The Top 100 Restaurants Near Dok Khao Thai Eatery
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Rank 2. Ananda
Elevated Indian
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Best Restaurants
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- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Chinese Food · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Dim Sum · 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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- 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 Beat 2025 · Best Restaurant That Feels Like Home · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Restaurant · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · French-Style Spit Chicken · 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 2024 · Dessert: Baked Alaska · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Burger · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · The Crab Pot · Best Baltimore Bites
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Rank 15. 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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Rank 16. 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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Rank 17. 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 20. 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 2024 · Best Vibe · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Bar · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Vegan Food · Our Favorite Dishes
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Rank 23. 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
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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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 27. 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 28. 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
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 36. 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
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
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- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Remix/Remodel · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat 2023 · Best Bar Food · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Burger: Club Chuck · Our Favorite Dishes
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Rank 41. 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 2024 · Ramen · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Ramen · Best of Baltimore
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
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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 46. 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 47. 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 51. 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 53. 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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- 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 2024 · 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 59. 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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- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 62. Magdalena
Chesapeake Seafood
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 63. 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 64. 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 65. Gunther & Co.
Modern New American
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 66. Fiola
Modern Italian
Stone walls and retro glamour frame Fiola's elegant dining room, where servers guide you through a menu that marries Roman tradition with Venetian flavors and playful modern invention. Duck-filled pasta squares arrive in their own jus; lamb plays against red pepper gel and eggplant caponata. Regional Italian cooking here feels both grounded and restless.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- 50 Top Italy 2026 · #7 · The Best Italian Restaurants In The World
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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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 71. 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 72. 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 74. 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 75. 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 76. 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 77. 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
- Eater The Best Bakeries Around D.C.
- Time Out #11 · Best restaurants in Washington, D.C.
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Rank 78. 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 80. 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 81. 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 83. Hitching Post
Southern
In a wood-paneled Petworth room frozen somewhere between a 1970s supper club and a neighborhood tavern, Barry Dindyal fries chicken so crisp and juicy it reads as an argument for simplicity itself. The collard greens arrive vegan and succulent, the fries homemade; everything is made to order daily. Lemon cake with buttercream closes the meal with the ease of muscle memory.
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- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Appetizer: Tater Tots · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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Seng Luangrath's Columbia Heights dining room has been serving as the city's steadiest interpreter of Laotian cooking since 2014, a place where crispy coconut rice salad and tamarind-salted pig ears share menu space with gentler curries and the essential sticky rice. The kitchen cooks for groups, for sharing, for the kind of dinner where the table fills with dishes and nobody orders alone.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Washington, D.C., Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants Around D.C.
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- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Courtyard Chicken · Best of Baltimore
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
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- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Pupusas · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Beat Munchies: Pupusas · Our Favorite Dishes
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Rank 91. The Dabney
Mid-Atlantic American
At The Dabney, a wood-fired hearth anchors a spare, brick-walled dining room where chef Jeremiah Langhorne pursues Mid-Atlantic flavors with quiet conviction. His tasting menu moves from delicate snacks through roasted vegetables and charred wagyu with three-way eggplant, each plate a controlled study in restraint.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Washington, D.C., Right Now
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- Baltimore Magazine 2024 · Thai Food · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine 2026 · Best Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Best Restaurants
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Rank 98. Purple Patch Food & Drink
Filipino
- The Washington Post The 40 Best Restaurants In and Around D.C.
- Time Out #17 · Best restaurants in Washington, D.C.
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants Around D.C.
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- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Suresh Sundas
- Eater 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Washingtonian 2026 · #43 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
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