Bangkok 54 - View this location on map 'Often excellent cooking paired with spiffy cocktails and a lounge-like setting. This chic lounge-eatery might seem trendy and Americanized. The wine list offers Grüner Veltliner and rosé. On the cocktail menu, mango mojitos and saketinis replace Singapore slings. Diners can use silverware or pluck red chopsticks from a vase. There’s even an open kitchen, where grandmotherly cooks slice mango and fashion skewers of satay.' Washingtonian 2919 Columbia Pike, Arlington, VA Budget, Restaurant

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