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Fearless Critic restaurant review of the day
DC
Food
Feel
Price
7.6
7.5
$35
Decent upscale Mexican—but when will we get great upscale Mexican?

Guajillo is accessible. We don’t simply mean the restaurant is near a metro station (although it is—you can walk to Guajillo from the Rosslyn station), or that it boasts the convenience of a parking lot and a friendly set of waiters with smart recommendations. It’s that Guajillo makes no bones about its appeal to non-Mexicans; in fact, the restaurant has a pretty English-language website advertising its “family-friendliness” and listing its menu options. More revealing is the website’s domain name: waheeyo.com—a… [More]


From the Super ’Stache The underpriced underdogs
DC
Food
Feel
Price
8.8
7.5
$15
The tofu, not the service, is the draw at this cute Korean restaurant

It’s an unlikely beacon, this rather industrial-looking building of brick, whose windows are those tiered glass panels that crank outward, threatening to slide out of their worn aluminum sleeves and fall to the pavement below. Yet, there it is, lit up in sun-yellow Korean characters, “Light House Tofu & B.B.Q.” Inside, every inch of wall is covered in artful Korean calligraphy. The seating is made from blond wood, giving off a warm, cozy vibe, and clay pots make appearances everywhere,… [More]