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I've been following the discussion of DC restaurants 
that started out a few weeks ago with someone's question 
about where to go for Afghan food.  

I collected the recommendations into a list, and thought you all
might be interested in the summary:

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                    AFGHAN RESTAURANTS

Afghani dishes bear the kind of resemblance to Indian food that Vietnamese
food does to Chinese -- clearly related, but not quite the same.  The spices
tend toward slightly heavier flavors, but there's fragrant rice and some
yoghurt, plenty of garlic and good chicken. Try some cardimum tea
with your meal.


VIRGINIA:
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Panjshir Afghan Restaurant (a Washingtonian bargain restaurant)
   924 W. Broad St (703)536-4566

   Coming from the Beltway, you'd take Rte 7 (which becomes West Broad St.)
   "eastbound" (really southbound at that point, but /toward/ DC, not away
   from it in any case).  At about 2 miles from the Beltway,
   the restaurant is on your left.  (It's not far past a large, 
   long shopping center, also on the left, that includes a Giant 
   Supermarket.)  

Panjshir II
   224 Maple Av W (Rt. 123), Vienna, VA.

Kabul Caravan  (related to Kabul West in Bethesda)
   on the river side of Wilson Blvd. just outside of Rosslyn.
 
Bamiyan II 
   on King St in Old Town Alexandria,

Ariana Afghan Restaurant 
   on Spring St in Herndon, VA.  Ariana is the old name for Afghanistan.
   Afganis seem to prefer this and Panjshir I and II to Bamiyan.

DISTRICT:
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Khyber Pass
   at Connecticut and Calvert.  Small and reasonably price and 
   only open for dinner.

Bamiyan
   on M St in Georgetown

MARYLAND:
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Kabul West in Bethesda, MD

Helmand, on Charles (in Baltimore, 
	in an area with a couple of good
	Indian places, a Vietnamese place, and others)

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                    JAMACIAN RESTAURANTS

DISTRICT:
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Wings and Tings
   in Adams Morgan on 18th St., south from the intersection of Columbia and
   18th street, open evenings.

Montego Cafe
   across the street from Wings and Tings; It's got a better
   selection of food; It's also less expensive than Cafe Atlantico.

Cafe Atlantico
   in Adams Morgan on Columbia, south from the intersection of Columbia and
	  18th street

MARYLAND:
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Jamaica Joe's
   in Silver Spring, in a plaza on the corner of Georgia and Colesville Rd
   a lunchtime place


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                    LEBANESE RESTAURANTS


VIRGINIA:
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Lebanese Taverna
   Taverna 5900 Washington Blvd, Arlington, HIGHLY recommended.
   about 2 miles east of the East Falls Church Metro.

   WONDERFUL food., friendly people, they always have a soup 
   available, but there's no soup in the menu, ever.
   They also have a market at 4400 Old Dominion Dr, Arlington

Samadi Sweets Cafe
   in Bailey's Crossroads.

DISTRICT:
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Lebanese Taverna (another one)
   2641 Connecticut Ave, near the Woodley Park Metro.

MARYLAND:
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Bacchus
   in Bethesda




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                    THAI-LAOTIAN RESTAURANTS


VIRGINIA:
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Bangkok-Vientiane  (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED - a Washingtonian bargain rest.)
   926-A West Broad St (Rt 7) Falls Church, (703)534-0095

   Next door to Panshir, above.

Angkor Wat (Cambodian) 
   6703 Lowell Ave, McLean, VA Phone (703)893-6077
   a block from the intersection of Old Dominion Dr and Chain Bridge Rd


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                    VEGETARIAN RESTAURANTS

Food for Thought
   On Connecticut Ave., north of Dupont Circle, between R and S.

Katmandu, Connecticut at S and Florida, just up from Food for Thought:
	Nepalese; not exclusively vegetarian, but there's enough
	there.

Paru's, S Street between Connecticut and 19th:  Indian; entirely
	vegetarian.  Greasy-spoon ambiance, and no waiter service,
	but goooood food.  Superb Mysore bisibela and, for the less
    adventurous, dosas and curries.  Closed Sundays.

The Olney Ale House
   in Olney MD, great bread!

Faisuda
   Pakistani vegetarian, They closed up when their neighborhood was being
   re-developed and were supposed to re-open.

Here's a list, dated 03-May-1990, of restaurants in DC that "have at
least three clearly marked vegetarian entrees."  This comes from the
Vegetarian Society of D.C. (P.O. Box 4921, Washington, DC 20008,
301/589-0722).  [Comments are Rick Chimera's.]
Full DC/Maryland/Virginia list is free from VSDC; include SASE with
your request.

        * = exclusively vegetarian


Adams Morgan Spaghetti Garden, 2317 18th St. NW
Aditi (Indian), 3299 M St. NW
Al-maqha (Middle Eastern), 3289 M St. NW
Bacchus (Lebanese), 1827 Jefferson Pl. NW (near Dupont Circle)
Bombay Club, 815 Conn. Ave. NW  (near Farragut Square)
Bombay Palace [already known to you, I see], 1835 K St. NW
City Lights of China, 1731 Conn. Ave. NW (between R & S)
Fashika's Ethiopian Restaurant, 2447 18th St. NW
Food For Thought, 1738 Conn. Ave. NW
Gairsan Natural Foods (carry-out), 1368 H St. NE
Good Health Natural Foods, 325 Penn. Ave. SE
Heartland Cafe, 637 Penn. Ave. SE
*Indian Delight (carry-out with seating in food hall), Pavillion at Old P.O.,
        12th & Penn. NW
*Indian Delight (carry-out with seating in food hall), Union Station
India Gate Restaurant, 2408 18th St. NW
Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1762 Columbia Rd. NW
Kalorama Cafe, 2228 18th St. NW
Katmandu (Nepalese), 1800 Conn. Ave. NW
Kusam Indian Cafe, 915 21st St. NW  (between I and K)
*Madras (carry-out w/ limited seating), 3506 Conn. Ave. NW (Cleveland Pk.
        Metro)
*Madurai Vegetarian Room, 3318 M St. NW, upstairs
Meskerem (Ethiopian), 2434 18th St. NW
*Paru's Indian Vegetarian Restaurant, 2010 S St. NW
Red Sea (Ethiopian), 2463 18th St. NW
Royal Frontier (Indian), 1823 L St. NW
Sarinah Satay House (Indonesian), 1338 Wisconsin Ave. NW  (just above M)
Sheba (Ethiopian), 2224 18th St. NW
*Siddhartha (Indian), 1379 K St. NW [I don't know if this is open at night]
Stoupsey's (Greek carry-out with seating in food hall), 1825 I St. NW
        (International Square) [closed Sundays and, I think, after 5pm 
        weekdays -- open Saturday afternoon -- spanakopita w/ 2 vegetables,
        e.g., briam & eggplant, makes a nice lunch for under $6]
*Supremo, 3000 Conn. Ave. NW
Taj Mahal, 1327 Conn. Ave. NW (just south of Dupont Circle)
Thai Flavor, 3709 Macomb St. NW
Thai Room, 5037 Conn. Ave. NW
*Your's [sic] Naturally Health Food and Soul Vegetarian Deli (carry-out),
        1523 L St. NW and 1014 14th St. NW
Zed's Ethiopian Cuisine, 3318 M St. NW
Zorba's Cafe & Carry-Out, 1612 20th St., NW (next to Childe Harold).





Also, a few markets:

  Hugo's Market - Livingston Street, NW, right off of Connecticut Ave. in DC

  Fresh Fields  - Rockville Pike and (the name of the cross street escapes me
                  a supermarket for PC food purchases.  Organically grown and
                  vegetarian supplies and ready-made dishes.

  Beautiful Day - College Park, MD  Small grocery store/health
                  supply store, with a cafe in back.

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                    BAR-B-QUE RESTAURANTS

VIRGINIA:
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Red, Hot & Blue
   in Arlington.  They serve Memphis Pit BBQ in two forms: dry and 
   wet.

Charlie Chang's Wok
   at Tyson's Corner (I) Food court. 

DISTRICT:
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Tony Cheng's Mongolian Barbeque
   on the main street in Chinatown, downtown DC, very close to 
   the Chinatown metro stop.

   They serve Mongolian BBQ and Firepot. Firepot is a boiling water
   thing which you dip various small pieces of food in to cook,
   eat them, and when you are done you have a very nice broth
   which you can consume.

MARYLAND:
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In Laurel MD there is a place on Route 198



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