[RP TownTalk] Good restaurants

[Dwight Holmes]

Regina -- thanks for the tips. Actually we have been to El Tapatio, it
is good, as you say. And I'm sorry I forgot about it when creating the
poll..  The others are new to me...

Could I persuade you (and everyone) to please add these favorites of
yours to the reviews on
http://rpwiki.wetpaint.com/page/Where+to+dine+%26+drink, the same page
where the poll is?  Thanks to several people who already have, we're
starting to compile a decent list of local eateries. Obviously the
more places listed, and the more reviews & comments on each, the more
useful the wiki will become. Thanks!

BTW, here are the current 'rankings' from the poll (35 responses):

To what local area restaurant would you happily steer your
open-minded, omnivore friend looking for a recommendation?

94th Aero Squadron (College Park Airport)  9% (3 votes)
Alamo Restaurant (Kenilworth Ave)  6% (2 votes)
Calvert House Inn (Rt 1)  3% (1 votes)
Dumm's Pizza  3% (1 votes)
Franklin's (Rt 1)  6% (2 votes)
La Sirenita (Edmonston Road)   6% (2 votes)
Little Giant (Rt 1)  0% (0 votes)
Pollo Fiesta (Kenilworth Ave)  9% (3 votes)
S&J's  26% (9 votes)
Taqueria Tres Reyes (Kenilworth Ave)  3% (1 votes)
Other  31% (11 votes):

Other includes:
    *  Plato's Diner
    * Hanami
    * los cabos, Hanami
    * Chef's Secret (Greenbelt Rd)
    * Yi Jo Korean restaurant, at Days Inn, Rt 1 College Park
    * Mama Lucia
    * Plato's Diner
    * Hanami Japanese Restaurant
    * Samantha's in Langley Park; Woodlands in Langley Park;
    * none of the above
    * Ten Ren's Tea Room on Rt. 1


On 10/26/07, Regina M. Kreger <regina at kreger.net> wrote:
>
>  I'm the one who posted Yi Jo, the Korean place at the Days Inn on Rt. 1 in CP.  Go for the Bibim Bop, the stone crock version.
>
>  Also recommended: El Tapatío on Kenilworth -- a little Mexican hole in the wall, but REAL Mexican, and really good Mexican.  Especially, I can vouch for the posole soup, and hmm, I think I will go get some today!  (altho it's a soup, don't be fooled -- it is an entree, not a weak little appetizer)
>
>  Also, La Fuente, in Beltsville, just past Powder Mill on Rt. 1, little shopping center on the right as you head away from Riverdale Park.  Salvadoran.  When I was last there they had no liquor license, no wine or beer either; I don't know if that was a temporary thing (it opened I think not more than a year ago), or if they are teetotallers on principle.  Really good food, and quite authentic.  Again, I particularly recommend a soup: the mariscada, a mixed shellfish soup. Fabulous.
>
>  I love soup.  :-)
>  (bibim bop is not a soup)