Welcome!

We have so much ground to cover, so let me begin. First a few of the many great restaurants Tano and I have tried in the city and that we urge you try for a special occasion, over spring break or any time. To be fair, we'll include reviews of our less-favorite restaurants as well and we encourage you to post your own comments/reviews. Agree, disagree, demure...do anything, just go out there and taste DC!

Before I continue, I want to redirect everyone to our own personal source for restaurant reviews: dcfoodies.com. This blog is maintained by a couple of amateur chefs/food critics. Their critiques are usually right on the money, so if you're looking to impress someone, or you feel like rewarding yourself, follow one of their suggestions (or ours!).

So without further ado, here's our list...(or part of it...more to follow). It's been a while since we visited some of them so the reviews may not be very detailed. Now that we have a venue for our reviews, we'll post regularly. It may be nice to visit one of the favorites for our first restaurant trip.

Here's the most recent restaurant we've been too:

Acadiana: New Orleans food with a twist. We went on Valentine's Day and the restaurant had a special 3 course prix-fix menu. These were some of the most generous portions I've ever seen at a "high end" restaurant, so it's well worth the money. You can enjoy Louisiana specialties including gumbo, buttery milk-biscuits served with sweet-and-sour marmalade, a whole roast duck...cheesy grits. Tano had a huge serving of foie gras on special toast that was topped with a tart jelly. Though it looked like a big lump of fat, it tasted great, and its something you don't see that often. The deserts were great too, but if you have to chose among them, I recommend sticking to the chocolate. The restaurant staff is extremely attentive and the restaurant is handsomely decorated and reflects the French influence in New Orleans.

Price: $$$ expensive ($31-$50)

http://www.acadianarestaurant.com

and a kind of hidden little restaurant right on M street:

Kafe Leopold's & Konditorei: Austrian food, well known for their desserts and coffees, though Tano and I also had dinner there. After having visited Vienna two summers ago, I have to say I was a little disappointed with my Wienerschnitzel, as the meat was a little tough. As far as dining experience, the restaurant is a bit spartan, i.e. the seats are not designed for comfort and, as far as memory serves me, there's a lot of fluorescent lighting. Still, it's a unique experience, and if you've never explored Cady's ally right on M Street, it's a pleasant surprise. If you want to get the most bang-for-your buck, however, I'd keep it to dessert and coffee, but get there early because they do run out of Sacher torte as the evening rolls on.

http://www.kafeleopolds.com/

Price: $$ moderate ($18-$30)

But look for reviews of these other restaurants to come.

Viridian, Sette Bello, Circle Bistro, Jaleo, The Iron Gate, Two Amy's, Cafe Milano, Corduroy, Heritage India, Sette, Cafe Bonaparte, Cafe Divan, Indebleu, Paolos, Martin's Tavern, Third Edition, Moby Dick, Peacock Cafe.

Restaurants we still want to try(hopefully with some of you too): Cafe Atlantico, Farrah Olivia, Zaytinya, Teatro Goldoni, Ray's the Steaks, Bebo Trattoria, Komi, Fahrenheit, Lima (a new latin-fusion/ceviche bar that just opened up), Russia House and many, many more

Please feel free to comment, we'd love to get feedback!