Sun Critic Picks Nine Columbia Restaurants to Try

The Baltimore Sun's food critic picked a variety of Columbia restaurants to showcase in his recent article, "Nine Columbia restaurants to savor."

Richard Gorelick wrote, "Dining in Columbia has come a long way. Family dining still dominates, but it's gotten more sophisticated. The cuisines of South and Central Asia are very well represented."

Here are his choices (in no particular order):

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Two of the local restaurants were winners in our . Sushi Sono was selected as the and Victoria Gastro Pub won for in the county.

For descriptions of why Gorelick chose each restaurant, you can read the article here http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/howard/columbia/bal-columbia-dining-guide-pg,0,3391004.photogallery

What do you think? Is your favorite restaurant included? Would you choose something different?