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The Best Places to Eat and Drink in Mc Lean

The best places to eat and drink in Mc Lean, according to the experts: Washingtonian, Northern Virgina Magazine, and The Rammys have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Modan Restaurant comes out on top.

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Ometeo and Call Your Mother hold the next two places. AAA and Northern Virgina Magazine show up on more of this list than any other guide.

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  1. The complimentary chips here come from heirloom corn, and the salsas that arrive with them set the tone for the whole meal: this is a Tex-Mex restaurant where the sauces are the point. The kitchen runs mole the way a French house runs stocks, with a dark, cinnamon-and-chocolate version draped over a spice-rubbed Cornish hen that arrives alongside basmati rice, because why not. Tres leches gets the same treatment, poured tableside.



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    6232 Old Dominion Dr, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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    Closed now, opens Wed 6:30 AM

    Tuesday 6:30 AM–3 PM

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