Where to Stay in Washington
Where to stay in Washington Hotel Hill People don’t think of Washington as a city of hills, but it is. Just north of Dupont Circle, Connecticut Avenue clambers steeply up a hill before...
...additional persons in room, $18...
...doubles, $764108...
...a laundromat...
...Rooms are blandly comfortable-and the prices are better than the competition’s...
...Holiday Inn, 1900 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., (800) 238-8000 or (202) 332-9300...
...toilet seat...
...and, on a warm day, the Gazebo for a light meal on the terrace...
...West African) and Axum, 2307 18th St...
...and Pards, 2010 S St., very informal, vegetarian...
...rooms with high ceilings...
...Parking next door is available for $4.50 per night...
...Group, diplomatic, and long-term (sixmonth minimum) rates available...
...Within a year, the hotel plans to open a restaurant, but for now the only food service is an overpriced continental breakfast ($4.50, including a copy of n e Washington Post...
...The pricecovers two nights, a welcome basket, two breakfasts, taxes and gratuities...
...then jog nine times around the terrace to log a mile...
...There’s dancing at Ashby’s until 1 am., when you can return to your room for the last showing of the closed-circuit movies on TV (your choice of R or PG for $4.95...
...Washington isn’t known for its ethnic neighborhoods, but you’re on the edge of the next best thing to a melting pot...
...The Highland Hotel, 1914 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., (800) 424-2464 or (202) 797-2000...
...And in most of these restaurants you’ll find it hard to spend more than $10 per person...
...If you’re really dedicated to staying in the hotel, you can take all your meals at one of the Hilton’s restaurants: Ashby’s-attractive, with expensive continental/ American food...
...Group and government rates are available...
...then take a swim in the outdoor pool...
...Omega, at 1858 Columbia Road, is the oldest and best bargain-priced Cuban restaurant in town (as confirmed by the line at the door...
...On this plan, children are free but their breakfast isn’t...
...children under 12 free...
...The Normandy Inn, 21 18 Wyoming Avenue, N.W., (202) 483-1350...
...Then you can browse through the gift shop and boutique, drop in at the Racquet Club (free to guests) for a sauna, check out the hair salon and drop by the piano bar for cocktails...
...If you’re coming to Washington for a convention, odds are good that you’ll be staying here (don’t confuse the Washington Hilton with the older, smaller Capital Hilton on K Street downtown...
...And vegetarians shouldn’t miss the Golden Temple’s salad-and-baked-potato bar at I52 I Connecticut...
...Within a short walk, you can choose from Latin American, African, Japanese, Chinese, Italian, Indian, and Greek food...
...Singles are $58490...
...There’s regular limousine service between the Hilton and both National and Dulles airports, a convenience for guests at all the hotels on the hill...
...children under 12 and pets free...
...Where to stay in Washington Hotel Hill People don’t think of Washington as a city of hills, but it is...
...The hotel has three conference rooms available for small meetings...
...Three-room suites abound, each with separate sleeping and living rooms, a TV in each, and a wet bar (formerly the apartment’s kitchen) with table and chairs...
...children under 13 free...
...and next year, the zoo (when the new link in the system opens...
...Indoor parking available at $4.50 per night...
...Restaurants Even if you’re staying in a restaurantequipped hotel, you should make a point of going out for at least a meal or two to take advantage of your location...
...Walk across the street from the hustling Hilton and you’ll find yourself in a very different world...
...Many restaurants are within walking distance, with prices reflecting neighborhood trade, not the downtown credit-card crowd...
...additional persons, $10 each...
...doubles, $46...
...King Leisure” (kingsized bed plus sitting area) for $55, single, and $60, double...
...There’s free indoor parking...
...Children sharing a room with parents are free, any age...
...The management here has gone bonkers, providing a complimentary balloon on every pillow, in every ice bucket, and on every...
...Additional persons in room, $5 each...
...to I I pm., March to December...
...Newly renovated, it offers few extras-you have to send your laundry out, and there’s no restaurant (continental breakfast available...
...There are nearly 150 suites, with 93 priced at $188, the rest soaring as high as $333...
...Everything else, however, is strictly in line with what you’d expect to find in a hotel run by the chain that used to claim “the best surprise is no surprise at all...
...The Washington Hilton, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., (202) 483-3000...
...Additional persons in room, $12 each...
...The Colonials, a pleasant three-meals-daily coffee shop with moderate prices and a no-smoking section...
...Star of India, 2100 Connecticut Avenue...
...Indian cuisine is wellrepresented by Gaylord’s, 173 I Connecticut Avenue...
...double, $45...
...The lobby lounge offers a six-foot TV screen, dart board, electronic games, and free hors d’oeuvres from 5 to 7 p.m...
...They’re all within a five-minute walk of the Dupont Circle Metro stop...
...Built as an apartment building in the grand style of the early 1900s, the 141-room Highland has been comprehensively but carefully overhauled, preserving the flavor of the original: a lobby of chandeliers, mirrors, and red carpeting...
...Convention facilities have recently been spruced up at a cost ot roughly $ I million, and plans are atoot tor expansion of the 1,165-room hotel...
...This is a pleasant part of town, less starchy than the downtown business district...
...Group rates available...
...When you’re not in a meeting, there’s plenty to keep you busy without leaving the building: Start on the tennis courts (open from 7 a.m...
...A few doors away is El Caribe, 1828 Columbia Road, a bit more fancy and expensive but still good and just as noisy...
...If all this is too spicy for you, try Timberlake’s, I726 Connecticut, a noisy, amiable, brick-and-wood pub where you can get an energetic sandwich or quiche...
...To really get away from ’ the hustle-bustle, you need walk only two blocks north on Connecticut and turn left on Wyoming, where the 78-room Normandy Inn sits quietly among the embassies, apartment buildings, and private homes...
...Flanking the avenue are four hillside hotels-each with different personalities, prices, pros and cons...
...but even the regular guest rooms have a wet bar, thanks to the hotel’s previous incarnation...
...double, $77.25 per person...
...For the price it’s nice: Singles, $39...
...Two new places gaining reputations for authentic African dishes are Baobab, 2106 18th St...
...bathrooms with marble walls...
...On a good day, when everything’s functioning, the subway will take you swiftly to the Capitol, the Mall, the Pentagon, National Airport, Foggy Bottom, RFK stadium...
...suites, $108-$225...
...There are 149 rooms: Single, $41...
...The hotel has an enormous (4,000-seat), fully equipped ballroom in addition to 33 smaller function rooms and an exhibit hall...
...suites (there are only four), $100...
...and the rooms come equipped with a safe, a clock-radio in addition to the TV, and a shower-massage...
...Pipers, the restaurant, has a moderately priced coffee shop menu for all three meals, and provides room service...
...The better the view, the larger the room, and the closer to the elevator, the higher the price...
...Relax in your room overlooking Washington...
...or Nora’s, 21 32 Florida Avenue, for good fish and chicken dishes with fresh homemade trimmings...
...doubles, $66-$84...
...The rooms are small but pleasant, and most have refrigerators...
...One drawback: at the end of a long day, it can be more than a five-minute walk up Hotel Hill for the footsore traveler...
...Room prices: Singles, $54-$72...
...an outdoor pool, terrace, and cafe in season...
...Just north of Dupont Circle, Connecticut Avenue clambers steeply up a hill before vaulting across the canyon called Rock Creek Park...
...Ethiopian...
...Parking is $3 a night but space is limited...
...There’s a “Rainbow Weekend” package: Single, $105.25...
...elaborately carved moldings and cornices...
...take a nap-you’ll have no trouble dropping off if you read a few pages of the hotel’s complimentary paperback about the inspiring career of Conrad Hilton...
Vol. 12 • March 1980 • No. 1
