Dirt Cheap Eats 2008: Tackle Box

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Tackle Box

3245 M St., NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202-337-8269

Cuisines:
Seafood, American

Opening Hours:

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
None nearby

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Not Accepted

Special Features:
Kid Friendly

Website:
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Best Dishes
Fried bay scallops with lemon; fried clams with tartar sauce; fried shrimp on a potato roll; lobster roll; wood-grilled calamari with basil-walnut pesto; wood-grilled asparagus; braised greens; potato salad; coleslaw; blueberry pie.

Price Details:
Starters $6 to $12, Main dishes $9-$12

Reader's Rating:

2.5 out of 5

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The $17 appetizer of fried Ipswich clams at the seafood restaurant Kinkead’s is close to perfect: The clams are crisp, chewy, greaseless, and accompanied by house-made tartar sauce and frizzled lemon slices. At the much more casual Georgetown fish shack Tackle Box, fried clams—full-belly in summer—also make a stellar appearance in a pile with tartar sauce or in a made-for-the-restaurant bun as a clam roll (each $12).

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Bay Scallops = yum, yum

jacqaluyan — September 4, 2009 7:54 AM

On a recommendation for W's Cheap Eats, I went to Tackle Box expecting great New England-style seafood that wouldn't break the bank--and sure enough, that's what I got. While I went for the Maine Meal (the $13 option), I could've gone with the $9 More ...

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Fried Seafood a Bust

FoodieMan — April 8, 2009 7:11 AM

If you want fried seafood, might as well go to Arthur Treacher's or bring home Mrs. Pauls. The Washingtonian touts the star chef from Hook as overseeing this place, but he left Hook last summer!

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