Rinconcito Chapin, 303 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, VA, in Buckingham Center, 703-807-0025 or 703-525-3836 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window)
The menu here is like that of an El Salvadorean restaurant, except without the Pupusas. So why go? You might want to say you have been to a Guatemalan restaurant. Otherwise this place, while not bad, is not up to the competition.
La Bamba Restaurant, 8241 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 301-589-3712 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [City Paper | openlist | Yelp]
More Pan-Latin than Guatemalan, though they have a few specifically Guatemalan dishes, such as “Beef Stew Guatemalan Style.” Not my favorite, but if I lived next door I would go more than once.
Corado's, 3217 Mt. Pleasant Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-462-3332 (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [City Paper | Yelp]
Yummy food, good atmosphere, and in DC's most Latin neighborhood. A very good restaurant, with a surprisingly high quality of beef, given the low prices. Don't let the police sirens throw you.
