Of course the outlet mall at Potomac Mills. Pentagon City has a very nice Mall, however it's not an outlet, but worth a visit.
Everyone has kicked in bits %26amp; pieces - but here is the whole scoop.
For big outlets your choices are basically Potomac Mills Mall and Arundel Mills Mall- both owned by the "Mills" corp. and are fairly similar.
Then you have Leesburg Premimum Outlets which is smaller and has more upscale outlets. However most of what is at Leesburg can be found at Potomac/Arundel as well.
Then even further out is Hagerstown. Again - mostly duplicates of Potomac/Arundel, so not worth the drive for you.
As far as malls you have A LOT of choices. The nicests ones that come to mind near Baltimore is Columbia Town Center - but it's really more out in a suburub of Baltimore. There is of course some downtown shopping at the Inner Harbor.
DC as fewer downtown malls- the shops at Union Station are your best bet. Outside then there is Tyson's Town Center - just about everything you could want.
Good LuckAre there any good outlets or malls in washington dc and maryland?
Potomac Mills is an outlet mall in Woodbridge, south on i-95 from Arlington. http://www.simon.com/mall/default.aspx?I鈥?/a>
There is a prime outlet mall in Hagerstown, MD ( http://www.primeoutlets.com/cntrdefault.鈥?/a> )
And a Premium outlet mall in Leesburg, VA http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/ou鈥?/a>
Both of these are farther west/northwest of DC.
The second largest mall in the nation is at Tyson's Corner ( http://www.shoptysons.com ) it isn't an outlet mall, but it has alot of shops, restaurants, ect. Across the street is upscale Tyson's Galleria.
For some great dining, check out the Penn Quarter neighborhood of DC, they have some great restaurants in the neighborhood. Also Georgetown, Adams Morgan, Chinatown and Dupont Circle have some great places. If you want chain restaurants, you can find nearly all of them in the area.
For outlet shopping there is
Leesburg Corner Premium Outlets
241 Fort Evans Road NE, Leesburg, VA 20176
Arundel Mills
7000 Arundel Mills Circle
Hanover, MD 21076
and
Potomac Mills
2700 Potomac Mills Circle
Prince William, VA 22192
I think Leesburg is the nicest.
As for good dining @ the mall - I think you have to hit Tyson's Corner which has several very nice restaurants in and near the mall
Pentagon City or Ballston Commons in Arlington, VA
Lakeforest Mall in Gathersburg
Montgomery Mall in Bethesda
Wheaton Plaza in Wheaton
Mall in Columbia, MD
Laurel Center mall in Laurel
Arundel Mills mall near BWI marshall airport
Potomac Mills is south of DC on I-95. It is a hugh outlet mall.
Others mentioned the outlet malls, and I agree with them, but most malls have horrible food courts and chain restaurants.
If you like Middle Eastern food, check out Aladdin's Eatery. There's one in Shirlington (South Arlington) and also one above the Ballston Metro station on the Orange Line. The food is really inexpensive, and you get quite a bit of bang for your buck.
In the Seven Corners area, there is a strip mall with some cute little shops (mostly chains, though) and a really wonderful vegetarian place called Sunflower (www.crystalsunflower.com). That's in Falls Church, but it's a fairly easy drive from Arlington.
About halfway between Washington, DC, and Baltimore (and just a few miles out of the way) is Conscious Corner in Clarksville. There's a natural pet supply store called Bark, a grocery store called Roots, a natural gifts store called Nest, and a vegetarian place called Great Sage. Great Sage is okay, a little expensive, and the food quality is inconsistent. But you won't find those stores anywhere else, and it's an interesting diversion.
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