WEDNESDAY, September 24, 2014 | RESTAURANT AND BAR guide | THE DIAMONDBACK

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When your family is in town, take your mom and dad to
one of these local sit-down restaurants

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By Amanda Gaines
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For The Diamondback

College Park and the surrounding area offer students a variety of

restaurants with menus and prices
fit for any family reunion.

campus, Busboys and Poets is

popular among parents and students. With its formal-restaurant
menu and coffee-shop atmosphere,
For college students, a visit
its a no-brainer to bring your parents
BUSBOYS AND POETS
from parents means one thing: a
to the Hyattsville hot spot.
weekend for our taste buds to run
This American eatery also doubles
About a two-mile drive down as a venue for local artists, featuring
free and as far away from the
Route 1 from this universitys frequent poetry readings.
dining halls as possible.
Busboys definitely has the most
options of different types of food,
sophomore community health
major Mia Lazarus said. It also has
high-quality food for a restaurant
thats so close to a school.

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Franklins is another hidden Hyattsville gem. Its a great place to bring

parents who want to escape hectic
College Park for an hour or two.
The restaurant caters to adventurous taste buds and picky eaters with
a menu that includes pizza, pasta,
cheeseburgers, ribs and much more.
Franklins brews its beer in-house,
and patrons can select from a rotating
list of more than 10 beers on tap.
Franklins is usually busy on the
weekends. But while you wait for a
table, you can browse the restaurants
general store to find candy, alcohol
and quirky gifts.
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Silver Diner, located on Greenbelt Road, offers its customers the

ultimate diner experience. With
traditional red booths and tableside
jukeboxes, this restaurant is perfect
for any family at any time of day.
This chain is unlike other area
diners it ditches the typical greasy
dishes and provides customers with
entrees that are fresh and made with
seasonally grown ingredients from
local farms. It also offers gluten-free
and vegan options.
Whenever my parents come to
visit, our first stop is Silver Diner,
sophomore hearing and speech sciences major Lizzie Schaider said.
They have a variety of delicious
dishes there that we all love.
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