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 ST> I'm probably going to get a flood of responses for such a simple
 ST> question, but....    Being new to the area (and only temporarily here),
 ST> I don't know much about restaurants in the area (I'm staying in
 ST> College Park).  Can someone recommend a good "birthday dinner" type
 ST> of place --- let me define that:  nice place with a romantic
 ST> atmosphere, where you can get reasonable wine and hopefully get out
 ST> for under $100 for two people.  One additional requirement is that
 ST> it not be hard to get reservations on short notice.

Nice places at a reasonable price in College Park would be Sir Walter Raleigh
Inn, and Fireside Inn,  both are off of University Blvd, across from Beltway
Plaza Mall.  Sir Walter Raleigh has an excellent salad bar, and serves steak and
seafood.  I haven't been to Fireside in quite a while (college graduation
celebration), but I remember it being on par with Sir Walter Raleigh.

Less of an atmosphere, but still good birthday dinner locations are Chi-Chi's
off of Univ. Blvd. and El Torito in Greenbelt off of Greenbelt Rd (same road as
Univ. Blvd., just a different name.)  Chi-Chi's and El Torito are Mexican
(chain) restaurants.  House of Hunan is good for Chinese.  It's in Greenway
shopping center in Greenbelt, also off of Greenbelt Rd.  Parking can be kind of
bad because of the Holiday Health Spa next door.