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Ledo Restaurant, College Park, MD

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Don

I hadn’t been to Ledo Restaurant since it closed in Adelphi, but decided to go when I figured it would be empty: Sunday, December 26th, at around 2 PM. Well, it wasn’t that empty; it’s just that the restaurant is … Continue reading →

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Don Pollo, Bethesda, MD

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Don

Don Pollo is nominally in Chevy Chase, but I can’t see anything north of Bradley being anything but Bethesda, borders be damned. If you’re heading north on Wisconsin from the District, you can sometimes get lucky and snare street parking … Continue reading →

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Mia’s Pizzas, Bethesda, MD

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Don

I’m always happy to go back to Mia’s Pizzas which gets my vote as “best pizza in Bethesda.” The wood-burning oven lends a fireplace-like ambience to this relatively small restaurant which had a good crowd at 6:30 on a Sunday … Continue reading →

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Indique Heights, Chevy Chase, MD

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Don

At around 8 PM on a Friday, I was happy to see Indique Heights full of people — they were doing over 100 covers that night (and on a related note, Lia’s was even more packed). It was nice to … Continue reading →

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Yuraku, Germantown, MD

Posted on December 17, 2010 by Don

Sun “Sonny” Lee opened Yuraku in 1997, and believe it or not, it’s a sibling of a restaurant in Flushing, Queens (we have a bizarro connection here with MoCA Asian Bistro in South Riding, VA). I’m generally not keen on … Continue reading →

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Passage to India, Bethesda, MD

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Don

Let me say before writing this that I think Passage to India is arguably the finest Indian cooking in the area, and has been for quite some time. That said, let me also dispel the myth that being “known” in … Continue reading →

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Java Coast, Gaylord Hotel, National Harbor, MD

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Don

Many of the “restaurants” at National Harbor stop serving lunch at 2:30 PM, so I decided to hold off until dinner, with a second cup of coffee tiding me over through the afternoon. Downstairs in the Gaylord Hotel is Java … Continue reading →

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Goldberg’s New York Bagels, Silver Spring, MD

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Don

I’ve now had bagels at the Silver Spring Goldberg’s New York Bagels three times, and they’ve been, in order: decent, great, and mixed. But when they’re great, they’re great, and out of two Plain Bagels I tried from a half-dozen … Continue reading →

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Sol de España, Rockville, MD

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Don

Think the area’s best tapas are at Jaleo or Estadio? You may want to rethink that … Dani Arana, who spent three years as Chef de Cuisine at Taberna del Alabardero, now owns this restaurant with Daniela Jamarillo, and although … Continue reading →

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