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Barry Hemmerdinger (hemmer@ERA.COM) wrote:

:    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.
: --

Yeah, I agree.  The one in New York blows this one away, but I still think
the corned beef and pastrami are ultra-high quality.  Just how good is 
Celebrity Delly?  I might have to run down there this weekend.  What do you
recommend?
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