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In article <2vv1jn$ria@search01.news.aol.com>,
KGreenberg <kgreenberg@aol.com> wrote:
>We just moved into Alexandria (near King & 395) and are looking for good
>restaurants of all price ranges that we won't have to deal with Old Town
>traffic to reach.  Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Kevin

We live there in Fairlington and have a few favorite places that
are conveniently located and ok to us.

5-guys burgers - take out burgers. Corner of King and Walter-Reed.
                 My wife calls this the Beavis 'n Butthead burger joint.
                 Go there, you'll see what she means.
Copelands - inconsistant New Orleans food. It can be fun/loud.
            Decent bartenders. King and 395
Duangrats (sp?) - great thai, bit over-priced, near king and Columbia
Boss Cats - Sandwiches and small dinners, good for fish. next to duangrats
Crystal Thai - cheaper and less fancy than duangrats, but still pretty 
                good. route 50 in arlington (5 minute drive)
Carlyle Grand - good yuppie-ish place for dinner - non-smoking. good 
                 bartenders, in shirlington
Bistro-Bistro - creative food, but pricey (IMHO) . Too many smokers
                inside that can't smoke at nearby Carlyle, in shirlington
Atlantis Pizza - Family owned greek pizza joint. In Bradley shopping center.
China something - only been there a zillion times and can't remember the
                  name. Its in the plaza next to Fridays (not recommended).
                  Good straight forward chinese food and in walking distance
                  to your place. Disadvantage is there is no bar to serve
                  umbrella drinks.
Mountain Jacks - route 7 in falls church. Well its not "convenient" cause
                 its pretty far down route 7 (away from old-town)
                 but its a great meat-potatoes
                 dinner. Nice enough atmosphere and a better than 50% 
                 chance of good folk music in the bar area for before or
                 after you eat.

There are TONS of places up on Wilson Blvd near the Clarendon metro.
Parking there at night is pretty easy compared to Old Town and there
is a very good selection of restaurants all within walking 
distance of each other.

Excuse the lenght, Its 45 minutes before lunch break and I got
carried away thinking about food. :-)

Brian
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