The Kleiner and the Kleinette very often prefer to create concoctions of random goodness at home for dinner on weeknights, but, after working forever one night and meeting at the Columbia Heights metro stop, the two were exhausted and very interested in having someone else do the cooking. Where else to go on a random week night but Haydees?
Haydees, located at 3102 Mt. Pleasant St is a comfortable and welcoming restaurant with what Americans consider to be pretty standard Latin American food - tacos, fajitas, seafood, enchiladas, burritos, taquitos, plantains, quesadillas and nachos. The restaurant itself is dark with lots of different pictures on the wall, always with either some kind of American or latin Pop music playing, a television with sports, and the nice feeling of dimmed lamps and little colored lights. There is a bar with seating and a bunch of booths - upstairs and downstairs. It has a great community feel, all the different types of people that live in Mt. Pleasant can be found noshing and drinking margaritas there at any given time. Pitchers of margarita make it a popular place for birthday parties.
Meals at Haydees start with a big bowl of fresh chips and very spicy salsa. We have sampled the plaintains and beans (many times), veggie fajitas, veggie enchiladas, cheese taquitos, and quesadillas and find them to be homey and tasty. Happy hour essentially goes all night with $3 imports and $4 margaritas (!). Prices are all extremely reasonable, ranging from $3 -10 (appetizers) and $8-16 main dishes. Everything seems to have a vegetarian version which makes this a great spot for vegetarians desiring more variety than a veggie burger!
-The Kleinette
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