Comments on: Judging Restaurants – El Don

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:42:30 +0000

+1 La libertad is awesome. Great food and huge portions.

By: Dvorak

Dvorak — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 07:58:02 +0000

+1 La Libertad is my shit, best value for a delicious carne asada

By: Dux

Dux — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 03:27:48 +0000

I’ve eaten there and like the chicken and fried yuca, the place seems to be more a carry out than restaurant, but you can sit and eat there as well.

By: Big Country

Big Country — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:23:52 +0000

As a local that has grown up with the likes of el Pollo Rico, Senor Chicken and various Pollo a la Brasa spots in the greater Washington area I was thrilled to live two blocks from El Don. I’ve eaten here a half a dozen times and always been incredibly disappointed. The chicken is dry, I was informed they cook their chicken in the morning so if you go for dinner you’re eating chicken that has sat under a heat lamp for almost 7 hours. The food is incredibly over priced, $12 for a half chicken and the white sauce is watery with little taste. My roommate was enticed by a “we’ve got wings” sign only to be served raw chicken wings. I gave up on El Don about a year ago, hopefully things have gotten better since the re-opening. Despite the lack in good food, they do have Inca Kola and they used to have a juke box with a Latino band doing Metallica covers. There are some real gems in that neighborhood when it comes to restaurants/carryouts…Smokeys, Highlands, La Libertad to name a few, El Don is not one of them.

By: EdTheRed

EdTheRed — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:20:10 +0000

It’s been repaired and has re-opened.

By: nobody

nobody — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:55:41 +0000

is it open again? a car went through the window or something a while back and it was closed…

By: andy

andy — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:55:10 +0000

It’s very close to the house. I keep wanting to go there but the wife doesn’t like their lomo saltado. they are super-quiet so i worry whether they will stay in business. also, the place was recently hit by a car and had to be fixed up.

By: Dr Neanderthal

Dr Neanderthal — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:01:42 +0000

This place has THE BEST chicken in town. No joke. I used to live right across from it.