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In article <HEMMER.94Aug17170427@soup.ERA.COM>,
Barry Hemmerdinger <hemmer@ERA.COM> wrote:
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>   Dario Wolfish (dario@larry.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
>   : I posted this on the DC.general by mistake.
>
>   : I'm planning a 10 day tourist trip to DC in October. What is the best
>   : Seafood, Jewish Deli, Pizza, Chinese, Thai, Breakfast, Italian, and
>   : Thai places in the DC area? 
>
>   : I'll be staying in Alexandria but will have a car.
>   : So, what's your favorites??
>
>   Seafood:  Kinkead's at 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue
>   Jewish Deli:  Carnegie Deli at Tyson's Corner, Va
>   Pizza:  who knows?  You could try Generous George's Positive Pizza Place
>		 in Alexandria.  It's right up there in quality, with a fun
>		 atmosphere.
>   Chinese:  depends who you talk to.  Try the dim sum at Fortune in Bailey's
>		   Crossroads, Va, or Mr Yung's in Chinatown.  There's a place in
>		   the mall at Tysons II that, if you order FROM THE CHINESE MENU,
>		   is sublime.  I think it's called Hunan Lion.
>   Breakfast:  try the Royal Diner in Alexandria.  I may have the name wrong, 
>			but it's close.
>   Thai:  Many really good ones.  One that leaps to mind is Busara in Glover Park,
>		on Wisconsin Avenue about 1 mile north of Georgetown.
>
>   Bon appetit.
>
>
>The Carnegie Deli is OK, nothing like the one in NY.  I think a much
>better Jewish Deli style place is the Celebrity Delly in Falls Church
>on Arlington Blvd.
>--
>I've been corresponding with Dario via email on this one and my response 
to him was don't waste time, money, and calories on deli in DC.  I mean, 
anything spelled "delly" is bad news before you walk in the door.  Unless 
maybe its short for dellycatessin.  Carnegie Deli was authentic when it 
first opened but it has declined considerably.  But Dario is a true 
connoisseur - this is a guy who knows from Ratners, 2nd Avenue Deli, and 
Yonah Shimmels - so how can anything in DC be worth his time?  Let's face 
it folks, wishing for good deli in DC won't make it so.  But there are so 
many great restaurants here, it is not a big deal.
Ellen Paul
 
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