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On 17 Nov 92 21:38:19 GMT, menery@anthem.gn7cg.osd.mil ( Ristonofer) said:

menery> There is a great little French restaurant in Crystal City, at
menery> the corner of 23rd St and Eads, called Chez Froggy.  It is
menery> small, short on atmosphere, but not nearly as pretentious as
menery> other French places I have been.  The service has always been
menery> superior, and the food is out of this world.  I would
menery> recommend the Rack of Lamb, the Beef Wellington, or any of the
menery> fish. And save room for dessert!

What about the prices? I'd be interested to find someplace which was
affordable and didn't offer insultingly small portions.

I tried Le Rivage (1000 Water Street, SW) the other night. Good food,
fair prices, fine service. Entrees ran $13-$18, appetizers about $3-6.
Unfortunately, wines were $20 and up, and the Benedictine clocked in
at $6 each!  I'd go back, but skip the alcohol :-)

I'd *never* return to La Brasserie (about 2nd and Mass Ave, NE) --
even with a discount coupon, we paid about $50 each (*sans* alcohol)
and were ready to head over to Cafe Berlin (across the street) for a
*real* meal -- the tiniest portions I've ever seen: entrees the size
of most place's appetizers. Bleh!

The restaurants I've been to in Paris were affordable, had excellent
service, were *not* pretentious, and had portions you could live off.
Of course the food was fine. From whence did this nonsense of American
pseudo-French restaurants come?

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