In today’s fast paced society, many meals end up being eaten out rather than getting a traditional home cooked meal. The problem with that is that we all miss comfort food in the way that our families used to make it. Constantly eating meals out can get rather expensive. The purpose of this blog is to highlight some of the DC areas best inexpensive places to eat, while still getting a taste of home. This does not imply that it will necessarily be American comfort food, but rather that it comes from an independently owned restaurant, that incorporates a traditional (no matter from where) type of cuisine. If you are looking for a comfortable place to eat, with the total bill coming to, around or less than $20, then you have come to the right place. Places such as Chipotle, Au Bon Pain and Pret a Manger have perfected the grab-and-go style eatery, falling somewhere between a fast food giant (e.g. McDonalds, Wendy’s, Burger King) and a traditional sit down restaurant. The perceived value of these types of places is overshadowed by the comfortable style that many of them have incorporated into their design, or the “Starbucks” model. A chain that is made to feel like a neighborhood shop, has replaced the actual neighborhood coffee shop or eatery. The phrases “go local” and “buy local” are not often heard in a metropolis like DC but that is the point here. These terms are often confused with and muddled together with terms like organic and free-range. The purpose of this blog is not to provide readers with information on where to go to eat organically raised products, but to provide them with information on where to go to support local businesses that are family owned (or at least independently owned), convenient, and reasonably priced.
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