Comments on: Dining: Adega Wine Cellars & Cafe

By: Jarrod Jabre

Jarrod Jabre — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:42 +0000

@Kathy J.

It’s “Ah-DEY-gah”. It’s Portugese for Wine Cellar.

(Yes yes yes, we know it’s then redundant to add “wine cellars” to the name. We’re ok with it.)

In other news, some of our Ethiopian customers have told us that ‘Adega’ to them means ‘catastrophic danger.’ We hold this to be pure coincidence.

- Jarrod
(Adega’s resident Catastrophic Danger)

Editor’s note: Jarrod is an employee of Adega Wine Cellars. — JD (Nov 20, 2009)

By: Kathy J, Washington Gardener Magazine

Kathy J, Washington Gardener Magazine — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:18:35 +0000

One burning question – HOW do you pronounce “Adega”? – Ah-day-gah? Ah-duh-jay? I’ve never heard it the same way twice.

By: Carmen

Carmen — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:17:43 +0000

I’ve never been disappointed with the food here, but at lunch the wait (between when you order your food and when it is served) can be too much some days.

By: David

David — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:35:55 +0000

Adega rules! My wife and two young kids (3 and 1 years old) eat at Adega probably once a month, we get the “date night special” of a bottle of wine, an appetizer, and two entries for $35. The kids will eat pasta and the sweet potato fries and we can get in and out quickly before the little ones get fussy. It is a high quality (if bourgeois) alternative to fast food and the “fast casual” chains on Ellsworth. Three cheers for Adega!

By: Angel

Angel — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:54:24 +0000

I’ll back up the recommendation on the eggplant fries. They are delicious. My favorite sandwich is the turkey rueben, which comes with a chutney (cranberry, I think) instead of the traditional Thousand Island dressing. I always want to try so many other things on their menu, but I normally stick with the turkey rueben and eggplant fries. I’d also be OK with skipping out on the bag of chips, as well as a half order of fries.

Adega is a terrific place, and I’m so happy to see how busy it often is. It’s always an example I use when I try to convince people that Silver Spring is more than Red Lobster and Macaroni Grill.

By: rb

rb — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:52:02 +0000

They’ll split a side order –half sweet potatoes, half eggplant.
Favorite entree is Adega spring mix salad with skirt steak.

By: chaz

chaz — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:44:26 +0000

Tried Adega last night. Pretty good, though I understand IHY’s avoidance of the place.

I will say that the weekday happy hour specials are kind of lame. $1 or so off house wines? Meh. Unfortunately I missed out on their specials in the past, which seemed better. The Saturday deal sounds great.

By: T

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:04:41 +0000

The burgers at Adega are awesome. I recommend both highly. They are probably the best burgers that I’ve had in Downtown Silver Spring.

By: SoCo

SoCo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:45:29 +0000

We also go to Adega at least once a week.

Wine by the glass is good, but the way to go is to buy a bottle. They'll gladly cork what you don't drink for take-home.

By: Springvale Roader

Springvale Roader — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:45:28 +0000

No problem, Jennifer.

I forgot to add that Adega has a wine happy hour every day. Not a bad way to chill out after work.

Editor's note: This comment has been edited for content. -- JD (Mar 27, 2008)