Wheaton

Rare is the restaurant in Wheaton that doesn't have a full bar, and even the shopfront dives tend to at least serve bottled beer.

While you're here, why not try out the various exotic drinks around the various international restaurants and markets. The Asian markets usually carry great looseleaf teas at bargain prices; Thai restaurants serve Thai iced coffee and tea; the Latino places have tasty tamarindo juice, horchata, and even delicious atoles, the fabled warm, thick corn drink of the Mayas; the Ethiopian restaurant has honey wine and great coffee; Middle Eastern markets have great Turkish and Iraqi pomegranate juice; etc. You'll find new things as soon as you begin poking your nose around downtown Wheaton.

A fixture of Wheaton for the past twenty years, this is an authentic Scottish pub. It's authentic not for the imitation decor omnipresent throughout fake Irish pubs the world over, but rather for the feel of a real pub—an open, community-oriented, and family friendly restaurant and watering hole. The food ranges from average to quite good, with an exceptional upscale preparation of haggis really, try it!. The beer menu is respectable, and the scotch list is top-notch. Most days see specials: M half price bottles of wine, W wines by the glass, Th scotch-tasting nights, and Sat. night live entertainment.