Experience fine dining for lunch at Mt. Vernon Inn on a first come, first served basis. Start your lunch with an appetizer such as the Virginia peanut & chestnut soup. Lunch entrees include vegetable lasagna and salmon corncakes. Have a pulled barbecue sandwich topped off with Mount Vernon ice cream pie. During the evening, enjoy dinner by candlelight. Dinner appetizers feature colonial hoe cake, corn cakes topped with sauteed crabmeat and ham and peanut and chestnut soup. Entrees include roast duck, shrimp & scallops and filet mignon, topped with hollandaise and fresh crab meat. Finish your meal with one of a wide variety of desserts.
Mt. Vernon Inn Restaurant
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
703-780-0011
mountvernon.org
Visit Thai Peppers for a broad variety of Thai cuisine. An example of appetizers include spring rolls served with sweet and sour sauce, angel wings, boneless chicken wings filled with noodles, pork and chicken. Select from a few soups and salads including tom-kha, a Thai coconut soup. Lunch features entrees like pa-ram, your choice of meat served with steamed broccoli and sauteed in peanut curry sauce, or pad Thai, one of several fried rice and noodle dishes--this one made with egg, tofu, bean sprouts, green onions and roasted peanuts. Order curry dishes from mild yellow curry to spicy red or green curry. Finish your meal with dessert like sweet mango with sticky rice or fried banana with ice cream. Select from a list of red or white wines or choose domestic or imported beer with your meal.
Thai Peppers Restaurant
2018 Mt Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22301
703-739-7627
thaipeppers.net
Bring your friends to Del Merei Grille, pronounced "Del Mary," for southern-style cuisine. Select an appetizer to start such as deviled eggs, or fried calamari. Lunch dishes include BBQ chicken quesadilla, jambalaya pasta and portobella mushroom wrap. Dinner appetizers feature items like BBQ beef taquitos and French Quarter mussels. Dinner entrees include seared sea scallops, braised lamb shank and spiced brown sugar salmon. You can also select a meat item or portobella mushrooms for grilling, served with a sauce and side item of your choice, such as collard greens. garlic cheese grits or smashed potatoes in several flavors. Dine in the dining room or in the bar which has food services. Select wine by the glass or bottle from an extensive wine list as well as large selection draft or bottled beer, scotch, cordials and champagne.
Del Merei Grille
3106 Mount Vernon Ave.
Alexandria, VA 22305-2617
703-739-4335
delmereigrille.com
