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208 Queen St., Alexandria, Va.
(703) 683-0300
Hours of Operation and Prices
Lunch: M-Sat 11:30-2:30; Entrees: $7.50-$12
Dinner: Sun-Th 5:30-10, F-Sat 5:30-10:30; Entrees: $15-$17
Brunch: Sun 11-2:30; Entrees: $8-$13
Other Information
• All major credit cards
• Reservations Sun-Th
• Dress: casual
• Free parking across street Mon.-Thur., $4 weekends
• Handicapped accessible
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Bilbo Baggins has the kind of menu that leads you to order vegetarian dishes without even trying. They are plentiful, imaginative and tempting. An appetizer special one evening was a lacy potato pancake, as wide and thin as an old 78-rpm record, topped with blue cheese and floating on a light and tangy tomato sauce. It was a knockout. And among the everyday dishes, another vegetarian appetizer could be a meal in itself and was certainly worthy of a return visit. It's a tortilla pizza, the crisp, paper-thin crust exending over the edge of the plate.
For main courses, Bilbo Baggins offers salads, pastas and sandwiches, as well as two fruit-and-cheese platters. Beyond the menu - which ranges from salmon with scallops in dill vinaigrette to beef tenderloin with sun-dried tomatoes, cream and balsamic vinegar - Bilbo Baggins has a tempting list of wines by the glass as well as the bottle, and fresh house-made breads. (You know they're fresh because, if you stay late, any leftover loaves are likely to be pressed on you as take-home offerings.) Bilbo Baggins is a cozy, two-story retreat of old brick and weathered wood, as relaxing as a neighborhood pub. All in all, it feels wholesome.
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