sweetwater tavern is so fucking good. so many kinds of beers and their crabcakes are heavenly

 

the ribs there is where its at. o man the meat falls off the bone. i love that chain.
Mikes is springfield is also owned by them.

 

Drunken Ribeye at Sweetwater is the tits. Marinated in ale. If you haven't tried it, you haven't lived.

 

i got that my senior year prom....and this is the first time i remembered that since then.

 

As a native washingtonian, here are my suggestions...

Italian- That's Amore in Vienna. You order oversized dishes designed for the couple to share (very pimp idea).

Maggianos is good, but its friggin huge, not very intimate.

Also, the Dolce Vita in Fairfax. If you want authentic Italian- there is no better place in NoVA. They have like 3 types of calamari, just to give an idea.

San Vito in Burke/Sprinfield area (also in South Riding). Its inexpensive and they make EVERYTHING from scratch. I know b/c my girl is a server there. She brings me home a dish after work and its fucking ridiculous.

Wanna go balls out? French restaurant in Vienna (right next to That's Amore) called La Caranad. I think I spelled it correctly. IMHO French cuisine beats the shit out of everything by far. Their duck is to die for. Not cheap, but you'll probably wish you brought your camera. Its small, intimate and delicious.

Those are my ideas.

 

if you like seafood captin pell's for the win

 

prob help to know exactly where you are....

thats amore sucks ass
sweetwater is awesome but american food
id say magginos or carrabas for italian.


but like i said itd help to know where your at....

 

prob will go to one of these restaurants tonight since its my bday , my gf is taking me out for dinner now lets see what i want to eat !!

 

LOL! mines on the 13th and i told my GF we are going to sweetwaters on her. wood grilled filet minon FTW

 

wtf lol my roomates is on the 13th and mines the 15th