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Tavira

Tavira, web site, 8401 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD, 301-652-8684 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | food-plan | openlist | Yelp | Gayot] Here’s my theory of Portuguese food: go to … Continue reading

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Sanur – NYC

Sanur Restaurant, 18 Doyers Street, Chinatown, New York, NY, 212-267-0088/0976 [A Guy In New York | MenuPages | Citysearch] The food was great. My favorite dish was the greens (Ok-Choy) perhaps but everything was a cut above other Malaysian places … Continue reading

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Pizza

Pizza See Esposito’s, under Italian, the owners are from Elizabeth, New Jersey. City Paper says that 2 Amys, 3715 Macomb St., 202-885-5700, is the best around, their reporter sounded like he knew what he was talking about. Pizzeria Paradiso, 2029 … Continue reading

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Peruvian

See the Peruvian category. Peruvian cuisine is considered one of the most diverse in the world. Thanks to its pre-Incan and Inca heritage and to Spanish, African, French, Sino-Cantonese, Japanese and Italian immigration (mainly throughout the 19th century) it combines … Continue reading

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Rivera’s Restaurant

Rivera’s Restaurant, 6552 Backlick Road, Springfield, VA, 703-451-5343 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Citysearch] Has pupusas as well, selection of standard Peruvian dishes, very small, definitely a mom and pop, I have yet to try it. Related … Continue reading

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Ceviche

Ceviche, web site (flash and music), 921-J Ellsworth Drive, Silver Spring, MD, 301-608-0081, closed for weekend lunches I believe. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Silver Spring Voice | Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | Don Rockwell] … Continue reading

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El Chalan

El Chalan, web site, 1924 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-293-2765 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | City Paper | openlist | Yelp] Peruvian food for the World Bank crowd, basically. Not an extensive menu but … Continue reading

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Chicken House and Family Kitchen

Chicken House and Family Kitchen, 6007 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA, 703-379-1255, in the Culmore Shopping Center (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Yelp] The most stripped down chicken place you can imagine, barely deserves to be called … Continue reading

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Peruvian Chicken and Steak

Peruvian Chicken and Steak, 6198 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church, VA, 703-237-7704, in Willston shopping center strip mall (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Falls Church News-Press | Washingtonian | City Paper | Yelp] Yet another chicken place, yet … Continue reading

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Costa Verde

Costa Verde, 946 North Jackson Street, Arlington, VA, 703-522-6976, near GMU Metro campus, across from the gas station, usually open. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | food-plan | openlist | Yelp … Continue reading

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