The Little Beet Table
Overall Rating: C+
5471 Wisconsin Ave., Chevy Chase, 240-283-0603, thelittlebeettable.com
FAVORITE DISHES: Sheep’s milk ricotta with figs, saba (wine syrup) and grilled bread; crispy rice cake with shiitake mushrooms, scallions and a fried egg; salmon tartare with beet aguachile; New York strip steak with grilled radicchio and beet and balsamic vinaigrette; profiteroles with vanilla ice cream, hazelnuts and chocolate sauce
PRICES: Appetizers: $10 to $18; Entrees: $19 to $39; Desserts: $10 to $12
LIBATIONS: Drinks include twists on classic cocktails (margarita, martini, gin and tonic, whiskey sour and a boulevardier); 16 wines offered by the glass ($11 to $18) and bottle ($44 to $72); four selections from Maryland-based B.C. Brewery; and four nonalcoholic “natural refreshers,” including a rosemary-infused riff on an Arnold Palmer. (General manager Aric Sandoval says the wine list will soon expand to 44 bottles.)
SERVICE: Pleasant and efficient
David Hagedorn is the restaurant critic for Bethesda Magazine.
