The Top 100 Restaurants Near Neutral Ground Bar and Kitchen


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    6641 Old Dominion Dr, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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    1381 Beverly Rd, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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    1788 Chain Bridge Rd, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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    125 Founders Ave, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    1640 Capital One Dr, McLean, VA · Mc Lean
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  6. Rank 6. Joon

    Upscale Persian


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    8045 Leesburg Pike, Ste 120, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    5555 Langston Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    2941 Fairview Park Dr, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  9. Rank 9. Nue

    Vietnamese


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    944 W Broad St Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  10. Rank 10. 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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    1825 Capital One Dr S Tyson, VA · McLean
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    4536 Cherry Hill Rd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  13. Rank 13. Rice Paper

    Vietnamese


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    6775 Wilson Blvd, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  14. Rank 14. Agora

    Mediterranean


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    7911 Westpark Dr, Tysons, VA · McLean
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    106 Founders Ave, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    8051 Leesburg Pike, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    6119 Tulane Ave, Glen Echo, MD · Glen Echo
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    8100 Boone Blvd, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    513 W Broad St Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    2121 N Westmoreland St A-2 Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  21. Rank 21. The Falls

    Mid-Atlantic


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    370 W Broad St, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    124 N Washington St, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    8369 Leesburg Pike, Unit A, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    8100 Lee Hwy, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  25. Rank 25. Fava Pot

    Egyptian Middle Eastern


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    7393 D Lee Highway, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  26. Rank 26. Bistro Aracosia

    Afghan Middle Eastern


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    5100 MacArthur Blvd, Washington, DC · Washington
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    6763 Wilson Blvd, Unit 6, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  28. 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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    3911 Langston Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    5460 Westbard Ave, Bethesda, MD · Bethesda
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    4850 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  32. Rank 32. 2AMYS

    Artisanal Pizza


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    3715 Macomb St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    6795 Wilson Blvd, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    1110 North Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    6029 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  36. Rank 36. Padaek

    Laotian Thai


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    6395 Seven Corners Center, Falls Church, VA · Seven Corners
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  37. Rank 37. 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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    442 Maple Ave E, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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  39. Rank 39. Aventino

    Roman Italian


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    4747 Bethesda Ave, Bethesda, MD · Bethesda
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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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    4040 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    1609 Foxhall Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2800 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3865 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  45. Rank 45. 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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    1659 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2811 Clarendon Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    2507 Franklin Rd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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  49. 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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    3708 Macomb St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    111 Church St NW, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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    144 Church St NW, Vienna, VA · Vienna
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  53. Rank 53. 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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    4747 Bethesda Ave, Ste A, Bethesda, MD · Bethesda
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    2051 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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    1066 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3210 Grace St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  58. Rank 58. 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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    5632 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  60. Rank 60. Opal

    New American

    On a quiet Chevy Chase corner, Opal fills nightly with neighbors drawn to straightforward cooking executed with uncommon care: ricotta dumplings, properly cooked trout, lamb in pita. The tiramisu ice cream arrives as a small triumph, and the homey room's packed bar suggests the place has already found its essential footing.


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    5534 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    5507 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    4829 Fairmont Ave, Bethesda, MD · Bethesda
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    5031 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2029 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  65. Rank 65. 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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  66. 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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    5700 Columbia Pike, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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    3315 Cadys Alley NW, Unit B, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3282 M 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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    1190 New Hampshire 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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    1827 Adams Mill Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    4465 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  76. Rank 76. 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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  77. Rank 77. Cana

    Brazilian


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    2412 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3276 M St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  79. Rank 79. 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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    5820 Seminary Rd, Falls Church, VA · Falls Church
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  81. 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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  82. Rank 82. Chez Billy Sud

    Classic French


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    1039 31st St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1811 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  84. Rank 84. 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.


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    3221 Mt Pleasant St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  85. Rank 85. Fiola Mare

    Italian-influenced Seafood

    Fiola Mare perches on the Potomac with service as precise as its Italian seafood, where a Capital oyster bathed in prosecco zabaglione justifies the splurge. The terrace view commands premium prices, though lunch offers better value and the same meticulous technique.


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    3050 K St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  86. Rank 86. 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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  87. 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.


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    3211 Mt Pleasant St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  88. Rank 88. Casa Teresa

    Open-Fire Spanish


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    919 19th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  89. 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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    501 Ninth St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3000 K St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  91. Rank 91. Amazonia

    Amazonian Peruvian


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    920 Blagden Alley, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2813 M St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  93. Rank 93. Afghania

    Afghan Middle Eastern


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    2811 M St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1847 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  95. Rank 95. Lapis

    Afghan Middle Eastern

    Whitewashed walls and Afghan rugs create an intimate setting where husband-and-wife owners Zubair and Shamim Popal cook their native cuisine with restraint and finesse. Split pea soup arrives layered with quiet complexity; chopawn—three grilled lamb chops with cardamom rice—demonstrates a kitchen unafraid of subtlety. Afghan food, here, tastes like discovery.


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    1847 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3155 Mount Pleasant St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3251 Blenheim Blvd, Unit 101, Fairfax, VA · Fairfax
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  98. Inside a Georgetown townhouse softened by jewel tones and draped fabrics, Das moves between tradition and surprise—flaxseed telba wat alongside chicken and beef samplers meant for tearing into with spongy injera. The staff meets the careful design with equal warmth, making even adventurous palates feel welcomed.


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    1201 28th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  99. Rank 99. New Heights

    New American

    A muted dining room in Woodley Park where quiet competence and restless ambition meet on the plate: broccolini with black garlic, crispy oysters with pickled cauliflower, tempura mushrooms dusted in Moroccan spice. The kitchen strikes a balance between familiar comfort and subtle surprise that most restaurants spend years chasing.


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    2317 Calvert St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    4040 Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA · Arlington
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