Summer House Awards

Summer House Restaurant Review:

About the restaurant: This California Dreaming kind of place is located smack in the middle of North Bethesda. With the white woods and off-white floors, expansive windows bringing in sunlight, and numerous hanging plants, this unique restaurant would fit nicely into a California beach community.

Food & Drinks: And the menu, while not strictly West Coast, certainly makes patrons yearn for the seasonally sunny coastland there. At the weekend brunch-lunch time, friends can divvy up a meal with a snazzy Bloody Mary to start, and with assorted egg and sandwich choices, a folded egg and avocado burrito and blueberry pancakes, and an appealing and unusual English muffin burger with a bacon-seasoned patty and a side of crispy fries. Lunch options also include assorted sandwiches and salads; begin with the dollop of guacamole with fresh, hot chips. There’s six-layer trifecta fudge cake for dessert. Dinner shifts to larger plates focused on seafood, pastas, tacos and fare like steak frites and braised short ribs. Loads of sides plus sushi round out the menu. On your way out, stop by the front-door bakery counter and pick up one of the sweets to go. A chocolate chip-bacon cookie, perhaps?