169549 Tue Feb 03 10:58:22 -0800 2004 5 14 Washington DC & Baltimore Area 0 907861 I'm looking for a cozy, colonial type restaurant. Something with an at-home feeling. A small place, maybe with a fireplace in an old victorian home or something? Any ideas? Tue Feb 03 10:58:22 -0800 2004 0 Beth 1 907862 Well, it's perhaps not quite what you've described, but Pam H. has written very fondly of the Tabard Inn fireplace (see link); and the TI happens to have a pretty good, cozy restaurant, as well, recently well-reviewed by Sietsema in the Post. Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/166292#888418 Tue Feb 03 11:07:44 -0800 2004 907861 0 Marty L. 1 907866 La Chaumiere is cozy with a fireplace if you like French food. 1789 (also in Georgetown) is also cozy with a fireplace. Tue Feb 03 11:21:57 -0800 2004 907861 0 Dupont Diner Too 1 907948 The Morrison Clark would fit the bill, I think. Wed Feb 04 00:02:19 -0800 2004 907861 0 mouse 1 908005 Depending on how far you want to drive the ultimate would be the "servant's kitchen" at the Wayside Inn in Middletown, VA (I 81 just south of 66) where this room has brick floors, stone walls, beamed ceilings, two working fireplaces and literally dates from the late 17th Century. Dark, romantic and booked up a year in advance for Valentine's Day. Serious pan fried chicken, peanut soup, spoon bread, "Southern" green beans cooked for hours with ham hocks, etc. If you're willing to leave the D. C. area there are actually many country inns that would fit your description. Locally, in addition to the Tabard Inn, the previously mentioned Morrison Clark, you may also want to consider the downstairs of 219 at 219 King Street in Alexandria which is an incredible site for an Irish/Cajun/Spanish coffee on a cold night with decent gumbo Wed Feb 04 22:22:53 -0800 2004 907861 0 Joe H. 2 908282 Funny that it should be called the "Wayside Inn" I'm orininally from Boston and my favorite restaurant there is the "Wayside Inn" in Sudbury! Mon Feb 09 12:31:05 -0800 2004 908005 0 Beth