[RP TownTalk] Good restaurants

[Jonah Blaustein]

Dwight,
  please add these restaurants I would recommend ---
 >Food Factory - "Afghan, Pakastani, Indian, Iranian, Turkish and 
Bangladesh" -- shish kabob, fresh baked nan, and some good vegetarian 
dishes. in College Park (Near Hanami Japanese restaurant)
 >Seven Seas, Chinese and sushi, College Park Balt Blvd --daily lunch 
buffet, dim sum on Sunday
 >Curry Express, carry out Indian, great curry etc  College Park (in the 
old White Tower Hamburger joint. (check out their website:  
dabbawalli.com and read about the lunch delivery industry in Bombay.)
 >Beijing Palace, Chinese, sushi and sub, carry out, Kenilworth Av 
Bladensburg
 >Three Brothers, Italian, on Kenilworth Av Bladensburg (near Beijing 
Palace)



On Friday, October 26, 2007, at 02:37  PM, Dwight Holmes wrote:

> 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)
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