Tapeo, Arlington, Va.

During a shopping expedition to Pentagon City last week, we felt a bit peckish and stopped in for a drink and a nibble at Tapeo, a Spanish tapas bar in Pentagon Row, the shopping area behind the mall and around that little ice skating rink.

We each split an order of mozzarella fritta (fried mozzarella sticks on a mirror of tomato sauce and garnished with pico de gallo) and then a chicken burrito. The burrito—cheaper than a burrito from Chipotle or Baja Fresh—came with rice, salad, and guacamole, but no tortilla chips.



There wasn't any Spanish beer on tap, so we had a Yeungling. Ian also had a frozen piña colada. The bar has an interesting blender with a mechanism on top that crushes the ice cubes before dropping them into the blender jar with the drink.