WHERE TO STAY IN WASHINGTON

Trueblood, Carol

Were to stay in washington FOGGY BOTTOM If you’re planning a stay in Washington, the hotels in the Foggy Bottom area have a lot going for them-they’re all within a few blocks of a subway...

...Long-term rates available, children under 12 free...
...If you’re feeling flabby-perhaps from overconsumption of the complimentary bedside chocolate mints-you can take advantage of the indoor pool and exercise room at the Watergate Health Club at no charge...
...Parking $3 a day...
...Longterm rates, group discounts, and very attractive weekend packages available...
...Riverside Towers, 2201 Virginia Ave...
...N.W., (202) 337-7600, is under the same management as One Washington Circle (above) and has similar room plans with the same attractive decor, amenities, and services-except no pool or balconies...
...But the best part is that ifyou don’t like your hotel cluttered with conventions, you won’t find them here...
...Weekly and monthly rates 25 to 30 per cent lower...
...Double, $15-$18...
...Studios and one bedroom, $38 and $48, respectively, for one occupant...
...The living areas can be turned into meeting rooms by moving in a conference table and chairs...
...In the vicinity of the Kennedy Center, Les Champs, in the Watergate complex, is moderately priced, comfortable, with a varied menu and s a l a d b a r . More expensive are The Intrigue, 824 New Hampshire Ave., with its intimate, paneled decor and continental cuisine, and The Golden Table, 528 23rd St...
...Both these apartment hotels have roomy one-bedroom suites with warm, contemporary decor and well-equipped kitchens...
...No children under 10 accepted-only infants in arms...
...N.W., (202) 338-8060 and 801 New Hampshire Ave...
...Suites: Various sizes and arrangements from $86 to $200...
...Double, $41-$45...
...and Tammany Hall, Mr...
...There’s a laundromat and a roof garden in season...
...One bedroom: Single, $54-$57...
...Long-term rates on request...
...For the low-price, no-frills basics: for breakfast it’s Howard Johnson’s breakfast cafeteria and the regular restaurant the rest of the day (and all night), the Governor Shepherd, 2121 Virginia Ave., for lunch and dinner, and People’s Drug Store counter in the Watergate Mall for breakfast and lunch...
...No parking facilities, although there are garages nearby...
...Double, $72-$90...
...One bedroom: Single, $45...
...The Intrigue, 824 New Hampshire Ave...
...The two other restaurants at the Center-Act 1, a cafeteria, and Act 11, cafe-style-are less expensive, but also not highly recommended...
...Le Gaulois serves delicious, simpler fare in an i n f o r m a l atmosphere a t extremely reasonable prices...
...All efficiencies and suites have fully equipped kitchens (groceries available in the drug store downstairs...
...Brandnew this fall, 2500 Pennsylvania is just two blocks across the bridge from Georgetown...
...Double, $52-$55...
...Government, academic, and embassy discounts...
...The Park Central, 705 18thSt...
...A new restaurant, Le Jardin, 1 I13 23rd St., is receiving good reviews both for its pleasant wicker and greenery atmosphere and moderate to expensive cuisine...
...Daubles, $42...
...The a c c o m m o d a t i o n s a r e m o d e s t b u t comfortable...
...Bedrooms have light-proof curtains and digital clock-radios...
...Standard Howard Johnson’s farereasonable prices for plastic motelmodern, not especially roomy quarter...
...With bath: Single, $15-$25...
...Suites: Single, $62-80...
...The rooms are spacious and tastefully decorated in traditional style, some with balconies, all with a pleasant view overlooking the river or the gardens...
...It’s situated on the river right next to the Kennedy Center and is directly linked to the Watergate Mall, office buildings, and Les Champs boutiques...
...The rooms are comfortable, furnished in traditional style, all with fully equipped kitchens, a few with balconies...
...Double, $55...
...A few parking spaces, $2.25 a day...
...Double, $40...
...Double, $45...
...Rooms: Single, $62 and $74...
...Eight per cent hotel tax already included...
...Adam’s Rib, 2100 Pennsylvania Ave., has moderately expensive American dishes with some Greek specialties, and at the Swiss Chalet, 2122 Pennsylvania, there’s cheese fondue, Swiss steak, quiche and other traditional Swiss fare at moderate prices...
...Laundromat in basement...
...N. W. (202) 785-2000...
...N. W., (202) 337-6620, has comfortably furnished rooms-some of the upper floor rooms have splendid views-with fully equipped kitchens, and it is just a few minutes’ walk to the Watergate Mall and Safeway., The Intrigue restaurant, off the lobby (see below), serves lunch and dinner and provides room service for all three meals...
...Henry’s, Twenty-First Amendment, and Top O’Foolery, all in the 2100 block of Pennsylvania...
...N.W., (202) 393-4700, is the closest to the business district, and if you’ve any reason to visit the White House, OMB, ICA, World Bank or IMF, GSA, Civil Service Commission, or George Washington University, you don’t have more than a two-block walk...
...None of the hotels accepts convention business, and some won’t even take tour groups...
...Single, $62...
...One Step Down, 25 I7 Pennsylvania...
...At both hotels: each additional person, $8...
...There’s no restaurant or room service, but free coffee is served in the lobby in the morning...
...Frickie’s, 25 I2 Pennsylvania...
...Children under 12 free...
...Foggy Bottom is not the gourmet center of Washington, but there are a few restaurants in the area you should be sure to check into, and some you definitely should not...
...All rooms have refrigerators and TV, there’s a bar/lounge, and in season, sun roof and pool...
...Weekly and monthly rates available...
...But wait a minute...
...The rooms are very attractive, modern, all with kitchens, and the hotel can provide grocery service, catered in-room meals as well as room service...
...The prices are slightly higher than the fouryear old 801 New Hampshire: Single, $64...
...Efficiencies (pull-out sofa bed), $33 for one occupant...
...The Allen Lee, 2224 F St...
...what about all those rooms with kitchenettes...
...Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge, 260 I Virginia Ave...
...L a u n d r o m a t in basement...
...Dominique’s is expensive, but justifies it with an ambitious (wild boar, venison) and consistently outstanding menu, from appetizer through dessert...
...Free parking...
...Efficiencies and suites: Single, $34-$38...
...Double, $66...
...Each additional person, $2...
...Without bath: Single, $10-$14...
...Sarsfield’s, 2524 L St., once the place, has lost its status since the pcrson who brought it into the limelight-Hamilton Jordan-seems to havc lost interest, as have his fellow White House staff members...
...In the former category are Dominique’s, 1900 Pennsylvania Ave., and Le Gaulois, 2 133 Pennsylvania, two of the half-dozen or so most highly rated French r e s t a u r a n t s in Washington...
...What little ambiance you’ll find is primarily due to its location, which, in case you’ve forgotten your history, is directly across the street from the Watergate complex...
...Rooms: Single, $33...
...801 New Hampshire is near the Kennedy Center and Watergate complex and has a roof-top terrace and small pool...
...parking $3 a day...
...No conventions are permitted, but there are five meeting rooms for smaller gettogethers...
...The main advantage here is location-across the street from thc Pan American a n d World H e a l t h Organizations, one block to Stateand AID and EEOC, and two or three blocks to Interior, the Federal Reserve, and the Civil Service Commission...
...Double, $22-$25...
...All the suites and the larger rooms have kitchenettes-sink and refrigerator always available, one-time $IO fee for use of the stove and utensils...
...The River Inn, 924 25th St...
...Were to stay in washington FOGGY BOTTOM If you’re planning a stay in Washington, the hotels in the Foggy Bottom area have a lot going for them-they’re all within a few blocks of a subway station and near a host of federal agencies: State, AID, ICA, Interior, GSA, Civil Service Commission, Federal Reserve Board, FDIC and EEOC, amongothers...
...Free parking...
...Studio: Single, $44-$47...
...Double, $74 and $86...
...N.W., (202) 965-2700...
...All rooms have TV and air conditioner, but there are no parking facilities...
...Long term leases and holiday and weekend discounts available...
...N. W., (202) 452-4600...
...If you’re staying in the Watergate H o t e l , t h e Watergate Terrace is convenient, but its food doesn’t always live up to its prices, which are definitely in the expensive category, especially at breakfast and lunch (except for the $5.95 eat-all-youwant breakfast buffet...
...The view from Act 111, at the top of the Kennedy Center, is fabulous but does not make up for the prices you pay for the undistinguished food...
...Carol Trueblood...
...Each additional person, $5...
...Weekly rates, $45-$90...
...Each additional person, $8...
...Each additional person, $2...
...The Watergate Hotel, 2650 Virginia Ave...
...Efficiencies (studio-couch beds): Single, $35...
...Children under I2 free if no cots needed...
...children under 18, $4...
...Double, $62-$65...
...And because most have rooms with kitchens, they are ideal for long-term stays and for those who want to cut down on costs by cooking their own meals...
...Each additional person, $3...
...Long-term rates available...
...In addition, there’s a laundromat, irons and ironing boards, swimming pool and sundeck, and a conference room that accommodates up to 100 people...
...The higher rates are for rooms with river views...
...Indoor parking, $4 a day...
...Each additional person, $5...
...A restaurant is planned for 1979...
...the Watergate complex, and Rock Creek Park...
...Each additional person, $12...
...Guest Quarters, 2500 Pennsylvania Ave...
...The hotel will fill your grocery order at retail prices, and there’s room service and full catering service from a nearby restaurant...
...N.W., (202) 965-2300...
...There are three Italian restaurantsMarrocco’s, I9 I3 Pennsylvania Ave., and Trieste, 21 38% Pennsylvania Ave., both moderately priced neighborhood restaurants serving Southern Italian fare, and Da Vinci’s, 2514 L S t . , more expensive Northern Italian, with mixed reviews but worth a try...
...Columbia Plaza...
...Each additional person, $5...
...One Washington Circle, 1 Washington Circle N. W., (202) 872-1680, was one ofthe nicer apartment buildings in this area and is continuing this tradition as a hotel...
...Rooms: Single, $56...
...Around Pennsylvania Avenue you’ll find the pub-style establishments, heavily p o p u l a t e d by G e o r g e W a s h i n g t o n University students and the after-work singles: Red Lion Inn, 2024 I St...
...A restaurant will open in December...
...In addition to Blackie’s Jr., just off the lobby, for steaks and burgers, there are two coffee shops nearby...
...Most ofthe rooms have balconies, all get free Washington Posts in the morning and a weather report with the wake-up call...
...There’s no room service, but the typical Howard Johnson’s family-style restaurant is open 24 hours and has a carry-out...
...Go to these places more for a beer or a drink than for a meal, which is usually pretty standard deli/ burger fare...
...Children under 12 (maximum of 2) free...
...Laundromat in basement...
...Each additional person (including children), $4...
...Several offer live j a n or other music in the evening...
...Singles, $34...
...Children under 12 free...
...Children under 12 free...
...Limited parking, $3 a day...
...N.W., (202) 3311224, is a place to sleep and not much else, but the rates take this into account...
...Double, $74...
...The Watergate Terrace restaurant (see below) serves all three meals...
...Double, $72...
...This is a luxury hotel, with prices to match...
...They’re also within walking distance of downtown and Georgetown, and in Foggy Bottom itself, you’ll find the Kennedy Center...

Vol. 10 • December 1978 • No. 9


 
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