Ginger Cove/Ginger Reef

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

Ginger Cove/Ginger Reef, 822 E Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-248-6007, 202-248-7733, the two phone numbers are for the two separate places. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window)
Closed
Ginger Reef is only for Friday and Saturday nights, get the picture? These are party places for yuppies to buy alcohol. Flights to Haiti are quite cheap those days, so why are you visiting these restaurants? If you must go, try the appetizers. The sad thing is, these people once ran Fish Wings n’ Tings, in the good old days. They keep on reinventing the same restaurant, with successively higher prices and lower quality.

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Pierre’s

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

Pierre’s, web site, 4926 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 301-652-7757 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [City Paper | openlist | Gayot]
Stewed oxtail, jerk pork loin with pumpkin gnocchi, etc. The City Paper published a somewhat snide review. I would not expect to find a genuine Caribbean place in this part of Bethesda, so I vote no.

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Tropics Restaurant

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

Tropics Restaurant, 13016 Middlebrook Road, Germantown, MD, 301-772-9300 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian]
Closed
Washingtonian likes it, plus it sounds authentic, I have yet to go.

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Mango Mike’s

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

Mango Mike’s, web site, 4580 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA, 703-370-3800 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | openlist | Yelp]
I went once and was very disappointed. Seemed more like a yuppie drinks place, for the sort of people who go on grisly Caribbean cruises.

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Ortanique

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

Ortanique, 730 11th Street NW, Washington, DC, opposite the Grand Hyatt, closed Sunday, 202-393-0975 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | The Hill | Economist | food-plan | openlist | Yelp | Gayot]
I have heard it is flawed, interesting, and overpriced. (And closed?)

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Cafe Atlantico and Minibar

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

Cafe Atlantico, web site, reopened near Chinatown, 405 Eighth Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-393-0812, previously the restaurant was in Adams-Morgan. No weekend lunch. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | The Hill | WaPo | WashTimes | City Paper | food-plan | openlist | Yelp | Gayot]

The premier nouvelle Latin and Caribbean restaurant in this area. Eclectic and wide-ranging. Get the Cuitlacoche, a delicious Mexican corn fungus. The Jamaican jerk chicken is good as well, as does the quail and the Brazilian dish. Cafe Atlantico was once well-known for attracting the most beautiful women in Washington, but this is no longer true. It has cycled chefs a number of times, so I am never sure what to expect.

They also now have a “restaurant within a restaurant”, called Minibar, web site, 202-393-0812. The place takes many chances, and doesn’t always hit; it’s OK but if you travel at all save up your money for NYC or Europe. [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | Don Rockwell | Augieland]

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Chez Aunty Liby

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

Chez Aunty Libe, 6115 Georgia Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 202-291-6454 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | City Paper]
”This is one of the few restaurants specializing in Senegambian dishes such as mafe'(peanut sauce), Thibou Dien and chicken yassa”. African Chop
Aunty Liby is usually in the dining area to greet you with a “Bonsoir” when you walk in. The décor is straight out of Dakar, as is the food. It’s friendly and fun.

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Erico

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

Erico, 1334 U Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-518-9742
Closed
See also Bukom Cafe and Chez Aunty Liby.
I love Nigerian cuisine, but this place has been closed each time I have been by. More a music place than a restaurant, I think. I still see them advertising. The place also has Senegalese and Cameronian dishes, a further plus.

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Bukom Cafe

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Bukom Cafe, web site, 2442 18th Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-265-4600 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | City Paper | openlist | Yelp]
More generic West African than Ghanaian, but since Bukom is an area in Accra, the capital of Ghana, I assume this is a Ghanaian restaurant of sorts. I find the curries here to be very yummy. Recommended. See also West African.

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New Orleans Bistro

Posted on 2006/04/09 by .

New Orleans Bistro, web site, 4907 Cordell Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 301-986-8833 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | City Paper | food-plan | Gayot]
I am told they serve Fried Green Tomatoes (menu).

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