The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Call Your Mother


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    6232 Old Dominion Dr, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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    6641 Old Dominion Dr, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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    5555 Langston Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  4. Rank 4. Xiquet

    Spanish

    Chef Danny Lledó's wood-fired kitchen channels Valencian cooking with dill-cured bonito and rice dishes built over the hearth, their smoke and char cutting through delicate preparations. The sparse third-floor dining room feels like a private conversation, ending with coffee and sweets upstairs.


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    2404 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    125 Founders Ave, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  6. Rank 6. Kappo

    Wagyu Omakase Japanese

    Descend into Chef Minoru Ogawa's sunken dining room, where a spare counter overlooks an exacting kitchen. The eight-course omakase weaves wagyu—lightly seared tataki in egg yolk sauce, toro balanced against garlic ponzu—with pristine seafood, finishing with a miso soup that lands like comfort. Refined without pretense.


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    4822 MacArthur Blvd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    4536 Cherry Hill Rd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    1788 Chain Bridge Rd, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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  9. Rank 9. Rice Paper

    Vietnamese


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    6775 Wilson Blvd, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  10. Rank 10. Nue

    Vietnamese


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    944 W Broad St Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    2800 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  12. Rank 12. 1789

    French-influenced New American

    A Federal townhouse divided into six intimate dining rooms, 1789 channels Georgetown's intellectual past through classical French and American cooking. The kitchen executes with discipline—recent lamb and vichyssoise dishes show confidence without pretense.


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    1226 36th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1640 Capital One Dr, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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    1381 Beverly Rd, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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  15. Rank 15. Joon

    Upscale Persian


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    8045 Leesburg Pike, Ste 120, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    2941 Fairview Park Dr, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  17. Rank 17. 2AMYS

    Artisanal Pizza


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    3715 Macomb St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    Levantine Middle Eastern

    Michael Rafidi's Georgetown café channels Levantine cooking through a wood-burning oven, drawing crowds for pillowy pitas and charred spreads. The batata tots and brown butter cookies disappear fast, which explains why lines form from dawn through lunch.


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    1524 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2150 N Culpeper St, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    3210 Cherry Hill Ln NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  21. Rank 21. La Coop Coffee Company

    Guatemalan Coffee


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    4807 First St N, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  22. Rank 22. Lutèce

    Neo-Bistro French

    Matt Conroy's Georgetown bistro wraps diners in pressed tin and exposed brick while a tightly curated menu pivots on seasonal seafood—scallop crudo, delicate cod—with real finesse. Cocktails match the kitchen's precision, and desserts like passion-fruit baba au rhum justify skipping nothing.


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    1522 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    6029 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  24. Rank 24. Imperfecto

    Latin American

    A soaring glass box in Northwest Washington draws diners to a brass-and-marble counter where Chef Enrique Limardo oversees an intimate tasting menu rooted in Latin technique and premium ingredients. Dishes like aged grouper with charred lettuce or duck with Carolina rice demonstrate exacting skill, each component calibrated to sing.


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    1124 23rd St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1659 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2121 N Westmoreland St A-2 Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  27. A wood-paneled room evokes the '70s while the bar operates with laboratory precision: syrups macerate under cryovac, bourbon receives yogurt washing, cacao gets pressure-infused into amontillado. Each shift tastes and adjusts batches to accommodate seasonal variance—strawberries in June behave differently than in October—treating consistency as a living pursuit rather than a fixed formula.


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    1506 19th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  28. Rank 28. Bistro Aracosia

    Afghan Middle Eastern


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    5100 MacArthur Blvd, Washington, DC · Washington
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    106 Founders Ave, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  30. Rank 30. The Falls

    Mid-Atlantic


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    370 W Broad St, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    513 W Broad St Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    3911 Langston Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    4434 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    124 N Washington St, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  35. BlackSalt pairs a working fish market with a dining room where shellfish arrives impeccably fresh and broth gets swabbed clean. A Provençal stew thick with the day's catch and a tart key lime pie studded with sesame suggest a kitchen uninterested in restraint.


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    4883 MacArthur Blvd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    4465 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1110 North Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    6763 Wilson Blvd, Unit 6, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    6119 Tulane Ave, Glen Echo, MD · Glen Echo
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    1825 Capital One Dr S Tyson, VA · McLean
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  41. Rank 41. Fava Pot

    Egyptian Middle Eastern


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    7393 D Lee Highway, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    8100 Lee Hwy, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    4850 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1066 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    672 N Glebe Rd, Unit 1, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    4040 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    2029 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1609 Foxhall Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3865 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    6795 Wilson Blvd, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  51. Rank 51. Padaek

    Laotian Thai


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    6395 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church, VA · Seven Corners
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    3210 Grace St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  53. Rank 53. Agora

    Mediterranean


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    7911 Westpark Dr, Tysons, VA · McLean
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    2811 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    5460 Westbard Ave, Bethesda, MD · Bethesda
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    2507 Franklin Rd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  57. A cheerful Arlington trattoria built around a working pasta station where fresh sheets emerge throughout service. The menu tours Italy's regions through handmade shapes—tortelloni folded around braised pork, ravioli stuffed with herbed goat cheese—alongside Rome's carbonara, its bucatini properly dressed with guanciale and pecorino. The pasta itself is the point here.


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    1100 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  58. Rank 58. Call Your Mother

    Jewish American


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    3428 O St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    8051 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    2051 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    3299 Water St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  62. Rank 62. Anju

    Korean

    Brick and greenery frame a comfortable corner of Adams Morgan where Korean drinking food anchors a spirit-forward menu—banchan, mandu, and soju flow in easy rhythm. Chef Danny Lee's mother contributed recipes like dak jjim and dolsot bibimbap, dishes that taste like they've been made a thousand times before and will be again.


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    1805 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  63. Inside the Park Hyatt, Blue Duck Tavern sprawls across walnut and glass with the unhurried air of a room built for lingering. A wood-burning oven anchors the open kitchen, roasting whole fish and duck legs while the product-driven menu traces its ingredients back to named farms. The effect is upscale comfort—well-tailored, abundant, and entirely at ease with itself.


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    1201 24th Street NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    8100 Boone Blvd, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    1201 K St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  66. Rank 66. Sababa

    Israeli Middle Eastern

    A Mediterranean tile-lined room in Washington devoted to Israeli small plates and the kind of hummus that justifies its own menu line. Salatim spreads, charred vegetables, and tahini-dressed cauliflower arrive in careful succession, each one a minor argument for eating more slowly.


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    3311 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  67. Rank 67. Dolcezza

    Italian Dessert


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    7111 Bethesda Ln, Bethesda, MD · Bethesda
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    1190 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3708 Macomb St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3101 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    7907L Tysons Corner Center, Tysons Corner, VA · Tysons Corner

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    3309 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  73. Rank 73. Bresca

    Contemporary

    Bresca sits on 14th Street amid gold leaf and a living moss wall, trading bistro anonymity for a warmth that feels both neighborhood and occasion-worthy. Chef Ryan Ratino's cooking—a foie gras negroni, lamb pappardelle—arrives casual yet artful, with service that knows when to vanish.


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    1906 14th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1737 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  75. Rank 75. Annabelle

    Contemporary New American

    A marble bar anchors this Kalorama dining room, where artwork and a skylight-crowned garden conjure elegance without pretense. The seasonal American cooking—from summer beans to mushroom gnocchi to a gianduja ganache that justifies the trip alone—moves with quiet confidence.


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    2132 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1827 Adams Mill Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  77. Rank 77. Aventino

    Roman Italian


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    4747 Bethesda Ave, Bethesda, MD · Bethesda
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  78. Rank 78. Amparo Fondita

    Contemporary Mexican

    Chef Christian Irabién's Mexican kitchen sources Oaxacan corn and nixtamalizes it in-house, elevating humble ingredients with precise technique. A fried plantain or papaya dessert reveals layers of flavor that belie their apparent simplicity.


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    2002 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  79. Rank 79. Cana

    Brazilian


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    2412 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1608 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  81. Rank 81. Dolcezza

    Italian Dessert


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    2905 District Ave, Fairfax, VA · Fairfax
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    3315 Cadys Alley NW, Unit B, Washington, DC · Washington
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  83. Rank 83. Call Your Mother

    Jewish American


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    5035 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    8369 Leesburg Pike, Unit A, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    3282 M St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  86. Apéro unfolds behind sheer curtains like a reverie: midnight-blue walls, gold leaf, a Persian rug underfoot. The owner, a sommelier, has built the place around champagne and caviar at every tier, served with the expected accoutrements and waffle batons, though the kitchen also handles French classics—a lobster bisque with croutons, deviled eggs threaded with bacon and brown sugar—with equal care.


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    2622 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3265 Prospect St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3411 Fifth St S, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    1422 Wisconsin Ave, Washington, DC · Washington
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  90. Rank 90. Dolcezza

    Italian Dessert


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    2909 District Ave, Fairfax, VA · Fairfax
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  91. Rank 91. Casa Teresa

    Open-Fire Spanish


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    919 19th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  92. Behind a austere facade, a U-shaped bar and arched ceilings frame a dining room where natural wines anchor small plates of grilled oysters and house-made pasta with spicy pork ragu. The semifreddo with olive oil and grilled citrus arrives as a small, perfect punctuation mark.


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    1775 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  93. Rank 93. Obelisk

    Seasonal Italian

    The dining room feels like a neighbor's kitchen, unpretentious despite its fixed five-course ritual since 1987. Antipasti arrive in quick succession—burrata from Lazio, cheese croquettes still steaming—followed by simply rendered seasonal Italian: a dorade with crackling skin and romesco, house-made bread, desserts built in-house. The point is not speed but presence, the full arc of an evening.


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    2029 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1811 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1834 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3276 M St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  97. Rank 97. River Club

    Lebanese/Italia/Spanish


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    3000 K St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    5700 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  99. Rank 99. Chez Billy Sud

    Classic French


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    1039 31st St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    5008 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste B, Washington, DC · Washington
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