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Article #868Re: Shawarmas?
From: pat
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:24
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 22:24
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I'm no fan of Lebanese Taverna. Their food is ok but their prices are much too high. I prefer the hole-in-the-wall joints in Adams Morgan, where i live. Pat Peg Kay <ikay@cox.net> wrote in news:41D7D7E6.8828E6AC@cox.net: > I think the Lebanese Taverna on Lee Highway in Arlington is quite a > bit better than the one on Connecticut. And Layalina on Wilson Blvd. > is better than either. > > Peg > > asdf wrote: > >> mrivers@d-and-d.com (Mike Rivers) wrote in news:znr1104582821k@trad: >> > Is there a Lebanese Taverna near enough to El Khartoum so that this >> > is a really fair comparison? >> >> Yep. There's a Lebanese Taverna on Connecticut Ave, just across the >> Calvert Street bridge from Adams Morgan. It's a 10-minute walk from >> one restaurant to the other. Astor on Columbia Ave also has >> great/cheap middle eastern food. >> >> With regards to Ethiopian food, the tourists usually go to Fasikas or >> Meskerem. Many cabbies hang out in the lower level of Addis Ababa, >> which is basically a sports bar. The upstairs is more formal. They >> have grat food. >> >> Pat >> >> > In article <Xns95D11FD86A59Casdf@140.99.99.130> >> > silver_surfer15@yahoo.com writes: >> >> If you want to save money and get better food, avoid Labenese >> >> Taverna and go to El Khartoum in Adams Morgan. >> >> > I think of shwarma as "interesting convenience food" and not >> > necessarily fine dining. There are two Lebanese Tavernas close >> > enough to me (and with easy parking) so that I go there now and >> > then. For those living in the burbs, going to Adams Morgan is a >> > dining experience, not something I'd do for a quick lunch, since >> > these days I'm almost never in that area for other reasons. >> > >> > >> > When it comes to Ethiopan restaurants, I'll make the sweeping >> > generalization (and you know what kind of flames that starts) that >> > the Northern VA restaurants are where the cab drivers go for lunch, >> > whereas the DC restaurants are where families go when they want to >> > eat dinner out. I'm not a greasy spoon sort of guy, and prefer the >> > latter kind of restaurant when I go out to dinner. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com) >> > However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over, >> > lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If >> > you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring >> > and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo >> > > > -- > > > > Vertech Inc. > 6111 Wooten Drive > Falls Church, Virginia 22044 > 703-532-8389 or 703-536-0990 > pk@vertechinc.com > http://www.vertechinc.com > > >
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