The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Dok Khao Thai Eatery
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Rank 2. Ananda
Elevated Indian
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Dim Sum · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Chinese Food · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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- AAA Four Diamonds
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outsdanding Hospitality
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Rank 8. The Wren
Irish American
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Bars
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Anti-Atlas · Best of Baltimore
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Dre Levon
- Baltimore Magazine 2023 · Alcohol-Free Cocktails · Best of Baltimore
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- The New York Times 2025 · Shrimp and Corn Patties · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · New Restaurant · Best of Baltimore
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Jasmine Norton
- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Restaurant · Best of Baltimore
- Time Out The best restaurants in Baltimore right now
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · New Cafe · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Transformation of a Building · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Dessert · Our Favorite Dishes
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- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Restaurant · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · French-Style Spit Chicken · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Restaurant That Feels Like Home · Best of Baltimore
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Matthew Oetting
- Baltimore Magazine 2023 · New Restaurant · Best of Baltimore
- Time Out The best restaurants in Baltimore right now
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Burger · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Dessert: Baked Alaska · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · The Crab Pot · Best Baltimore Bites
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Rank 18. Ekiben
Asian
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Steve Chu
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Knife-Cut Noodles · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Munchies: Tempura Broccoli · Our Favorite Dishes
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Rank 19. Ammoora
Syrian Middle Eastern
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- Time Out The best restaurants in Baltimore right now
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
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- Bon Appétit 2024 · America's Best New Bars
- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Place to Take Your Sneaky Link · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Cacktail: Flamboyán · Best of Baltimore
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- Time Out The best restaurants in Baltimore right now
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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Rank 22. Alma Cocina Latina
Venezuelan Caribbean
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · David Zamudio
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · The Arroz Fosforera · Best Baltimore Bites
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
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- Baltimore Beat 2023 · Best Restaurant That Feels Like Home · Best of Baltimore
- Time Out The best restaurants in Baltimore right now
- Baltimore Beat Burger: Kofta Burger · Our Favorite Dishes
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- Baltimore Beat Comfort Food: Jerk Wings · Our Favorite Dishes
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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Rank 25. Ekiben
Asian
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Steve Chu
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Knife-Cut Noodles · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Munchies: Tempura Broccoli · Our Favorite Dishes
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- Baltimore Beat Burger: Cheeseburger · Our Favorite Dishes
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Bar · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Vibe · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Vegan Food · Our Favorite Dishes
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Rank 28. Ekiben
Asian
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Steve Chu
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Knife-Cut Noodles · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Best Crab Dishees That Aren't Crab Cakes: Ekiben Softie · Our Favorite Dishes
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Raw bar · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2023 · Raw Bar · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Cocktail Menu
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- 50 Best 2026 · Siete Misterios Best Cocktail Menu Award 2026 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Fried Chicken · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Brunch · Best of Baltimore
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
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- The New York Times 2023 · The Restaurant List
- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Restaurant that Feels Like Home · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Pizza · Best of Baltimore
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Rank 33. NiHao
Contemporary Chinese
- Baltimore Magazine 2023 · Chinese Food · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Dumplings · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · The Crystal Shrimp Dumplings · Best Baltimore Bites
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Rank 34. CookHouse
American
- Baltimore Beat Burger: Proper Pub Burger · Our Favorite Dishes
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Fernando Gonzalez
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Fernando Gonzalez
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Casual Restaurant of the Year
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- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Haooy Hour · Best of Baltimore
- Time Out The best restaurants in Baltimore right now
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Chris Amendola
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
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- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · New Restaurant · Best of Baltimore
- Time Out The best restaurants in Baltimore right now
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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Rank 42. Beteseb Restaurant
Ethiopian
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Darmyelesh Alemu
- Washingtonian 2026 · #46 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
- The Washington Post The 8 best Ethiopian restaurants in and around D.C.
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- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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- Baltimore Beat 2023 · Best Bar Food · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Remix/Remodel · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Burger: Club Chuck · Our Favorite Dishes
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Coffee Spot · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Tea and Coffee · Our Favorite Dishes
- Bon Appétit 2019 · America's Best New Restaurants
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Rank 50. 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.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
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- Baltimore Beat Crab Cakes · Our Favorite Dishes
- Baltimore Beat Baltimore's Best Cheap Eats
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Ramen · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Ramen · Best of Baltimore
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
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- Eater The 15 Best Coffee Shops Around D.C.
- Washingtonian Best Coffee Shops in DC
- Time Out The 20 Best Coffee Shops and Cafés in Washington, DC
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- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Reason to Wait in Line: Fish Sandwich · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Baltimore's Best Cheap Eats
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Rank 56. Service Bar
Cocktail Bar
Cocktails arrive with technical precision at this U Street bar, where the bartenders treat regulars and tourists with equal warmth. The space itself—worn wood, dim light, no pretense—feels like the living room of someone with genuinely good taste.
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- 50 Best 2026 · #39 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 57. Melina
Modern Greek
- The Washington Post The 40 Best Restaurants In and Around D.C.
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants Around D.C.
- Washingtonian 2026 · #95 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
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Rank 58. Amazonia
Amazonian Peruvian
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · World’s Best Spirits Selection
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Top 10 Nominee · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar
- Eater 2022 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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- Baltimore Beat Crab Cakes · Our Favorite Dishes
- Baltimore Beat Late Night Food · Our Favorite Dishes
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- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · The Mushroom Burger · Best Baltimore Bites
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 62. Cinghiale
Italian
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Pasta · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Best Restaurants
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- Baltimore Beat Comfort Food: Waffle Sandwich · Our Favorite Dishes
- Baltimore Beat Baltimore's Best Cheap Eats
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Rank 64. minibar by José Andrés
Contemporary
A single door opens onto José Andrés's culinary laboratory, where guests perch at a curved counter to watch small plates arrive as puzzles—chicharron masquerading as something else, cauliflower studded with caviar. Whimsy and surprise drive each course toward a finale of fried ice cream donuts, the kind of playful confidence that makes dinner feel like collaborative theater.
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Empanadas · Best Baltimore Bites
- Baltimore Beat Baltimore's Best Cheap Eats
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Doug Atwell
- Baltimore Magazine 2023 · New Bar · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Bars
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- The Washington Post The 40 Best Restaurants In and Around D.C.
- Washingtonian 2026 · #90 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
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- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Alfresco Dining · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 71. Peter's Inn
Mediterranean
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Martini Service · Best of Baltimore
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 72. Masseria
Puglian Italian
A former warehouse with exposed brick and a gleaming steel kitchen opens onto gardens and a wine cellar—a place where staff and diners alike seem genuinely settled in for the evening. Nicholas Stefanelli's cooking threads Puglian tradition through dishes that balance restraint with richness, as in turbot with brown butter artichokes or a lemon soufflé that knows when to stop.
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Rank 73. Donut Run
Vegan
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- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 76. Magdalena
Chesapeake Seafood
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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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.
- The Pinnacle Guide 2 Pins
- 50 Best 2026 · #34 · North America's 50 Best Bars
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar
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Rank 78. Mita
Vegetarian Peruvian
In the Shaw neighborhood, Mita serves an all-plant tasting menu that draws from across Latin America with confident creativity: arepas arrive in a basket with guacamole and cashew sour cream, watermelon crudo swims in cucumber leche de tigre. Chefs Tatiana Mora and Miguel Guerra build umami through layered vegetable dishes that feel neither restrained nor novelty-driven, but simply generous.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Punch 2025 · Best New Bartenders · Lou Bernard
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Rank 79. 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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Rank 81. Gunther & Co.
Modern New American
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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- Washingtonian 2026 · #99 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
- Washingtonian 2025 · Fried Tamal de Elote · Our Favorite Dishes of the Year in the DC Area
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Rank 86. Moon Rabbit
Modern Vietnamese
Kevin Tien's Moon Rabbit, now in a sleek F Street space, merges Cajun and Vietnamese traditions through dishes like mochi beignets with eel and quail stuffed with duck sausage over tomato rice. The desserts—particularly a vegan pandan panna cotta with seaweed and chocolate—confirm his instinct for balancing opposing flavors with genuine skill.
- 50 Best 2025 · North American's Best Pastry Chef Award 2025 · Susan Bae
- 50 Best 2025 · #17 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Susan Bae
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Rank 87. Queen's English
Chinese
A neon-fronted Columbia Heights spot serves Hong Kong cooking with meticulous balance—lotus root with anchovy dust, Wagyu in mala broth. The spare dining room, lined in white and blue, feels intentionally intimate.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Henji Cheung
- Time Out #9 · Best restaurants in Washington, D.C.
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Rank 89. Elcielo Restaurant
Colombian
Chef Juan Manuel Barrientos stages a theatrical love letter to Colombia in two intimate dining rooms near Union Market, where pristine plating and choreographed service frame dishes built on Colombian ingredients and culinary memory. A corn broth arrives as revelation; dessert ventures into chocolate territory with playful intent. This is cooking rooted in place and purpose, executed with warmth.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Andra "AJ" Johnson
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Formal Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year
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Rank 90. Providencia
Cocktail Bar
A moody cocktail bar that conceals serious culinary ambition: Erik Bruner-Yang and Paola Velez stitch together Asian, Caribbean, and Latin American traditions into dishes like pupusas with salsa verde and crab pan de playa crowned with tomato gochujang mayo, each plate improbable and purposeful in its construction.
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Bars
- Punch 2025 · Ni de Aqui Ni de Alla · Our Favorite Cocktails
- Eater Bar of the Year
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Rank 91. Oyster Oyster
Vegetarian
A vegetable-focused tasting menu that somehow leaves you energized rather than depleted. Rob Rubba's compositions—eggplant agnolotti in corn broth, squash baton with seed ricotta—work from the premise that vegetables need not be a compromise. Even bread arrives reimagined, layered with garlic and accompanied by marigold-flecked sunflower spread, a signal that nothing here is incidental.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Outstanding Chef · Rob Rubba
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Food & Wine 2025 · The Top 15 US Restaurants
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Rank 92. La' Shukran
Levantine Middle Eastern
A hidden Levantine bistro reached by climbing stairs behind a green door, where retro funk and inventive cocktails frame impeccably executed sharing plates. The soujek dumplings—lamb and beef in smoked corn broth with urfa chili—justify the reservation difficulty alone.
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- The New York Times 2025 · Falafel Jibneh · The Best Restaurant Dishes We Ate Across the U.S.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 93. Ellē
Contemporary New American
Inside a former bakery, Ellē pairs retro dining room charm with a kitchen that ferments its way through a playful menu: orange carrots with shio-koji and rye miso lead to Nashville hot duck on buttermilk biscuit, while desserts like Thai iced tea–tres leches border on architectural. By day it's a casual café; by night, something more inventive takes hold.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Washingtonian Best Coffee Shops in DC
- Eater The Best Bakeries Around D.C.
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Rank 94. La Tejana
Mexican
A narrow counter in Mt. Pleasant serves breakfast tacos that arrive wrapped in foil, their superb flour tortillas still steaming. Soft scrambled eggs, creamy beans, queso, bacon, chorizo, brisket—each filling is simple, each bite a small, unhurried satisfaction. No reservations, no ceremony, just the kind of morning rescue that extends into night.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Fast Casual Restaurant of the Year
- Time Out #16 · Best restaurants in Washington, D.C.
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Rank 96. 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.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Scott Drewno and Danny Lee - The Fried Rice Collective
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Scott Drewno and Danny Lee - Fried Rice Collective
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Angel Barreto
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Rank 97. Rooster & Owl
Contemporary
A husband-and-wife team runs this Michelin-starred kitchen where ricotta gnudi and pistachio olive oil cake reveal restless global ambitions within spare, contemporary walls. The prix-fixe format lets diners mix courses while the bar customizes wine pairings to match.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Yuan Tang
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Formal Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year
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Rank 99. Rose Ave Bakery
Bakery
- Washingtonian 9 Delicious Doughnut Shops Around DC
- The Rammys 2025 · Finalist · Pastry Chef or Baker of the Year · Rose Nguyen
- Eater The Best Bakeries Around D.C.
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