FOOD—Tavira Chevy Chase, MD

The short: Confusingly fancy, tiny portions, but delicious.  Weird location but they had live music. 

The long: Despite the fact that I felt like trailer trash from not being able to differentiate between the three sets of cutlery and the two bread plates (make note, the one with designs IS the bread plate) this place was pretty cool.  If you order the Chouriço Assado com Brandy, prepare yourself for what my date called “A HOTDOG?!”  It was however, on fire when we got it, which made up for how…not well endowed that appetizer was.  We also shared the Pimentos Assados Recheados com Queijo.  Goat cheese kicks ass.  Wine was pretty well priced in contrast to the food, which never seems to be the case.  Wait staff was stuffy and if you are under 50, you will stick out like a sore thumb.  They eventually warmed up to us and a waiter who was floating around the dining room (tall black guy named Horace) had a normal conversation with us and brought us each a [free] little glass of port.  Two guys, one on classical guitar—one on a djembe, played in the corner.  If you see a Groupon for this place, I would recommend it—but not without one. 

*Weird free parking garage has a T-shirt looking mark on the ground right by the entrance.  I made Erica “wear the T-shirt.”  That’s what friends are for.