Red Dog Cafe

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Red Dog Cafe

8301-A Grubb Road
Silver Spring/Takoma Park, MD 20910
Phone: 301-588-6300

Cuisines:
Pizza, Deli/Quick Bites, Italian, American, Modern, Breakfast

Opening Hours:
Tue,Wed,Thu:
General: 07:00 AM - 09:30 PM Fri:
General: 07:00 AM - 10:00 PM Sat:
General: 09:00 AM - 10:00 PM Sun:
General: 09:00 AM - 09:00 PM

Wheelchair Accessible:
Yes

Nearby Metro Stops:
None nearby

Price Range:
Inexpensive

Dress:
Informal

Noise Level:
Chatty

Reservations:
Not needed

Special Features:
Weekend Brunch, Kid Friendly

Website:
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Best Dishes
Roasted lemon chicken ripieghi sandwich; Piedmont-style pork sandwich; muffeleta; braised duck salad; pepperoni pizza; smoked gouda and roasted pepper pizza; wild mushroom, gorgonzola, and caramelized onion pizza; Tuscan chicken cooked under a brick; cedar-planked salmon with herbed potato wedges; baby back ribs; wood-roasted mussels; black bean chili; mac and cheese; bread pudding; apple crisp; blueberry-corn muffins; iced white chocolate mocha.

Price Details:
Breakfast, $1.25 to $5.95.
Lunch and dinner starters, $5.45 to $9.95.
Sandwiches and pizzas, $9.95 to $14.95.
Dinner main courses, $10.95 to $15.45.

Reader's Rating:

1 out of 5

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From "Best of Silver Spring," September 2004

This is the sort of place you want to clone. Great food. Great prices. Great design. No wonder it has become a local gathering place. Morning brings house-made muffins--blueberry-corn muffins channel New England--and a coffee and juice bar. Afternoon is time for lunch, with chef Janis McLean's wood-roasted mussels, ancho-spiked black-bean-and-meat chili, sandwiches of pulled pork Piedmont-style or with Pommery mustard sauce, and salads like braised duck with roasted grapes and port vinaigrette. Main attractions are the creative pizzas, crisp from the wood-burning oven and topped with the likes of smoked Gouda and roasted peppers, or wild mushrooms, Gorgonzola, and caramelized onions. Even the classic pepperoni gets a shaving of red onion.

At night look also for a short roster of comfort plates: mac and cheese made with aged cheddar; crisp-skinned Tuscan chicken cooked under a brick; and salmon roasted on a cedar plank--get the herbed potato wedges as a side with this one. For dessert, try house-made sweets like rich bread pudding or crunchy apple crisp. Or go for an iced white-chocolate mocha, a riff on the usual cocoa.

Open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Share | Print | February 01, 2005 | Reviewed by Cynthia Hacinli

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Horrendous service for below average food

dwiparto — October 5, 2009 10:12 AM

I tried Red Dog Cafe for the first time tonight, and I'll never go back. First, the waiter somehow forgot to put in my order. By the time my food came, the rest of my party had already finished eating. I waited an hour for my food (I ordered the More ...

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