1225 19th St NW (btwn M & N St NW), Washington, D.C.
Diner · Connecticut Avenue - K Street · 5 tips and reviews
Washington Post: ** stars in Tom Sietsema's Fall Dining Guide 2011. ("Its utensils are flimsy, and the nearest restroom is in the next building. I wouldn't change a thing," writes Tom.) http://wapo.st/n9c7zQ
Noodle Restaurant · Colonial Village · 133 tips and reviews
Jason Townsend: Pho 75 is easily the best Pho close into the city. If you want either metro accessible or no more than a few minutes away -- this is my go-to place. Perfect for warming up on a cold winters day.
Asian Restaurant · Downtown-Penn Quarter-Chinatown · 88 tips and reviews
Jason Townsend: Great happy hour special down at the bar really allows you to sample the menu without the price of the upstairs dining room. Opt for the re-imagined bahn mi or the frenched sweet/tangy chicken wings.
1190 22nd Street, N.W. (at M St NW), Washington, D.C.
American Restaurant · West End · 27 tips and reviews
Jason Townsend: For happy hour, good $6 cocktails and enjoy the good food: A divine lobster roll, Mac&Cheese, and crabcake. On sliders, get fish burger & pork and skip the cheeseburger.
New American Restaurant · Old Town · 53 tips and reviews
Washington Post: **** stars in Tom Sietsema's Fall Dining Guide 2011. (Tom recommends the sweet lobster poached in bacon fat and the sweet potato gnocchi.) http://wapo.st/q30rtc
4441 Wisconsin Ave NW (at Albemarle St NW), Washington, D.C.
Indian Restaurant · Tenleytown · 24 tips and reviews
Washingtonian Magazine: The flavors of the kitchen’s chicken makhani are at once amped up and complex, and it’s hard to resist sopping up all the tomatoey gravy with blistered rounds of cilantro-sprinkled naan.
Noodle Restaurant · Capitol Hill · 181 tips and reviews
Washingtonian Magazine: Two people can make a meal from one big bowl of ramen (all five varieties are $10 each) and an order of dumplings (six for $5), which means a Cheap Eats budget can include cocktails.