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Where diners dish on their favorite menu offerings at Bethesda restaurants.
We know you've waited in that long line and taken home those signature pink boxes. Now Patch is asking our readers—which Georgetown Cupcake flavor is your favorite? The cupcake chainlet got its start in 2008 in Georgetown, and now boasts shops in New York, Boston, and Bethesda. Launched by sisters Katherine Kallinis Berman and Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne, Georgetown Cupcake has met wild success and has even spawned a TLC reality show, DC Cupcakes. The menu boasts traditional flavors like the signature red velvet, chocolate, vanilla, and chocolate ganache, but for the more adventurous, there's …
Sweetgreen has become a staple of the downtown Bethesda fast-casual dining scene. The salad chainlet was launched in 2007 in Georgetown by former Georgetown University students Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman, and Nathaniel Ru, and promotes local and organic foods as well as sustainable practices. The eatery is a destination for salads, wraps and frozen yogurt. A few favorites include the Chic P—with baked falafel, chickpeas, cucumbers, pita chips; and lemon hummus tahini dressing—and the Bondi, with roasted chicken, avocado, corn, hearts of palm and wasabi peas, tossed with a miso sesame …
Jetties, the fast-casual sandwich joint that opened late last year near Veterans Park, is quickly becoming a fixture in the Woodmont Triangle dining scene. The Nantucket-themed eatery boasts salads, soups, sandwiches, and sweet treats like cupcakes and Gifford's ice cream. It's a favorite among Bethesda's lunch crowd, but there's dinner choices available too. If you're a vegetarian or just in search of a light lunch, you may want to taste test the "Summer House" sandwich with juicy heirloom tomatoes, sprouts, pepper jack cheese, avocado, and basil mayo on multigrain bread. Other Jettie's …

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