The Top 100 Restaurants Near Primrose


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    2029 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  2. Rank 2. 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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  3. Rank 3. 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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  4. A Parisian dining room with salmon chairs and marble tables channels European elegance without rigid dogma, moving fluidly between Dover sole and lamb tagine. The kitchen's generalist approach and warm hospitality make this Dupont Circle spot feel less like a temple than a convivial neighborhood table.


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    1500 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  5. Rank 5. 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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  6. Rank 6. Sura

    Authentic Thai


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    2016 P St NW, Ste C1, Washington, DC · Washington
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  7. Rank 7. 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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  8. Rank 8. 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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  9. Rank 9. 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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  10. Two dining rooms lined with olive trees and Greek pottery transport you to Crete without leaving the capital. The kitchen moves confidently between spanakopita and grilled fish with ladolemono, though it's the crisp Greek fries and baklava with iced yogurt that justify the journey—straightforward pleasures executed with conviction.


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    1940 N St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  11. Rank 11. Astoria DC

    Sichuan Chinese

    A Dupont Circle kitchen that catches the young and restless with funky, locally rooted cooking at prices that feel like a gift—the cumin lamb arrives tender and alive with spice. The bar welcomes walk-ins and solo diners alike, making room for anyone hungry enough to trust the mapo tofu.


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    1521 17th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2003 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2800 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1190 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  15. Rank 15. Residents Café & Bar

    Contemporary Middle Eastern

    A black rowhouse with a plant-filled patio opens onto two levels of mid-century charm—exposed brick, vintage stools, Edison bulbs—where the kitchen moves fluidly between Turkish eggs and smoked carrots with harissa. The desserts and cocktails, inflected with warm spices and rum, suggest a chef thinking beyond geography.


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    1306 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2029 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  17. Rank 17. Amazonia

    Amazonian Peruvian


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    920 Blagden Alley, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1337 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  19. Rank 19. Casa Teresa

    Open-Fire Spanish


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    919 19th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  20. 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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  21. Rank 21. Jônt

    Contemporary

    Ryan Ratino's counter-only dining room, positioned above Bresca, pivots on pristine Japanese seafood and wagyu, each plate composed with theatrical precision and backed by an almost balletic service. The meal crescendos through delicate tartares and uni preparations before depositing you at a separate dessert counter, where mignardises arrive like confections from a jeweler.


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    1904 14th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  22. Rank 22. Le Diplomate

    Parisian French


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    1601 14th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  23. Rank 23. Cana

    Brazilian


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    2412 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1900 N St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  25. Rank 25. Shōtō

    Modern Japanese

    A volcanic stone cascade and ivy-clad walls frame Shōtō's bar and dining counter in the converted Washington Post building, where the lighting flatters everyone equally. Robata-grilled skewers and pristine sushi arrive alongside Japanese whiskeys and cocktails that taste like they were calibrated in a lab.


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    1100 15th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
  26. A decades-old Penn Quarter institution where senators occupy half-moon banquettes and Indian cuisine glides between regional traditions with restrained sophistication. The braised lamb curry carries subtle sweetness, the kulcha bridges goat cheese and spice, nothing shouts.


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    815 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  27. At St. James Modern Caribbean, Jeanine Prime channels Trinidad through shared plates and rum cocktails in a spare, color-punctuated room where callaloo soup arrives deep green and crowned with crab. The jerk brisket, twelve hours in marinade then smoked, speaks to something unhurried and deliberate, a meal that refuses to abbreviate itself.


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    2017 14th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1503 17th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  29. Rank 29. Tabard Inn

    Southern French


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    1739 N St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  30. A sprawling seafood house where Goldfish crackers precede platters of raw oysters and broiled preparations that glisten under casual fluorescent light. The Salty Wolfe arrives briny and cool; the crab cakes arrive as a memory of better summers, served with the confidence of a place that has long stopped trying.


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    1624 Q St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  31. Rank 31. Ceibo

    Uruguayan


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    2106 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1827 Adams Mill Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1633 P St NW Washington, DC · Washington
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    1633 17th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  35. Peter Chang's Dupont Circle restaurant elevates classical Chinese cooking with precision: walnut prawns glisten with restrained honey mayo, soup dumplings hold superlative broth. The minimalist dining room matches a kitchen unafraid of humble vegetables, each plate deliberate and balanced.


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    1200 19th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1811 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  37. Rank 37. 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.


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    2436 14th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  38. 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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  39. Rank 39. Elmina

    African

    Chef Eric Adjepong's West African cooking unfolds in a warm, contemporary room where the tasting menu pivots between refined technique and the spirited informality of Ghanaian chop bars. Scallop crudo arrives with cucumber granita and coconut broth; braised goat comes tableside with fufu and a pour of deep orange-red nkati nkwan sauce. The space invites lingering, and the cooking justifies it.


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    2208 14th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  40. Rank 40. 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.


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    122 Blagden Alley NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1836 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  42. Rank 42. Fava Pot

    Middle Eastern


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    1817 M St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  43. Rank 43. Causa

    Nikkei Peruvian

    Chef Carlos Delgado's intimate tasting menu traces a path from Lima's coast through the Andes and Amazon, folding Japanese technique into Peruvian seafood and spice. Causa, the namesake dish of mashed potato and ají amarillo crowned with tuna, and a wagyu finished in Peruvian pepper sauce, chart a precise geography of flavor.


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    920 Blagden Alley Washington, DC · Washington
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    1700 K St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  45. Rank 45. 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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    1314 U St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  48. Rank 48. Maydān

    Middle Eastern

    A wood-fired hearth dominates the rustic dining room at this Middle Eastern restaurant, where the kitchen's command of flame and technique produces flatbreads, roasted vegetables, and meats of striking precision. The prix-fixe progression—from charred spreads through tahini-coconut rice pudding—unfolds with the confidence of a place entirely at ease with its craft.


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    1346 Florida Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  49. 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.


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    1440 8th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2221 14th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1200 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1301 U St NW, Ste 111, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1721 M St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  54. Rank 54. Dauphine's

    Cajun & Creole

    A sprawling New Orleans kitchen that hides serious ambition behind a casual façade, serving silky oysters and blackened soft-shell crab with Creole precision. The three-level dining room finds its magic in intimate corners and cocktails that match the food's unhurried confidence.


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    1100 15th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1770 Euclid St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  56. A spare, cream-toned room near The Ritz-Carlton where Enrique Limardo channels Spanish fundamentals through Latin American inflections, the tapas and arroz dishes doing most of the talking. The arroz morada—a salt-baked beet purée binding pink rice with roasted vegetables and pine nuts—suggests a kitchen more interested in flavor collisions than restraint.


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    1190 22nd St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  57. A sandwich bar that carries itself with cocktail-bar sophistication, Your Only Friend pairs clever-titled handheld meals—the "Hot Nug" topped with Nashville sauce, mortadella and mozzarella on the "Mortz & Mootz"—with rotating specials like blue cheese-brined wings and a sharp cocktail program. The mood is neighborhood casual, the execution deliberate.


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    1114 Ninth St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2007 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  59. A narrow room lined with smoky mirrors and art creates the intimacy for Peruvian cooking that ranges from coastal tiradito—ahi tuna in passion fruit and orange—to ají de gallina and an arroz chaufa that draws from three continents. The kitchen's creativity extends to dessert, where seasonal flan arrives with genuine charm, while gracious service and a full bar complete the soothing spell.


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    1624 U St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  60. Rank 60. YELLOW

    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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    1850 K St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
  62. Rank 62. 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.


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    927 F St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1921 I St NW, Washington, DC · Washington

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    1475 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    974 Palmer Alley NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1333 P St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  67. Rank 67. 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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    1604 7th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  69. Rank 69. Grazie Nonna

    American Italian

    Gerald Addison and Casey Patten channel Patten's grandmother's kitchen through Italian-American cooking that refuses shortcuts—clams casino gleam with bacon and breadcrumbs, while Heather's pizza detours into pickled banana peppers. A packed bar hums with the comfort of Sunday supper elevated, where even the macaroni arrives dressed in garlic cream and prosciutto.


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    1100 15th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  70. 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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    1100 15th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  72. Rank 72. RIS

    New American

    Ris Lacoste's neighborhood restaurant spreads across a light-filled room of earth tones and quiet corners, drawing business dinners and family celebrations with equal ease. Her cooking elevates the familiar—briny linguine with clams, crisp chicken Milanese, crab cakes that never falter—by way of butter, olive oil, and a sure hand with heat and acid.


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    2275 L St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1405 T St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2000 Pennsylvania Ave NW Unit 7000, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2429 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  76. Rank 76. Elfegne

    Ethiopian

    Elfegne's airy Adams Morgan dining room—all natural light and generous spacing—frames a kitchen that treats Ethiopian cuisine with uncommon seriousness. Awaze tibs arrive as tender lamb in brick-red berbere, crowned with greens and spicy lentils, a dish that deserves far more recognition than it typically receives.


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    2420 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  77. Rank 77. Namak

    Mediterranean


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    1813 Columbia Rd NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2465 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  79. 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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    1341 L St NW, Unit 1, Washington, DC · Washington
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  81. Rank 81. Sharbat

    Azerbaijani Bakery


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    2473 18th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  83. Rank 83. Afghania

    Afghan Middle Eastern


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    2811 M St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1066 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  87. Rank 87. Unconventional Diner

    Modern New American

    White walls and seafoam booths frame a kitchen that treats diner conventions as a starting point rather than gospel: kale nachos, meatloaf spiked with sriracha and morel gravy, roasted cauliflower with tahini and fried chickpeas. The chicken pot pie bites are nearly impossible to refuse. Expect a wait.


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    1207 Ninth St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    2000 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  89. Rank 89. Cranes

    Spanish/Japanese


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    724 Ninth St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    750 15th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  91. Rank 91. Supra

    Central Asian

    Georgian cooking executed with genuine care: crusty khachapuri filled with cheese and egg, spreads of tangy cheese and bread, mussels that gleam. The dining room's wood paneling and hanging sheep hats evoke the Caucasus without artifice, and the wine list honors Georgia's ancient traditions.


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    1205 11th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    3210 Grace St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1940 11th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  94. Rank 94. Michele’s

    French-inspired New American

    The brasserie lives in the Eaton Hotel as a monument to Chef Matt Baker's Gulf Coast roots—Houston grit, New Orleans soul. Roasted oysters and crawfish linguine sit comfortably alongside smashburgers and Nashville hot chicken; a bowl of pozole arrives as both sustenance and small mercy. This is American food in its most honest register, touched lightly by France, uninterested in pretense.


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    1201 K St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1117 V St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  96. Rank 96. 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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  98. Rank 98. Tiger Fork

    Hong Kong-style Chinese

    A Hong Kong-style den tucked away from the main drag, Tiger Fork wraps you in brick walls painted with dragons, warehouse floors, and a sexy dimness. The cocktails—chartreuse and bergamot, say—matter as much as the food, though cheung fun, spicy wontons, and pork ribs glazed with soy and ginger justify the pilgrimage equally. A place that knows how to have fun without winking at you.


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    922 N St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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    1227 11th St NW, Washington, DC · Washington
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  100. Bright walls hung with art and yellow metal chairs set the stage for serious cooking at this sibling-run Ethiopian kitchen. The family platter samples both vegetarian and meat dishes—spongy injera soaking up gomen and kik alicha, while quanta firfir's tender beef glazed with berbere and clarified butter satisfies heartily. Nostalgia and technique arrive together on every plate.


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