Guidebook for Alexandria

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Guidebook for Alexandria

Essentials

Little El Salvadoran grocery store with excellent prices on fruits and vegetables. The attached carry out has great papusas and tamales as well as tacos and enchiladas.
El Paisa Grocery And Take - Out
3414 Mt Vernon Ave
Little El Salvadoran grocery store with excellent prices on fruits and vegetables. The attached carry out has great papusas and tamales as well as tacos and enchiladas.
Full blown organic grocery store. A little pricey, but what do you expect for organic.
32 localnici recomandă
Naked Lunch
3831 Mt Vernon Ave
32 localnici recomandă
Full blown organic grocery store. A little pricey, but what do you expect for organic.
I do not shop here. Store is always dirty. I go to Harris Teater, Shoppers Food Warehouse or Giant; all within a mile of the house.
6 localnici recomandă
Foodway
206 West Glebe Road
6 localnici recomandă
I do not shop here. Store is always dirty. I go to Harris Teater, Shoppers Food Warehouse or Giant; all within a mile of the house.

Food Scene

Cash only Peruvian Chicken restaurant. Sometimes the chicken is spectacular and sometimes it's just pretty darn good. For $14 you get a whole chicken, salad and a side (I usually go for the Yucca).
Senor Chicken
3410 Mt Vernon Ave
Cash only Peruvian Chicken restaurant. Sometimes the chicken is spectacular and sometimes it's just pretty darn good. For $14 you get a whole chicken, salad and a side (I usually go for the Yucca).
This place is a local favorite for Tex Mex Salvadorean Food. It started out as a little mom and pop place and has grown to engulf the three adjacent shops. Very good food and excellent margaritas.
37 localnici recomandă
Los Tios Grill
2615 Mt Vernon Ave
37 localnici recomandă
This place is a local favorite for Tex Mex Salvadorean Food. It started out as a little mom and pop place and has grown to engulf the three adjacent shops. Very good food and excellent margaritas.

Drinks & Nightlife

Live music venue a 3 minute walk from the house. Sometimes I go even when I don't have a ticket and just listen to the live music from the room next door.
41 localnici recomandă
The Birchmere
3701 Mt Vernon Ave
41 localnici recomandă
Live music venue a 3 minute walk from the house. Sometimes I go even when I don't have a ticket and just listen to the live music from the room next door.
Great local wine bar with a nice selection of food.
Café Caturra
2931 South Glebe Road
Great local wine bar with a nice selection of food.
I'm not a fan of their pizza, but their other food is very good and it's a great place to catch a ball game.
23 localnici recomandă
Del Ray Pizzeria
2218 Mt Vernon Ave
23 localnici recomandă
I'm not a fan of their pizza, but their other food is very good and it's a great place to catch a ball game.

Everything Else

Great local wine shop with an excellent selection. If you are on a budget they have a rack when you first walk in of very good wines all priced under $15.
Planet Wine
2004 Mt Vernon Ave
Great local wine shop with an excellent selection. If you are on a budget they have a rack when you first walk in of very good wines all priced under $15.