Matchbook Monday: Paolo’s in Georgetown
Today’s Matchbook Monday comes from a friend who swears that this is her favorite Italian restaurant in Georgetown — Paolo’s.
The Georgetown location (1303 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington DC) was the original home for Paolo’s, and the restaurant has now expanded to additional locations in Reston and Towson. You can check out the menu here.
I haven’t tried Paolo’s, and am wondering if I need to put it on my list. Anyone else care to chime in on it?
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4 opinions for Matchbook Monday: Paolo’s in Georgetown
Shai Coggins
Mar 3, 2008 at 6:16 am
I’m so bad when it comes to collecting matchbooks. I got one from Carmine’s when I visited NYC last year. But I don’t even know where it is anymore!
Anyway, yeah, I love this feature you have. Great collection.
Jon - The DC Traveler
Mar 4, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Paolo’s is a great place for lunch or dinner. Their olive tapenade (recipe on their site), is served as a butter substitute and is great. It’s served with jar of warm, soft breadsticks with poppyseeds. Noone can not eat them all and ask for more.
Good menu wit lots of choices, consistent food prep, nice presentation, comfortable athmosphere, great staff and always a good dining experience. It’s a safe chioce for appitizers at the bar, dinner alone or entertaining guests.
The suburban locations are nicer, the G-Town location is cramped and lively (noisy).
The bar is usually lively, but I question their change to a small (6 oz.) and large (10 oz.) pour wines by the glass. As a fairly regular bar patron, it looked to me to be a way to hide a fairly big price increase (as if wines by the glass aren’t profitable enough).
Their small pizzas (brick oven I recall) are surprisingly yummy and worth a try, if you aren’t too hungry. I like the merquez pizza with spicy lamb sausage and feta. The spaghetti pomodoro is fresh and filling too.
I’ve never had a bad meal at Polo’s. Worth checking it out.
Mary Jo Manzanares
Mar 5, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Thanks, Shai. And if you ever come across the misplaced matchbooks, be sure to send a photo this way.
Mary Jo Manzanares
Mar 5, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Thanks for the more indepth description, Jon. My gal pal was probably right - it is well worth a visit.
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