Ten Bethesda-area restaurants that opened during the pandemic signal hope for better days and nights to come By David Hagedorn |
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Rosemary Bistro Cafe’s bouillabaisse is packed with mussels, squid, shrimp, scallops, red snapper, monkfish and vegetables, and served with baguette slices with garlic saffron aioli. Photo by Deb Lindsey
Rosemary Bistro Cafe
Upper Northwest D.C.
“Have you eaten with us before?” Fred Darricarrere asks when I call in an order to Rosemary Bistro Cafe, the restaurant he opened in Upper Northwest D.C. in July. “No,” I reply, not letting on that I’m a restaurant critic. “Ah! It’s a cold winter night, so I’ll add a warm baguette as a thank you. It will soak up all those good juices of your boeuf bourguignon and bouillabaisse.” In my follow-up reporting, he sends a video of the 2,000-square-foot interior, with its gold tin ceiling, skylights, vintage French travel posters, mustard-colored floor and stunning Medusa-like red an
Pho Viet USA replaces Faryab Afghan Cuisine By Dan Schere |
The Vietnamese restaurant Pho Viet USA opened on Wednesday at 4917 Cordell Ave. in Bethesda.
Photo by Dan Schere
Pho Viet USA, a Vietnamese restaurant chain throughout the greater Washington region, opened at 4917 Cordell Ave. in Bethesda on Wednesday.
Pho Viet USA specializes in Pho, a Vietnamese soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, onions, pepper, Thai basil and bean sprouts as the base. The restaurant serves 10 types of Pho, each with proteins such as steak, chicken and shrimp, all between $14 and $18.
Pho Viet USA also serves rice entrees such as vegetable steamed rice with fried tofu, chicken fried rice and rice with beef. Rice dishes are between $12 and $15.