B-Side Bites: DC & College Park
Georgia Avenue seafood boils and a five-counter Asian food hall: two neighborhood food finds.
Crabplug Seafood Bar & Grill brings seafood boils and seasoned crabs to Georgia Avenue in Washington, DC. Its signature platters include the Treasure Boil and Bussdown Crabs, with hush puppies, wings, burgers and lamb chops also on the menu. Bar drinks, music and hookah give the space its lounge side—a different kind of neighborhood food stop from a food-hall browse.
The Spot mini takes a compact, multi-counter approach in College Park. Its five Asian storefronts are Gong Cha, Tamashi, Poki DC, Du Du Dumpling and Akira Ramen. Bubble tea, dumplings and ramen give this food hall its mix-and-match appeal: browse the different counters rather than looking for one signature seafood platter.
More places to bookmark
For a green-space bookmark in Washington, DC, St. Monica’s Park offers a quiet neighborhood setting in Southeast, while Boxcar Willie Park provides an open pocket of green along Virginia Avenue SW. The final recommendation is a separate-city bookmark: Mexican Seoul in Seattle combines Korean barbecue flavors with tacos and burritos. It is not part of the DC-area pair.
