Cheap Eats 2009: Teddy's Roti Shop

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Reviewed by Todd Kliman , Cynthia Hacinli , Ann Limpert , Kate Nerenberg , Rina Rapuano

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Great food, low prices, lots of fun.

Teddy's Roti Shop

7304 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20012
Phone: 202-882-6488

Cuisines:
Caribbean

Opening Hours:
Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat,Sun:
General: 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM

Wheelchair Accessible:
No

Nearby Metro Stops:
Takoma

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Not needed

Special Features:
Kid Friendly

Website:
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Best Dishes
“Bussup shut" (shredded roti with goat or chicken curry); goat or chicken roti; stewed oxtail with rice and red peas; callaloo (collard soup); house-made fruit drinks including ginger-pineapple, sorrel, and peanut punch.

Reader's Rating:

1 out of 5

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Why go: This cramped walkup dishes up the best Trinidadian cooking in the area.

What to get: “Bussup shut,” a hot round of roti, a thick pancake of a wrapper, shredded with a spatula (so it resembles a “busted-up shirt”) and topped with spicy goat or chicken curry; goat or chicken roti; stewed oxtail with rice and red peas; callaloo, a soothing collard soup; house-made fruit drinks including ginger-pineapple, sorrel, and peanut punch.

Best for: A quick lunch so hearty and satisfying that you may be tempted to skip dinner; an authentic taste of the islands without leaving home.

Insider tip: Portions are so generous that it’s hard to think about dessert, but if you have room, pay a visit to the nearby Crown Bakery (5329 Georgia Ave., NW; 202-291-3009) for Trinidadian pastries and cakes, including buttery biscuit cakes and currant rolls.

Open daily for lunch and dinner.

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No Good Food

blacks — September 8, 2009 3:36 AM

Teddy's roti is not what they say it is, i went to buy a chicken roti and oxtail peas and rice and the roit had a fly in it and the peas and rice was sour

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Teddy is Freddy

donny789 — June 8, 2009 4:38 PM

DO NOT FREQUENT FREDDY's Roti Shop. It is a Nightmare on Georgia Avenue. Freddy--his real name is not even Teddy it is Dave apparently--has provided terrible service DC for the last time.
The prices are not what they say. I went in to purchase a More ...

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