Top Restaurants 2006
List your Top 5 of the Year.
No fancy criteria or percentage-based grading system here. Just post your list and perhaps one of us will pony up the results after the New Year begins.
So, let's get it started then...
1. Komi
2. Restaurant Eve
3. CityZen
4. Corduroy
5. Pizzeria Paradiso
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Mississippi Snopes
Dec 24, 2006 02:41 PM
Favorites from 2006 only, based on the meals that left the best memories (repeat visits carry more weight):
1. 2941
2. El Charrito Caminante
3. Bebo Trattoria
4. Nooshi/Oodles Noodles
5. Las Delicias (Glebe Road, Arlington) -
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re: pgwiz1
Dennis S
Dec 29, 2006 03:31 PM
And Tarin Thai, behind the Chipotle on Elden St. The northern dish (#32 on the menu) is excellent!
Do avoid the thai in the K-Mart center. The new one in the rotating thai space on Elden near the K-Mart center, just down from Euro Bistro, is good, though not on the level of Thai Luang or Tarin Thai. Also avoid the one in the clock tower.
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re: rcooperman
That's not been my experience. They're as good as ever, maybe better. I don't know if you've tried what they do with fresh fish, or asked about the specials that don't appear on the menu, but, yeah, it's a pretty place, and the staff and service are marvelous, but we try other Thai restaurants whenever we find them, and nothing comes close to Duangrat's. And, of course, Rabieng, which is also terrific.
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re: Steve
Just ask. It varies from day to day. And it helps if you're a regular, I suspect.
That "separate Thai menu"? I've never seen such a thing. Perhaps you might find one there, if you ask?
Where else can you dine on fine Thai-style wild boar? Seriously, the fish dishes there are just wonderful, if you're of a mind.
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re: novafoodie
Remember their short-lived experiment in Thai street food? A lovely place that's now, I think, an Indian restaurant, but it was called something like Bangkok Street Grille, or something like that? It was terrific, but it went under.
For some very nice southern Thai food, try Rabieng. Their weekend brunch items are great fun and really, really good.
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1. Al Tiramisu (Best risotto you'll ever have outside Italy)
2. Foti's (a bit of a treck...Culpepper, VA, but worth the trip. The owners Frank and Su used to be at the Inn at Little Washington, where Frank used to be the executive sous chef)
3. 2941
4. Carlyle Grand (for the more casual dinner night out)
5. The Occidental -
1.Citronelle
2.Palena
3.Corduroy
4.Ray's the Classic
5.Ryan ThaiComments. Ray's on here for the value of the meal. First time there Saturday night and the veal chop and skillet fried chicken were outstanding. The mashed potatoes with chicken stew were really bad, but the potato and asperagus sides made up for it. Key Lime pie was excellent. Total bill was $78 (pre tax), but in all fairness they left off two glasses of wine. I told management and they said that as long as I promised to come back again they would just thank me for my honesty and comp it. Done deal!
Going to Komi for the first time in January so no opinion as yet. Maestro and CityZen on the docket too if I hit the lottery. Hope everyone has a safe and healthy New Year.
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Important pre-notes:
1- I have not yet been to Palena or CityZen (shoot me now)
2- If it ain't in DC proper, I don't count it (a snob to boot)that being said:
5- The tiny tacos al pastor place on 14th by Newton
4- Matchbox (bonus points for getting 2x as big in 2006!)
3- Tosca
2- Sushi Taro
1- CorduroySide note: Other "favorites" that I would not count as "best", ever, but still really like:
Pizzeria Paradiso (Dupont)
Mr. Chen's Organic Chinese
Clyde's Gallery Place location (For 3-6 PM or 11 P-2 AM raw bar happy hour)Also, Kotobuki. It went off the list for a while when they bumped up the price of everything by .35 - .55... they've since reverted to everything for a dollar. When I look back, though - really, why was I mad at that? They were so cheap in the first place.. and still so cheap even with the price increase... I was a bit peeved at the time, though.
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