dgolds: Unlike my posting in another thread (hotels) where I said "don't rely on the locals" and got scads of rebuttal, this is one where I say "rely on the locals." While we don't often stay in hotels in our home towns, we do often eat out. And we often find some great places that the critics miss. One of my favorites in the DC area, for example, is Da Domenico, in the Tyson's Corner area, pobably 15 - 20 minutes from downtown DC if it's not rush hour. Italian, with fantastic pasta and an out-of-this world veal chop.