Restaurants MD

Mini-Review: Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza

Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, 7776 Norfolk Ave, Bethesda MD (posted February 12, 2020) (Mini-Review) Since this is a mini-review, let me cut to the chase. The newly-opened Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza is good. Not drive-thirty-minutes-out-of-your-way good, but solid-option-in-Bethesda-if-you-feel-like-pizza good. Given the state of Bethesda dining, that’s a big deal. Anyone who thinks otherwise is, as Joe Biden would put it, ...READ MORE »

Crushing on Cielo Rojo

Posted by Rick Chessen

Cielo Rojo, 7056 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park MD (Open Tuesday-Sunday for lunch/brunch and dinner; closed Monday) (Reviewed July 31, 2019) It all started last Saturday morning when I was trying to figure out what to do for lunch. My wife had gone off kayaking with some of the other women in the neighborhood, and the world — or at least ...READ MORE »

Tex-Mex 3.0 at Nada

Posted by Rick Chessen

Nada 11886 Grand Park Avenue, North Bethesda MD I was a kid when Chi Chi’s opened its first restaurant in 1975 in my hometown of Minneapolis. They billed themselves as the “Home of the Chimichanga” and served fried ice cream for dessert. I’d never heard of, let alone eaten, such exotica. It clearly had to be the most authentic Mexican food ...READ MORE »

Frankly…(Terrific) Pizza!

Posted by Rick Chessen

Frankly…Pizza!, 10417 Armory Ave, Kensington MD Frankly…Pizza! is my favorite pizza in the DMV. That won’t surprise longtime readers, who may remember one of my very first posts in October 2016 ranking the Best Pizza in DC with Frankly…Pizza! occupying the top spot. But there are a lot of new people here, and on the off chance that a few of ...READ MORE »

Bethesda Hearts True Food Kitchen and I Sorta Do Too (Dammit)

Posted by Rick Chessen

True Food Kitchen, 7100 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda MD True Food Kitchen is hard not to like. Believe me, I tried. I walked into the newly-opened Bethesda location like Anthony Bourdain walking into Applebee’s. I already knew what I thought. We weren’t going to get along. Start with the fact that it’s a “health-driven” restaurant chain with 23 locations in 11 states. Its ...READ MORE »

Mexican All the Way(s) — La Placita, El Mexicano, Mezcalero Cucina, and Espita Mezcaleria

Posted by Rick Chessen

Here’s how much I love Mexican food: I even like bad Mexican food. Set me in front of a sack of Taco Bell tacos and I’ll tear through them like Joey Chestnut on the Fourth of July. Or watch me repeatedly slink back into Rio Grande Cafe after swearing the place off because I need a fix and it’s so ...READ MORE »