Eating Across Vienna: Nominate This Week's Dish

It's no secret Vienna is home to 

We're out to find out where (and what exactly) it is. And we're turning to readers for help.

Here's how it will work:

• Each week we'll ask Vienna Patch readers to nominate their favorite dishes in Vienna.
• Each Wednesday, we'll open those nominations for voting.
• By Friday, the winning dish will be announced.
• Tune in the following Monday to read our review of the dish, and, nominate another.

We have just a few rules:

• The dish must be from a local restaurant (No chains).
• The dish must be under $20.
• You must name a specific dish, not just the name of a restaurant.
• A dish cannot "win" more than once.
• Don't worry: if your dish was selected one week but didn't win, you can nominate it again.

Nominate your favorite dish in the comments below.

Past Winners:

• Week of Jan.9: Pure Pasty Review Coming
• Week of Jan. 16: Wolftrap Cafe ()
• Week of Jan. 23: , Maplewood Grill (
• Week of Jan. 30: Church Street Pizza (

• Week of Feb. 6: , Maple Ave Restaurant.(
• Week of Feb. 13: , Plaka Grill ()
  
• Week of Feb. 20: General Tso's Surprise, Sunflower Vegetarian Restaurant ()
• Week of Feb. 27: Sweet Ginger ()
• Week of March 5: , Vienna Inn Review Coming
• Week of March 12: Tied
• Week of March 19: , Bazin's on Church Review coming 4/23
  
• Week of March 24: ,
  Review: As the only 24-hour restaurant in Vienna, Amphora attracts all kinds of customers at all hours of the day. Many of them steer toward the classics: breakfast foods, comfort meals and the grilled cheese.
  Amphora puts a spin on the favorite with a menu of specialty melts, featuring ingredients ranging from pulled marinated chicken and bacon, to chipotle mayo and scallions, to black olives and feta cheese. The Madison, named for nearby Madison High School, is a twist on an Italian staple: "mozzarella, basil and tomato with garlic olive oil on country white or wheat bread."
  The bread, while a bit too buttery, had the perfect crunch, but more impressive was the ratio of cheese, tomato and basil. As a basil fan, I appreciated the large basil leaves ground onto the bottom layer of the sandwich — it made my favorite flavor of the trio pop.
  If you're looking to step out of the box on the lunchtime favorite, this sandwich will kick your tastebuds into gear.
• Week of April 9: , : The Virginian is known for filling up quickly on weekend mornings, forcing families to wait outside or fill the tiny waiting area of the restaurant on Glyndon Street. Thankfully, it serves breakfast at all hours of the day — a must for breakfast enthusiasts and those who nominated the Greek Omelet last week. It's pretty hard to mess up an omelet, but by the same token, it's not easy to make one that stands tall above standard diner fare. But for this Greek-American diner, open since 1965, perfecting a dish that includes some signature ingredients seems to be a piece of cake. The omelet had a near-perfect ratio of feta cheese to tomato, achieving what is sometimes a hard balance to find among restaurants of the "more is better" mentality, which will put a whole block of cheese on your plate, and the more modern "minimalist" approach which can leave you wondering whether there's any cheese in the dish at all. The feta itself is worth noting — it's fresh and of high quality.
  By other diner standards, the omelet passed with flying colors: it took up at least half the plate; the home fries were crispy, but not completely fried; the toast was warm, not burned and served with just a pat of butter.
  Food critics and aficionados often tell other diners not to go to a hot dog stand and order a hamburger — that is, order what the restaurant is known for. Follow the advice at the Virginian — order a Greek-influenced dish that pays tribute to its roots — and you wont' be disappointed.

While we discourage manipulating a vote, our current voting system can't prevent the practice. So, until our engineers make tweaks, strategize as you see fit. Patch's "Restaurant Commissioner" holds the right to make changes and decisions as necessary.