Comments on: Uh Oh, One Less Option For Crepes

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:47:55 +0000

Open City is perhaps the single most overrated restaurant in the greater DC area. i have never had a decent meal there, and yet people keep raving about it. and the decibel level is louder than a junior high cafeteria.

Mr. Chen’s is excellent. When i lived in Adams Morgan, i used to grab food there quite often. always fresh, well-prepared food, and they delivered! Afghan Grill–great food, and extremely sweet owners. and Medaterra used to be one of my favorite restaurants in DC, but the last few meals i ate there were not so great; not sure what happened to them.

oh, and there is a little “corner grocery” in Woodley Park, only it’s not at a corner. i think it’s called Manhattan Market, directly across Conn Ave from the metro entrance. Surprisingly decent selection of basic groceries, upscale frozen dinners, wine, etc. another thing i miss from my AM days…

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:26:45 +0000

I’d add Tono Sushi, Mr. Chens and Chipotle to the list of places worth eating in Woodley Park. The strip could definitely use some TLC, though. And it seems like that Long and Foster building on the corner is way underdeveloped for such a big intersection.

By: Lau

Lau — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:16:20 +0000

More importantly, I don’t think there are any little corner grocery places in Woodley. I can think of at least three off the top of my head within a few blocks of 18 & Columbia. Not a place to get fresh produce or even most of one’s groceries, but what a pain to have to schlep many blocks if you happened to forget one ingredient for your dinner or something.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:22:13 +0000

The Indian places in Woodley!? Are you kidding me!? I’d rather have Tasty Bite than eat at one of those joints.

By: 14thandYou

14thandYou — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:29:28 +0000

Ron, I would disagree with your assessment that “Open City” is the only good restaurant in Woodley. The Indian places (there are several) are all quite good, and the aforementioned Afghan place on Calvert is tasty as well.

And isn’t Lebanese Taverna in Woodley? That place is da bomb.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:30:05 +0000

Why is it so hard to find decent food in Woodley Park? Open City is just about the only reliable option. I realize that most of these restaurants cater primarily to tourists who will almost certainly never be back, so they can get away with being less than mediocre. But lots of people actually live in the neighborhood, and I’m sure they’d appreciate some decent dining options as well.

By: meganamsu

meganamsu — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 03:56:54 +0000

I studied there a couple of times. They had free wifi and it was generally cheap, but the atmosphere kind of sucked. They could’ve done alot more with the place.. to me it was obvious that it was going to go out of business pretty quickly, even without the whole economic downturn.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:46:14 +0000

Tried to go for crepes once. Looked dirty and cheap (not the good kind), walked right back out.

By: CC

CC — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:01:31 +0000

I tried it – and it wasnt that great – so I personally dont think its a big loss. Actually, went about 3 times after it opened to try and get a crepe, but every time I went in their crepe machine was down. So I never got to taste their crepes. As for their paninis- luke warm sandwich on a sub roll that was clearly smooshed down – and not by a panini press. Certainly wont miss this place too much…

By: saf

saf — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:54:58 +0000

I’m pretty sure that, with a small break in there while the owners were out of the country, Afghan Grill has been there since I was an undergrad. And dudes, that’s been a while.