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The annual PDAA dinner on Sunday May 6, 2012 offers our members, their spouses, and guests the opportunity to re-connect with old friends and colleagues and expand their networks with new acquaintances while sharing a delicious meal in a warm and charming atmosphere. This year’s dinner is the same weekend as Foreign Affairs Day at the State Department.
This year’s dinner will be held at Maggiano’s Little Italy, 5333 Wisconsin Ave, NW, across the street from Mazza Gallerie in Friendship Heights/Chevy Chase on the DC/Bethesda line (tel. 202-966-5500). The festivities begin at 6:00 pm.
The event will be held in the Abbruzi/Leone banquet room on the second floor of Maggiano’s. Take the stairs or elevator, and turn left at the top of the stairs.
The evening starts with a cash bar at 6:00 pm, followed by remarks and dinner at 7:00 pm. There will be plenty of time to enjoy the evening and to mingle. Maggiano’s serves family style. Food is brought to the table on platters. There are refills upon request for every serving. Menu items have been selected to give diners a wide choice. There will be appetizers, salads, pasta, fish and chicken servings, plus desserts — fancy and fruit.
The cost for members and their guests is $55.00 per person, which covers all the food, desserts, sodas, and coffee and tea. Drinks, wine, and beer are extra. The cash bar will remain open until the event ends.
Menu
Food is served family style. There are endless refills of all portions, just ask.
- Appetizers: Stuffed mushrooms, bruschetta
- Salads: Caesar or Italian
- Pasta: Fettuccine Alfredo, Baked Ziti and Sausage
- Entrees: Salmon with lemon and herbs, Chicken Piccata
- Desserts: Profiteroles: vanilla ice cream and hot fudge; fresh fruit plate
- Drinks: freshly brewed regular and decaffeinated coffee, hot and iced tea, sodas.
Location, transportation, and parking
Maggiano’s is located at 5333 Wisconsin Avenue NW, at the D.C./Maryland line. An online map is available of the neighborhood.
The Friendship Heights Metro (Red Line) is one block from the restaurant. Reduced, validated parking for four hours is available at the nearby Chevy Chase Pavilion (5335 Wisconsin Ave.). You must stamp your parking ticket at the “Carry Out” counter of the restaurant on the ground floor, when you leave. It gives you four hours of parking for $2.65.
Valet parking for $7.00 is available after 6:30 p.m.
Make your reservations online — $55.00 per person — before the April 30 deadline.
