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Anacostia Restaurant & Catering

1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20020 | 202-889-9588

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Mon-Fri 7 am-6:30 pm, Sat 8 am-6:30 pm

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$ ($14 and under)

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Mary Lou Foy/The Washington Post

Potato salad and sweet, sticky yams are two of the tasty specialties you'll find at Anacostia Restaurant & Catering.

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We found owner "Mama" Cole at the rear of the little cafeteria she has operated for three years, up to her elbows in potato salad.

"The Lord blessed me with the ability to cook," Cole says as she adds a generous squirt of mustard to the mix, and that ability extends to more than potato salad. Her fried whiting ($7 with choice of two sides) is lightly seasoned and not the slightest bit greasy to the touch. Those who like sweet, sticky yams ($1.95 for eight ounces) with a blast of cinnamon have come to the right place, and her greens ($1.95 for eight ounces) are fresh-tasting and mellow. She's not planning to close while her restaurant undergoes a much-needed renovation later this month, but she says, "I'd close my doors before I'd sell canned greens."

--Walter Nicholls (October 10, 2007)

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Anacostia Restaurant & Catering

1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE,

Washington, DC 20020

202-889-9588

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We found owner "Mama" Cole at the rear of the little cafeteria she has operated for three years, up to her elbows in potato salad.

"The Lord blessed me with the ability to cook," Cole says as she adds a generous squirt of mustard to the mix, and that ability extends to more than potato salad. Her fried whiting ($7 with choice of two sides) is lightly seasoned and not the slightest bit greasy to the touch. Those who like sweet, sticky yams ($1.95 for eight ounces) with a blast of cinnamon have come to the right place, and her greens ($1.95 for eight ounces) are fresh-tasting and mellow. She's not planning to close while her restaurant undergoes a much-needed renovation later this month, but she says, "I'd close my doors before I'd sell canned greens."

--Walter Nicholls (October 10, 2007)

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1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE,

Washington, DC 20020

202-889-9588

Mary Lou Foy/The Washington Post

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We found owner "Mama" Cole at the rear of the little cafeteria she has operated for three years, up to her elbows in potato salad.

"The Lord blessed me with the ability to cook," Cole says as she adds a generous squirt of mustard to the mix, and that ability extends to more than potato salad. Her fried whiting ($7 with choice of two sides) is lightly seasoned and not the slightest bit greasy to the touch. Those who like sweet, sticky yams ($1.95 for eight ounces) with a blast of cinnamon have come to the right place, and her greens ($1.95 for eight ounces) are fresh-tasting and mellow. She's not planning to close while her restaurant undergoes a much-needed renovation later this month, but she says, "I'd close my doors before I'd sell canned greens."

--Walter Nicholls (October 10, 2007)

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1918 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE,

Washington, DC 20020

202-889-9588

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Potato salad and sweet, sticky yams are two of the tasty specialties you'll find at Anacostia Restaurant & Catering.

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Our Review

We found owner "Mama" Cole at the rear of the little cafeteria she has operated for three years, up to her elbows in potato salad.

"The Lord blessed me with the ability to cook," Cole says as she adds a generous squirt of mustard to the mix, and that ability extends to more than potato salad. Her fried whiting ($7 with choice of two sides) is lightly seasoned and not the slightest bit greasy to the touch. Those who like sweet, sticky yams ($1.95 for eight ounces) with a blast of cinnamon have come to the right place, and her greens ($1.95 for eight ounces) are fresh-tasting and mellow. She's not planning to close while her restaurant undergoes a much-needed renovation later this month, but she says, "I'd close my doors before I'd sell canned greens."

--Walter Nicholls (October 10, 2007)

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