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''Little things'' count for a lot at Agua Ardiente; Tapas-style delights from South America.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 22-MAY-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1173 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: ''Little things'' count for a lot at Agua Ardiente; Tapas-style delights from South America.(WASHINGTON WEEKEND)(DINING OUT)

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Byline: Corinna Lothar, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Step down into Agua Ardiente, the new Latin American restaurant on 24th Street NW in Washington's West End, and you're enveloped at once in deep, dark reds and gold. It's like stepping into a Renaissance jewel box, or a box of chocolates.

Red silk curtains separate the smaller dining room from the bright hallway of the office building that houses the restaurant; the walls are a deep yellow; the comfortable upholstered armchairs and sofas in the lounge area are blue and yellow. The decorations on the walls range from a metal replica of the Virgin of Guadeloupe to colonial paintings, small spirit masks and receptacles for holy water. It's an interesting mixture of the religious and profane.

Latin rhythms in the background create an atmosphere of good fun, and the gleaming dark wooden paneling and angled roof beams lend an ambience of warmth and conviviality.

Mauricio Fraga-Rosenfeld, a hands-on owner, comes from Equador, and he has named his new restaurant after a powerful Latin American anisette drink;...

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