steve sacharoff

In respronse to query about Bethesda and Wheaton-I live right where Kensington,Wheaton and Silver Spring converge so I can choose and I don't find myself in SS right now.I'm not driving since I'm having some serious vision problems but...wheaton has a couple of Latin places which are "ok"- nothing remarkable."Woomie" a Chinese.Korean.Japanese place with a great weekday lunch hour buffet.I think it's now $7.95 "all you can eat"including pretty decent Sushi.Better is "Yokahama" on Georgia Ave.It's "normal suburban"Japanese prices.The "Indonesian"place in the Tria-angle is "OK",not too many places to get "Rastafel"around here.Dinner is sure to be $25.00 p/person.The "Jewish Deli-Restaurant"attached to "Shalom Kosher"is REALLY BAAAAAAD!Worst "Shawarma"I've had in 30 years of eating "Mid-East"food.And NO atmosphere-it's like a barn.And NO service either.The "Syrian"Grocery"-Thomas"on University sells some ready to eat food-but if you want fresh"Humous Tahina" and "Baba Ganooj"the "Sholom"store is good.Thomas' has great olives,feta,spices etc.Again Wheaton is so-so.Bethesda is something else-Many many great places Afghan,Iranian,"Asian",latin,"American"Italian,French.And of course"Bacchus"-if it's not the best Lebanese in the area it's tied w/"Lebanese Taverna"{Woodley Park}Rockville doesn't compare.Enjoy.Steve sacharoff

As far as restaurants in Siver Spring Md. it is and has been for years a vast wasteland.Crisfields never was much -overpriced and over-breaded.The new one is "nicer"but no better.The "Cuban"place on Fidler lane is great but pretty pricey.It took over from the "Shanghai?" which was good about 25 years ago.The lunch places are really grim-only one Salvadoran place on Colesville across from City Place is "ok".All the "Asian"restaurants are substandard too,even if the food is "decent" the service is terrible.Negril is no big deal,and the Italian joint down the street from the Police station is expensive and has no lunch specials.The Italian Deli on Colesville is ok but has no tables.It's good to get stuff to take home.The rest are chain restaurants -which are uniformly horrible.Wheaton is a better choice by far and of course Bethesda is FULL of much better restaurants.I don't know if things will start to change now but I really hope so.