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Martin Bondy (bondy@ERA.COM) wrote:
: I'm looking for suggestions for a good, semi-formal Italian restaurant in 
: northern Virginia.  My wife and I are taking both sets of our parents out
: for dinner and we are trying to go someplace other than the Alpine in
: Arlington.  Thanks in advance for your suggestions.

It's not semi-formal; you can wear whatever you want.  But it is the best 
Southern Italian food I've found in the area, that's Pines of Naples in 
Arlington off of Columbia Pike and near Glebe Rd.  I spent 2 years in 
Naples so I know what I'm comparing it to.  I took my parents there when 
they were in town and they loved it.
My recommenations are:
pasta fagoli soup
white pizza appeatizer
Gnocchi - main pasta
      or
A sea food dish
cannolini desert
a nice house white wine
and capochino

Seems like alot?  Nothing compared to a real Italian meal.
They aren't expensive either.

Cynner

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