restaurants, food

[hondasaurus]

couple new places that are great
ray's hell burgers or butcher burgers, opened 7/08, $8, critics say better than 5 guys or fuddruckers. The Foodandbeermonger: Ray's Butcher Burgers (aka Ray's Hell Burger)

ray's the steaks, $20, critics say better than ruth chris or mortons
no ph reservation, only in person, limited seating. will be moving and replaced w/ ray's seafood place sometime.
Ray's the Steaks Restaurant Review (washingtonian.com)

ray's the classics, silver spring, MD
same guy owns all 3, been to 1st 2, very good.
Ray's the Classics in Silver Spring, MD: Reviews and details on washingtonpost.com

eat bar/tallula, arlington, va
gourment burgers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/restaurants/tallula,1106908.html

elevation burger, falls church, va
kobe burgers
http://www.washingtonpost.com/gog/restaurants/elevation-burger,1116971.html

 

[hsoguy]

Alot of Ray's in there.. all the same place>?

I like to check out new Hamburger Restaurants..

 

[hondasaurus]

same dude, diff places and styles.
hells burgers/butcher burgers, is burgers
rays the steaks/stakes? is steaks, 2 doors down from ray's hell burgers.
i think classics is steaks and seafood.
edit: hamburger hamlet in crystal city, but its mediocre

 

[awptickes]

Damn, that's kinda south for me, but you never know. Heh, maybe I'll find myself there sometime.

 

[hondasaurus]

its worth it. i once drove from No VA to the closest tony roma's like 1-1.5 hours away for some nostalgia. sadly wasn't worth it, most nostalgia isn't.

if you like pho (viet noodle soup), best in area is in springfield, pho-495.
7215 Commerce St
Springfield, VA 22151
(703) 451-9495

some good viet sub places $3/sub(ba-li -couple locations-one in vienna, maybe one in springfield, a sub place by jefferson village, arlington? off of us-50/arlington blvd, i forget the name)

korean
ilmeebuffet $14-22
7031 Little River Turnpike in annandale, va
(703) 642-2100

peruvian chicken
pollo ricoh, by balston mall, arlington,
932 N Kenmore St
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 522-3220

edit:
captain pel's crab buffet, good for VA, $30+
http://www.captainpell.com/

one of the better indian places in the area, other indian place nearby went bad
jaipur royal indian cuisine, like $12 for lunch buffet, the website has a looong intro
9401 Lee Hwy # 105
Fairfax, VA 22031
(703) 766-1111
edit: bel air is far. come down and eat 2-3 good meals in one day, or one big buffet.