City: Arlington, VA

Category: Restaurants

Telephone: (703) 931-0777

Address: 4000 28th Street

Description: One of the cornerstone establishments in the ever-changing urban village of Arlington, Carlyle Grand Cafe is convenient city dining without parking headaches (ample, free, and convenient spaces nearby). Just a stone’s throw from I–395, the restaurant features fresh, modern, and simple decor and quality food (meats, seafood, pasta, sandwiches, etc.). The hot beignets served in lieu of bread for Sunday brunch are impossible to resist. As for the menu, it offers a wide variety of New American cuisine, from Thai-flavored dinner salads to savory pastas. Choose to dine downstairs, where the popular bar limits the seating and makes for a livelier time, or upstairs where it’s decidedly quieter but equally enjoyable. Carlyle Grand Cafe is open for lunch Monday through Saturday, dinner nightly, and Sunday brunch.