If you live in DC or visit often, you'll know there is an appalling lack of places to eat near The Mall. Apart from museum cafe's, (the best being the American Indian Museum) which are often overpriced and close at 5:30pm, there really aren't a lot of options that are family-friendly or low-to-mid range in price. Enter Tortilla Coast. While there's no hiding that the Capitol Hill ("Cap South") establishment on 1st and D Streets SE (Be advised, there is also a NE junction by the same name just a few blocks away!) is not much more than a happy hour joint, it is family friendly, and the parking and seating is usually never hard to come by even during peak times. The food is okay, but the margaritas, the fresh guac and house-made chips are fabulous!
What I usually tell people who live in the area and have frequent tourist-friends or family visit them, is to have lunch at Tortilla Coast, get a pitcher of margaritas($20 - $28), and enjoy the Mall and the 27th trip to the museums and monuments in an infinitely more entertaining way! It's great year-round, but especially so in the summertime, as they remove the windows and give the corner restaurant more of a patio feel. The Library of Congress is right next door, too, which is one of the most underrated attractions in the DC area, in my humble opinion.
It's also right across the street from the Cap South Metro station, which is convenient to take to the Smitshsonian stop just two hops away. Your mother-in-law will thank you for saving her the walking pains.
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