El Aguila Restaurant, Silver Spring

A casual family-friendly restaurant serving up Tex-Mex and Salvadoran cuisines, El Aguila Restaurant brings bold international flavors to the greater DC area. Their bright and airy space offers both dining room and bar seating, and a large dance floor appears when live bands and DJs perform on the weekend. All of their dishes are prepared fresh in-house, with choices that include sizzling fajitas, tacos, burritos, chimichangas, enchiladas, tamales, and seafood, chicken, beef, or pork entrees like lomo saltado, pollo relleno, and camarones veracruzanos--if you're having trouble deciding, the plato grande can serve two or four people and comes with a little bit of everything plus sides of rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, and tortillas. Lunch specials are available on weekdays, or take advantage of the lunch buffet where you can sample as many dishes as you like. The full-service bar has domestic and imported beer, wine, and specialty cocktails--the variety of flavored margaritas are popular favorites--and happy hour deals are featured on select drinks. Also offering delivery, carry-out, and a banquet room for private events, El Aguila Restaurant invites you to unwind for a while and let someone else worry about what's for dinner.