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 Armadilla Grill
 14201 Sullyfield Rd.
 Chantilly, VA

(From the intersection of Routes US-50 and Va-28, go east on US-50 about 1/4
mile.  Turn right onto Sullyfield Road, and go about 1/3-1/2 mile (past the
Federal Express office, on the left) until you see the restaurant on the right.
Do not be too confused or dismayed by the street numbers on the /left/ side of
Sullyfield getting much higher than the numbers on the right side of the road.)

Armadilla Grill, an excellent and fairly new "southwestern" restaurant, was
written up favorably in the Washingtonian's "Cheap Eats" issue.  We didn't find
it cheap (four entrees with a fair number of beers, appetizers and desserts
added up to $75 plus the tip), but the food was excellent, the atmosphere
very pleasant, and the service good-to-very-good.

Appetizers: we had a six-pack of "mini chimis," egg-roll sized chimichangas
that were perfect, and a "Mexican pizza" (can't remember what they called it
on the menu) that was one of the best I've ever had.  Drinks: I had an ale
with an interesting name, pretty bottle, not worth drinking (had a couple of
XX with the rest of the meal); my wife enjoyed a glass of white "sangria," and
one of our friends had a traditional Margarita.  Entrees: two of us had tamales
with the red (nominally hot, actually not) chili sauce; one had the "Road Kill
Special" (yes, they call it that), moist and tasty duck that was delectable;
and we also tried another forgettable-name that was like a burrito in style
and enjoyed.  About that "red chili sauce"... it was neither "chile sauce"
nor "chili," but a thin sauce that went well with the tamales, bright red
from the chilis in it.

Nothin on the menu this week is particularly hot, so I asked for their
super-hot Habanero salsa, as offered on the menu.  The waiter brought a
medium-spicy, fairly chunky salsa that was okay, and when I asked about it
he sounded surprised and offered to bring me some of the super-hot Habanero
salsa (which I'd asked for in the first place).  THAT was nicely spicy --
I can handle hot foods pretty easily, but I had around five or six tablespoons
of that, and can still taste it a day later.  Yum!  That and failure to
refresh coffee cups were the only problems we had with the service.

Dessert, with coffee, was "Butterfinger Pie" (tastes like the candy, very rich,
probably wouldn't seek it out again but it was good), and a Green Chile Ice
Cream Sundae.  I swear, I'm not making this up.  The sundae was okay, the pie
was better -- they were all out of the Adobe Fudge Cake we had requested.

The restaurant is brightly painted, seats are comfortable, tables are good
sized and not too close together, and almost all of the restaurant is
no-smoking.  I recommend it highly.  (It's /primarily/ a lunch place, they've
only been open for dinner for a few months, I gather.  Reservations not
required.)  The owners were finishing their own meal as we left, and we
chatted with them for a while.  Lots of high quality armadillo souvenirs,
for anybody who wants to buy them.