{"id":127,"date":"2006-04-02T09:17:43","date_gmt":"2006-04-02T13:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=127"},"modified":"2013-05-25T21:32:30","modified_gmt":"2013-05-26T01:32:30","slug":"restaurant-cosmopolitan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/index.php\/restaurant-cosmopolitan\/","title":{"rendered":"Restaurant Cosmopolitan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cosmopolitan Bakery, Carry Out &#038; Catering<\/strong>, formerly Restaurant Cosmopolitan, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurant-cosmopolitan.com\/\">web site<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?oi=map&#038;q=5902+N+Kings+Highway,+Alexandria,+VA\">5902A N. Kings Highway, Alexandria, VA<\/a>, between T-Nails and Euro Foods, across from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/metrorail\/Stations\/station.cfm?station=50\">Huntington Metro Station<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/?p=588\">Huntington Square<\/a>, 703-329-3303  (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wmata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Metro Trip Planner<\/a> &#8211; opens in new window)  [<a href=\"http:\/\/hobnobblog.com\/2006\/11\/20\/cosmopolitan-bakery-and-cafe\/\">Hobnob Blog<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/editorandpunisher.typepad.com\/suburban_tasteland\/2006\/04\/balkan_burger.html#trackback\">Suburban Tasteland<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE<\/strong>: This place has changed its name to Cosmopolitan Grill (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.restaurant-cosmopolitan.com\/\">web site<\/a>) and moved to <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=7770+Richmond+Highway,+Alexandria,+VA\">7770 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t yet have exact information. Food in Bosnia is excellent, I am told this leans closer to the Austro-Hungarian direction (dollop of sour cream on the top) than to Turkish.<\/p>\n<p>I am also told you can find Bosnian food in Washington Grill, on Vermont Avenue NW, just north of K Street NW.  They have fried veal sausages wrapped in bread and eaten with raw onions and a sauce called ivar, consisting of peppers and eggplant.<\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Sign.jpg\" alt=\"Cosmopolitan Bakery, Carry Out &#038; Catering\" title=\"Cosmopolitan Bakery, Carry Out &#038; Catering\"><br \/>\nCosmopolitan Bakery, Carry Out &#038; Catering<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Enes.jpg\" alt=\"Enes, one of the owners\" title=\"Enes, one of the owners\"><br \/>\nEnes, one of the owners of Cosmopolitan. The other owner is Ivica.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Burek.jpg\" alt=\"Burek - home made fillo pastry dough stuffed with beef, cheese, spinach, or zucchini\" title=\"Burek - home made fillo pastry dough stuffed with beef, cheese, spinach, or zucchini\"\"><br \/>\nBurek &#8211; home made fillo pastry dough stuffed with beef, cheese, spinach, or zucchini.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Cevapcici_precook.jpg\" alt=\"Cevapcici, homemade sausages, before grilling\" title=\"Cevapcici, homemade sausages, before grilling\"><br \/>\nCevapcici, homemade sausages, before grilling.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Bread.jpg\" alt=\"fresh bread, baked there\" title=\"fresh bread, baked there\"><br \/>\nFresh bread, baked there.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Pljeskavica_and_Cevapc.jpg\" alt=\"Pljeskavica and Cevapcici on the grill\" title=\"Pljeskavica and Cevapcici on the grill\"><br \/>\nPljeskavica and Cevapcici on the grill.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Enes_cooking.jpg\" alt=\"Enes grilling the Pljeskavica and Cevapcici\" title=\"Enes grilling the Pljeskavica and Cevapcici\"><br \/>\nEnes grilling the Pljeskavica and Cevapcici.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Pljeskavica.jpg\" alt=\"Pljeskavica, ready to eat\" title=\"Pljeskavica, ready to eat\"><br \/>\nPljeskavica ready to eat, with a dollop of sour cream. Note the white onion slices under the bread.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Cevapcici.jpg\" alt=\"Cevapcici, ready to eat\" title=\"Cevapcici, ready to eat\"><br \/>\nCevapcici ready to eat. Note the white onion slices under the bread.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Veal_precook.jpg\" alt=\"Veal Schnitzel being prepared\" title=\"Veal Schnitzel being prepared\"><br \/>\nVeal Schnitzel being prepared.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Veal_cooking.jpg\" alt=\"Veal Schnitzel being fried\" title=\"Veal Schnitzel being fried\"><br \/>\nVeal Schnitzel being fried.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_VealSchnitzel.jpg\" alt=\"Veal Schnitzel with fries, ready to eat\" title=\"Veal Schnitzel with fries, ready to eat\"><br \/>\nVeal Schnitzel with fries, ready to eat.<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_ReformCake.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate cake - Reform Cake\" title=\"Chocolate cake - Reform Cake\"><br \/>\nChocolate cake &#8211; Reform Cake<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Baklava.jpg\" alt=\"Baklava\" title=\"Baklava\"><br \/>\nBaklava<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Kefir.jpg\" alt=\"Kefir\" title=\"Kefir\"><br \/>\nKefir<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font size=\"1\" face=\"trebuchet ms, verdana, arial\"><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tylercowensethnicdiningguide.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Cosmopolitan_Drinks.jpg\" alt=\"Cockta soda, Kiseljak mineral water, Jupi orange soda\" title=\"Cockta soda, Kiseljak mineral water, Jupi orange drink\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.croatianmall.com\/abco\/cockta.htm\">Cockta soda<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pmgeiser.ch\/mineral\/index.php?func=disp&#038;parval=2293&#038;PHPSESSID=981785a016432cbfde16c796c78e38d4\">Kiseljak mineral water<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/balkanbuy.com\/shop\/index.php?action=item&#038;id=432\">Jupi<\/a> &#8220;Happy Orange&#8221; drink<\/center><\/font><\/p>\n<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:<\/h3><ul class='related_post'><li><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmopolitan Bakery, Carry Out &#038; Catering, formerly Restaurant Cosmopolitan, web site, 5902A N. 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