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Re: Shawarmas?

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From: pat
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
>> >
> 
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> 
> 
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Subject: Re: Shawarmas?
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