Comments on: What’s the Scoop on Dos Gringos

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:52:32 +0000

Dos Gringos has fantastic food at extremely reasonable prices. I have eaten there about once a week for the past 2 years (and have never once fallen ill, to address the comment about its cleanliness). The caveat is that you have to be willing to deal with a few idiosyncrasies, the most major of which is this: they design their menu to “run out” so as not to waste food. A nice idea in theory, but not always done so deftly. Hence you’re likely to get excited about something on the menu, only to discover they they have been “out” of eggs since 10:30 that morning. Some people, for very understandable reasons, don’t care to put up with this, and choose not to come back. Others, however, view it as a substantial-but-not-dealbreaking quirk and find the great food worth putting up with the need to choose a second (and sometimes third) menu option. People vote with their feet, and Dos Gringos is never short on customers. I highly recommend giving it a try.

By: smackdaddy

smackdaddy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:10:10 +0000

funny thing about dos-

the menu that you face when waiting in line is in spanish, while the english version is out of sight. and only white people ever go there. wtf?

bean mash wrap and avocado club are pretty good.

By: Jay'O

Jay'O — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:45:19 +0000

I agree that there is no need to be against the “chrunchy” crowd, but the service was not friendly nor particuarly prompt. And Tim T. – I sure don’t need nor even want “kiss my ass” service, but being friendly is not too much to expect especially when i’m a friendly customer.

By: MKing

MKing — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:28:06 +0000

I like it – definately has it’s place. I have a dog and on a nice spring day, an egg sandwich and a coffee – or a waffle – on the patio in the morning with my dog in a nice neighborhood with a diverse crowd is just the ticket. Until someone else is opening a casual weekend breakfast place with an outdoor patio I will continue to go – no complaints.

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:42:28 +0000

Seriously people, why all of the hating on the crunchy, non-profit crowd? I think it is a great asset to the area. What is wrong with having a “neo-hippie” joint in Mt. P? This shows an increasing diversity in the area and an influx of people who care about the environment and supporting the local community. I wasn’t hear then, but I hear that Mt. P was very “real” back in the day. And dangerous as hell.

I’ll take my neo-hippie, gentrified, wanna be U street place any day.

From the other comments, it appears that the service maybe spotty at best. I guess you take your chances, but as I said, I have never had a bad meal there or bad service.

By: New Hampy

New Hampy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:08:58 +0000

Used to live in Mt. Pleasant before I moved to Petworth and I loved the feel of Mt. Pleasant street/17th street. Wish we had somtthing like it in Petworth, but we don’t.

I am pretty neutral about Dos Gringos, but my question is – why was it that the ice cream shop below never seems to be open! In my entire 2 years living in Mt. Pleasant, I only saw it open once and I went in and bought a couple of pints (which were deliscious!).

By: Tim T.

Tim T. — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:50:16 +0000

The place is great and continues to be an asset to the general neighborhoods of Mt. Pleasant and Columbia Heights. Perhaps if you need “kiss my ass” kind of service, this is not your place but the food is good, the place is clean, and there are many food options not found in other places in DC.

I love the curry chicken salad the best…

By: poo poo

poo poo — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:10:17 +0000

my girlfriend ( a couple of years ago) took me there.

it was fine on an early weekend morning.

but i felt like shit because i wasn’t wearing birkenstocks or teva sandals.

food is mediocre.

now i find out that my girlfriend at the time is a lesbian.

it’s a place for folks that wanna be different… or somesuch.

the bathrooms were clean though.

it’s a hippie dippie, wanna be U street joint.

you only go there if you have an agenda.

i prefer the mexican joint at the end of the street.

they don’t speak english, but they serve a mean margarita.

and there aren’t a ton of white folks wanting to ‘get down’ with the area, under the auspices of a neo-hippie joint.

give it a shot and see for yourself.

not my style, but then again, i now live in NE DC.

it’s hard to find REAL places around this city.

By: Don't go!

Don't go! — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:47:04 +0000

You’re opening up a can of worms. Ten bucks says there are at least 150 comments on this thread by Sunday…there have been websites devoted to hating on this place…and for good reason. Looking for a fruit salad? You’ll get a bed of greens and four slices of grapefruit — for about $5. And if you go complain, they’ll act like you’re some spoiled brat, and how dare you ask for more fruit in your fruit salad. Four pieces of fruit is all that’s allowed. Oh, and if the sandwich says it comes with avocado, you’ll get one slice, about as thick as a nickel, and again, don’t bother complaining…the owner is a bitch and the empoylees have attitutde that puts Paris Hilton to shame. I wouldn’t spend a a penny there if it was the last place on earth with food and I was starving to death. OK, maybe an exageration, but now you know how I feel…

By: Toby

Toby — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:03:42 +0000

I love it!!! The stuff white people like!!! Anonymous at 3:39, you crack me up! I too could go on about that crowd, the socks with sandals, the non-profits, there is definitely a look, a type, a mentality. It could have been me so easily. As for the restaurant, nunca me ha llamado la atenci