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  Lauriol Plaza wins Best Mexican Food from Washington Post

  

  Lauriol Plaza won "Best Mexican Food" in washingtonpost.com's Best Bets 2002 Readers' Choice contest.
  
  Of our chips: "These are some of the best chips anywhere, thin and crisp, with just enough salt and not too much grease. The salsa is warm to the touch and on the tongue, a near-liquid puree fragrant with ground chilies, onions, peppers, tomatoes and spices."
  
  Of our margaritas: "big, strong and eyelash-curling-tart ones with no unwelcome taste of chemical mixes."
  
  "One night the silkiest rockfish, perfectly moist and fresh, was topped with shrimp, scallops and mushrooms in a light, clear sauce. Even the vegetables - carrots and green beans - were flawlessly cooked.
  
  "Fajitas are piled with smoky, well-marinated meat... But the Spanish and Latin American dishes have more character than the Tex-Mex. ...the mariscos saltado is a playground of tomatoes, onions, chilies, cilantro and fried potatoes; the paella has a briny intensity. Masitas de puerco is mild, comforting chunks of pork with an undertone of orange. Pollo asado, even better, is a half-chicken well browned and buried in dark fragrant onions."
  
  

  By Phyllis Richman

  Washington Post Staff Writer

  
  One of the best first courses are the impressively light pork tamales—moistened at table with a splendid chile colorado—but also try the fine chiles rellenos and beef quesadillas.
  
  Good as the combination platters can be, the best main courses come from the mesquite-fired grill: crusty yet moist shrimp; firm, flavorsome, and meaty little pork spareribs; and soy-sauce-accented beef fajitas that are as good as you'll enjoy in the area.
  
  

  Robert Shoffner, Washingtonian Magazine

  
  ...the standout carne asada fajitas, and tasty camarones diablo (6 broiled jumbo shrimp seasoned with spices). Anything mesquite grilled is sure to please. Servings are as large as the restaurant. Sunday brunch, also recommended.
  
  

  Frommer's Washington, DC 2003

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  "One of the most lively urban corners in the city" - The Washington Post

  Here is one of many reviews the Washington Post has done on Lauriol Plaza. This is from November 1996. The article was written by Phyllis C. Richman.
  
  The review focuses around the quality of beef fajitas, the chips and the guacamole.
  
  Here is an excerpt of the original text:
  
  "Success definitely has spoiled Lauriol Plaza, but I still love to sit outside in the L-shaped sidewalk cafe. Its site remains one of the most lively urban corners in the city. And the ultra-thin, crisp chips with a tart margarita or pisco sour are enough to warrant an evening of people watching.
  
  The once-Spanish menu has gone Tex-Mex, with fajitas upstaging the Spanish dishes. Those fajitas are actually very good. Amend that: The fajita meat is excellent, smoky and rare. But the guacamole is bland, the pico de gallo more so. And the formerly wonderful chile relleno, as well as ordinary tacos, haven't the zest they once had.
  
  What does that leave? Masitas de puerco are still pungent, the chunks of tender meat permeated with bitter orange. And I retain hope for the other Spanish dishes. While most of the crowd tucks into enchiladas, tacos and fajitas, I'm more interested in duck with tart orange sauce or garlicky chicken. As long as the weather allows, all of us would rather line up for an outdoor table than dine indoors here.
  
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  Original Source: The Washington Post Review

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  Lauriol Plaza review from the Washington Post

  

  The Washington Posted has reviewed the food quality and ambiance of Lauriol Plaza.
  
  Here you will browse through some of the review over the years from the Washington Post food staff since 1996.
  
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