vjpblovesitaly

You can use google maps and the sort to see what restaurants are nearby. Dupont Cirlce, the Penn Quarter, and Georgetown have more options for restaurants.

It is mainly office buildings in that area.

obxgirl

That area is very downtown DC/K Street lobbyist territory and many of the restaurants in the immediate area reflect that: McCormick and Schmicks, BLT Steak, Georgia Browns, Vidalia, Mortons the Steakhouse. Some excellent choices but fairly pricey ones. The Farragut North Metro station (red line) will take you to Dupont Circle or to Penn Quarter where there is a more varied selection up and down the price scale as well as for cuisine. The Circulator bus can take you to Foggy Bottom and Georgetown where there are many more options as well.

What do you like to eat?

Also, Farragut Square is a food truck magnet during the week from 11-2ish. Great choices for an inexpensive lunch.

Myer

We're not foodies.

Lunch is usually a quick salad stop if even that.

Dinner could be anything from a decent meal to a hamburger.

Thanks for the above. I'll take a look.

tchoiniere

For breakfast, there are a few Corner Bakery's near you that are usually a good stop for breakfast.

Myer

Our hotel includes breakfast.

I notice that it's about a 15 minute walk to Dupont Square and there seems to be restaurants starting about half way there.

We only have two dinners there as we arrive 11:30PM on a Sunday and leave on a 7PM flight on a Wednesday.

Any recommendations?

obxgirl

What do you like to eat?

Myer

Anything from Salad to steak to Italian to hamburger.

Could be a diner or a restaurant. Definitely doesn't have to be gourmet. Decent is fine.

Myer

Please tell me more about Foggy Bottom.

A 15 minute walk or one stop on the Metro. That alone makes it interesting.

vjpblovesitaly

Here is some info.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foggy_Bottom

http://washington.org/DC-guide-to/foggy-bottom

http://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc20.htm

George Washington University is located there. There is also a Whole Foods grocery store.

Myer

Thanks.

It looks like a short north to Dupont Circle area or west to Foggy Bottom will be fine.

Nelson

Our hotel was right at Washington Circle. The location was good, but my impression as a visitor was that Dupont Circle had a wider variety of restaurant options, including more ethnic choices in all price ranges.

As an example I had a fantastic meal in a Lebanese place I stumbled upon while walking to the metro from the Phillips Collection. Don't remember the name of the restaurant, but I remember the food.

kja

Dupont Circle is, indeed, very walkable from Farragut Square.

It really would help to have a bit more of an idea of what you would like to eat -- you have a TON of great options, and a few that I would NOT recommend....

Myer

Like I wrote. We are not foodies.

A typical day for us would be breakfast (included at hotel), walk all day seeing and visiting sights, possibly stop for a snack lunch of salad or in a park having something we picked up in a supermarket, then sit for a while to relax having a dinner that could be anything from Salad to steak to Italian to hamburger.

Definitely doesn't have to be gourmet. Decent is fine.

vjpblovesitaly

Here is a restaurant finder
http://www.washingtonian.com/restaurantreviews/
and Yelp can be helpful
http://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc...lt=restaurants

p.s. the annoying term "foodies" doesn't necessarily mean gourmet.

Hobbert

Myer-

Consider taking a bus to NYC from DC. I use Bolt Bus. Very safe, convenient, and much cheaper than the train. I used to always take the train as I was a bit skeptical of the bus but a friend used Bolt and raved. A one way ticket to NYC from DC usually runs me about $25. The trip time is comparable to the train.

Myer

Hobbert.
Thanks. An idea. However, we're going from NYC to DC and I already have our tickets.

We like to travel by train and my wife suffers from motion sickness that usually happens on a bus but not train.

Thanks anyway.

Myer

lovesitaly,
I realize foodie doesn't necessarily imply gourmet.

In our case meals when travelling, unless we're going for local cuisine, is not an important part of the trip.

The only time we've ever made advance reservations was in Savannah and Charleston.

In addition, we don't require gourmet meals.

Thanks, I'll check out your links.

Hobbert

Just to be clear for others who might use this thread, the DC-NYC buses do, in fact, run both ways

Myer

lovesitaly,

Thanks for the restaurant link.

Definitely enough choice in the Dupont Circle area.

I specifically looked in the area between the circle and Farragut West to keep the walk shorter.

Thanks again.

kja

You might want to stop for a meal (or coffee or drink or just to browse) at Kramersbooks & Afterwards, just north of Dupont Circle:
http://www.kramers.com/index.html