Comments on: Young & Hungry Dining Guide by the Day: El Pollo Rico http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/01/young-hungry-dining-guide-by-the-day-el-pollo-rico/ D.C. Restaurants and Food Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:13:45 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Pollo Wow!: Silly Name, Good Peruvian Chicken, Great Chicken Rice - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/01/young-hungry-dining-guide-by-the-day-el-pollo-rico/comment-page-1/#comment-5059 Pollo Wow!: Silly Name, Good Peruvian Chicken, Great Chicken Rice - Young & Hungry - Washington City Paper Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:40:39 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=7841#comment-5059 [...] who accidentally got caught in the middle of some sort of name infringement battle between El Pollo Rico and Pollo Wow!, which used to be called Pollo Rico (minus the article) before it adopted the [...] [...] who accidentally got caught in the middle of some sort of name infringement battle between El Pollo Rico and Pollo Wow!, which used to be called Pollo Rico (minus the article) before it adopted the [...]

]]> By: DC foodie with changing name http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/01/young-hungry-dining-guide-by-the-day-el-pollo-rico/comment-page-1/#comment-4889 DC foodie with changing name Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:30:37 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=7841#comment-4889 Friendly, delicious, perfect-excuse-for-another-Pollo Rico-meal gauntlet, please! Thus far I have found the Arlington branch to be very consistent. Never had a bad meal there in the past 4 years. But avoid the alfajores (Peruvian cookies) for dessert. They are nasty, chalky things that don't deserve a review. Friendly, delicious, perfect-excuse-for-another-Pollo Rico-meal gauntlet, please!

Thus far I have found the Arlington branch to be very consistent. Never had a bad meal there in the past 4 years.

But avoid the alfajores (Peruvian cookies) for dessert. They are nasty, chalky things that don't deserve a review.

]]> By: Tim Carman http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/01/young-hungry-dining-guide-by-the-day-el-pollo-rico/comment-page-1/#comment-4876 Tim Carman Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:32:46 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=7841#comment-4876 DC foodie, There's a reason I focus on the Wheaton branch. I have yet to visit the Arlington location. But I'll say this: The Wheaton location's weakness is inconsistency, which is not hard to understand given the volume of business there. Those birds are brined and then smoked; if the brining time is shortened or the smoke period extended by a neglectful cook, it could lead to a dry bird. But now that you have thrown down the gauntlet, I will check out the Arlington spot. -Tim DC foodie,

There's a reason I focus on the Wheaton branch. I have yet to visit the Arlington location. But I'll say this: The Wheaton location's weakness is inconsistency, which is not hard to understand given the volume of business there. Those birds are brined and then smoked; if the brining time is shortened or the smoke period extended by a neglectful cook, it could lead to a dry bird. But now that you have thrown down the gauntlet, I will check out the Arlington spot.

-Tim

]]> By: DC foodie with changing name http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/01/young-hungry-dining-guide-by-the-day-el-pollo-rico/comment-page-1/#comment-4875 DC foodie with changing name Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:19:48 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=7841#comment-4875 Tim - interested to hear your take on the often claimed superiority of the Wheaton location versus the Arlington one? I was introduced to Pollo Rico in Arlington and have returned there ever since for the awesome deliciousness but once I went to the Wheaton location for a change. What I found in Wheaton was a bird that was much drier and not nearly as flavorful as the one in Arlington. Yet most people claim the Wheaton chicken is far superior. Was I crazy? Was it just a bad day? What is your take (or do you even have one)? Tim - interested to hear your take on the often claimed superiority of the Wheaton location versus the Arlington one?

I was introduced to Pollo Rico in Arlington and have returned there ever since for the awesome deliciousness but once I went to the Wheaton location for a change.

What I found in Wheaton was a bird that was much drier and not nearly as flavorful as the one in Arlington. Yet most people claim the Wheaton chicken is far superior. Was I crazy? Was it just a bad day?

What is your take (or do you even have one)?

]]> By: Tricia Olszewski http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2009/07/01/young-hungry-dining-guide-by-the-day-el-pollo-rico/comment-page-1/#comment-4866 Tricia Olszewski Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:08:36 +0000 http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/?p=7841#comment-4866 YUM. A Peruvian chicken place just opened up the street from me in College Park, and although it's good, nothing beats El Pollo Rico. YUM. A Peruvian chicken place just opened up the street from me in College Park, and although it's good, nothing beats El Pollo Rico.

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