Lauriol Plaza
Lauriol Plaza, web site, 1835 18th Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-387-0035, closed Mondays. (Metro Trip Planner - opens in new window) [Economist | Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | food-plan | openlist | Yelp | Gayot]
Formerly they provided good Mexican and Spanish dishes in Adams-Morgan, but now they are execrable. And expensive. A hangout, and a huge one at that, no longer a restaurant. Not to mention the interminable waits to be seated.