they have them right now. Aroma (website)(I between 20th and 19th. Next to Kaz): Good Indian. I've only been once or twice for lunch takeout but I've always enjoyed it. El Chalan (Across from Aroma): Tasty Peruvian! This might be a good option, but probably at the upper end of their budgets (Aroma is probably approaching there, too...neither are un-doable though.) (Website) Thai Place (2134 Penn, Between 21st and 22nd): Servicable Thai Panda Cafe (Next to Thai Place): Reasonable generic Chinese (used to be excellent) Mehran (Next to Panda): Servicable-- Pakistani. Mentioned for completeness. -- is the opposite of ++. Not that I never eat there, now. Butter chicken is love. There's a small strip of places on Penn between 21st and 22nd (The Frog, Thai Place, Panda Cafe, Mehran), so you could go there and decide on the spot. If all else fails, you can always hop the Georgetown shuttle at the Foggy Bottom metro station. Updates as I think of them. *This is noteworthy. The chickensteakfish is a formidable challange to even the most well-seasoned chef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Gastreaux Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Breadline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdt Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Breadline? It is not open for dinner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBK Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Shogun's list is excellent. I'd say The Frog or Lindy's is your best bet. The Frog used to have half-priced pizza on Mondays (at least, back when I was a GW student), FYI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mame11 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Shogun's list is excellent. I'd say The Frog or Lindy's is your best bet. The Frog used to have half-priced pizza on Mondays (at least, back when I was a GW student), FYI. The Frog is great because they have a nice patio. Plus your teens will feel like they are at college as it is such a college bar. The other option is to walk into Georgetown. It is not a far walk at all. There are plenty of "inexpensive" options like Chadwicks, Clydes and Five Guys. Plus it would expose them to the chaos that is Georgetown on a nice spring night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crackers Posted March 30, 2006 Author Share Posted March 30, 2006 The other option is to walk into Georgetown. it would expose them to the chaos that is Georgetown on a nice spring night.Exactly why the head chaperone will not allow us to go to Georgetown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogun Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Yeah, I think everywhere on that block of Penn has outdoor seating if it's a nice night. Lindy's (close enough it should still be considered) has a patio out back, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadya Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I've had good experiences at the Indian place - nice tandoori dishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Slater Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Circle Bistro! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngfood Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Osteria del Galileo might be a little far at six blocks away, but would probably meet the good food on a budget requirement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj32 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 There is a great Chinese restaurant on K Street b/w 18th adn 19th. It's in the basement of International Square -- Sichuan Garden. I have eaten there for lunch many times and it is alway packed with business. I have also ordered in dinner from there when working late. I am sure that it is quiet for dinner, but is great food and should fit your needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Johnston Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Is this the one in the food court that has a daily buffet? There is a great Chinese restaurant on K Street b/w 18th adn 19th. It's in the basement of International Square -- Sichuan Garden. I have eaten there for lunch many times and it is alway packed with business. I have also ordered in dinner from there when working late. I am sure that it is quiet for dinner, but is great food and should fit your needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 El Chalan (Across from Aroma): Tasty Peruvian! This might be a good option, but probably at the upper end of their budgets Has El Chalan gotten expensive? I would have said that it's within the budget of anyone whose budget allows eating in restaurants. And wonderful food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogun Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Has El Chalan gotten expensive? I would have said that it's within the budget of anyone whose budget allows eating in restaurants. And wonderful food.To my mind, a little bit, at least in this context. Depends on what you do, really. I got the peanut sauce chicken for lunch the other day and it was $12 and change. Upper end of what I do for lunch, but not bad. On the other hand, if you do app, entree, dessert, and a Pisco sour or two like we did at 'Twenty Dollar Tuesdays' it'll run you about $45/head, ~$20 more than I'd budget for dinner on a school trip without planning to have an 'actual' dinner.--Matt Who always calculated the pisco sours into his school trip dinner budgets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj32 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Sichuan Garden is not in the food court. The entrance is right off the street. They do have a lunch buffet though where they charge by the pound. The sit-down restaurant is downstairs from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hersch Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 If any teenagers--no matter how well dressed or well behaved--were to have pisco sours for dinner, they would be Breaking The Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jm chen Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I think Aroma would be a good choice. It's not winning any awards for interior design, but I've eaten there a handful of times, and everything I ordered was tasty. Mmm, butter chicken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogun Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 Quite so! They can have virgin Pisco sours. Granted they are just sour mix, egg whites, and nutmeg but on a hot day they are perfectly refreshing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleWing Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 As a former GW student who frequented Lindy's - which has a small outdoor patio too- I second that choice. And as an alternative, I also endorse Circle Bistro. However, the teens might enjoy being in the company of college students- making Lindy's a good choice as far as both food and atmosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbh Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Another possibility could be 51st State Tavern. You could walk over to 19th Street, and then you have all sorts of possibilities on the cheap side (Luigis, Penang, Nooshi, etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogun Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 51st is ok, but there's nothing you can get there that you couldn't get five blocks closer at The Frog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edstaut Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Have you all eaten at Froggy recently? For the past 4 years I've been at GW the food has always been terrible, and really really slow to come out. Go to drink not to eat. I vote for thai place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shogun Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 (edited) Yes. Yes I have. Betcha we get the same waiter. I was there his first day. I predicted his stay to be short and unlettered. He's still there, and that had to have been two years ago at least. He is the worst waiter ever. I have noticed a decline in the food. The frozen chicken fingers aren't what they used to be (ETA: They're using another kind of Sysco honey mustard I don't like as much, too), and as that's what I eat 95% of the time I'm there, I'm the first to notice. Pizza is still pretty good. I'm starting a Bring Back The Pho campaign. I never said it was dinner at the Cipriani. Edited to reorganize a little. And lament the Sysco honey-mustard. Edited March 31, 2006 by shogun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillvalley Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Has anything improved or gotten worse in the past year? I need a vegetarian option (but not Indian) for dinner before the game at the Marvin center tomorrow night. Parking is an added bonus. Do Notti, Dish or CB do pretheater menus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdt Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Has anything improved or gotten worse in the past year? I need a vegetarian option (but not Indian) for dinner before the game at the Marvin center tomorrow night. Parking is an added bonus.Do Notti, Dish or CB do pretheater menus? Yes, no,and yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atenna Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 We are meeting some friends tonight who are staying in the Washington Circle area. We are from out of town as well but are commuting in. These people are not that paticular where they eat. We, on the other hand, are very food orianted. We are looking for a place to eat for our non-foodie friends dollar wise and will meet our food expectations. We want to stay in the walking distance of the circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leleboo Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Circle Bistro -- and if the main menu is too expensive, you can order off it in the bar and they can stick with the lighter-on-the-wallet bar menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kturkey88 Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Ris might be an option. They also have a bar menu til ~630. http://www.risdc.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RWBooneJr Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 Firefly isn't a bad option either. The other two choices nearby, Westend and Blue Duck, are probably more expensive than you'd like (though a recent meal at the latter was quite good). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonRocks Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 We are meeting some friends tonight who are staying in the Washington Circle area. We are from out of town as well but are commuting in. These people are not that paticular where they eat. We, on the other hand, are very food orianted. We are looking for a place to eat for our non-foodie friends dollar wise and will meet our food expectations. We want to stay in the walking distance of the circle. Circle Bistro -- and if the main menu is too expensive, you can order off it in the bar and they can stick with the lighter-on-the-wallet bar menu. Firefly isn't a bad option either. The other two choices nearby, Westend and Blue Duck, are probably more expensive than you'd like (though a recent meal at the latter was quite good). I've been to both Circle Bistro (for lunch) and Firefly (for dinner) in the past couple of weeks. Lunch at Circle Bistro was just awful, not to mention expensive; however, I've had wonderful dinner experiences there when Ethan McKee is in the kitchen. Firefly is humming along nicely, and Danny Bortnick batted two-for-two with his beet and goat cheese salad and magnificent roast chicken (one of the few roast chickens in town that can give Palena's a run for the money). Cheers, Rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted November 19, 2010 Share Posted November 19, 2010 I would actually recommend Kaz or Founding Farmer's if they are up for a walk. Only because the menu at FF is more encompassing. Alternatively, there is a Bertucci's nearby Foggy Bottom too, if that is more their cup of suppe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atenna Posted November 20, 2010 Share Posted November 20, 2010 We are meeting some friends tonight who are staying in the Washington Circle area. We are from out of town as well but are commuting in. These people are not that paticular where they eat. We, on the other hand, are very food orianted. We are looking for a place to eat for our non-foodie friends dollar wise and will meet our food expectations. We want to stay in the walking distance of the circle. Well, We ended up at Founding Farmers. A little more exoensive than our friends wanted but the food met our needs and the dinks sold them. Thanks all for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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