The Top 46 Places to Drink Near Peerce's
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- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
- Eater Baltimore’s 38 Essential Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine Best Restaurants
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- Bon Appétit America's Best New Bars
- Baltimore Magazine Best Bars
- Baltimore Magazine 2025 · Cacktail: Flamboyán · Best of Baltimore
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Bar
- Baltimore Magazine 2023 · Alcohol-Free Cocktails · Best of Baltimore
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In Baltimore
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- Esquire The Best Bars in America
- Baltimore Beat 2023 · Most Instagrammable Bar · Best of Baltimore
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide
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- Esquire The Best Bars in America
- Baltimore Magazine 2023 · Ambiance · Best of Baltimore
- Difford's Guide Difford's Guide
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- Baltimore Magazine 2023 · New Bar · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine Best Bars
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Cocktail Service · Doug Atwell
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- Baltimore Beat 2025 · Best Bar · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine Best Bars
- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Vibe · Best of Baltimore
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- Baltimore Beat 2023 · Best Bar Food · Best of Baltimore
- Baltimore Magazine Best Bars
- Baltimore Beat 2024 · Best Remix/Remodel · Best of Baltimore
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Rank 19. The Wren
Irish American
- The New York Times The Restaurant List
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- Baltimore Magazine Best Bars
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Rank 26. Service Bar
Cocktail Bar
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Winner · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Christine Kim
- The Pinnacle Guide 1 Pin
- 50 Best #39 · North America's 50 Best Bars
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Rank 27. Providencia
Asian, Latin American
A back-alley cocktail bar from Erik Bruner-Yang and Paola Velez, where the food refuses to stay in its lane. The menu riffs on Taiwan and El Salvador in the same breath, papusas share space with gochujang mayo, and the baked Alaska, a Washingtonian dish of the year, arrives under torched Dominican meringue hiding guava shaved ice and whatever surprises the kitchen buried underneath. Bon Appétit named it one of America's best new bars, and the room earns the fuss.
- Bon Appétit America's Best New Bars
- Punch Ni de Aqui Ni de Alla · Our Favorite Cocktails
- Eater Bar of the Year
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Rank 28. Amazonia
Amazonian Peruvian
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Winner · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Carlos Delgado
- Esquire The Best Bars in America
- The Rammys Finalist · Chef of the Year · Carlos Delgado
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Rank 29. Shia
Korean
A 22-seat Korean fine dining room where the staff never once mentions that the kitchen runs as a nonprofit focused on zero waste, letting the tasting menu speak for itself instead. Edward Lee's cooking gives traditional Korean ingredients a modern setting, moving through courses that land somewhere between precise and quietly surprising. The Korean spirits list leans into the esoteric, including a crimson makgeolli made with red yeast rice.
- Esquire 50/50 · The Best Martinis in America
- Washingtonian #37 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants Around D.C.
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- Eater The Best Cocktail Bars in D.C.
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Top 10 U.S. Nominee · U.S. Bartender of the Year · Andra “AJ” Johnson
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
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Rank 31. The Green Zone
Middle Eastern Cocktail Bar
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- Esquire Medina's Martini Service · The Best Martinis in America
- The Rammys Finalist · Cocktail Program of the Year
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- Eater Best New Bar · The 2025 Eater DC Award Winners
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best New U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. East
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- Bon Appétit America's Best New Restaurants
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. East
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A corn broth that quietly dismantles everything you thought about corn broth is a good sign you're in the right place. Elcielo is a Michelin-starred fine dining tasting menu restaurant near Union Market where the Colombian-born chef turns his home country into a deeply personal, course-by-course argument. The chocotherapy dessert has become a thing people mention unprompted. The room runs warm in a way that doesn't feel managed.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- The Rammys Finalist · Formal Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year
- The Rammys Finalist · Service Program of the Year
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Rank 38. Mita
Vegetarian Peruvian
Plant-based Peruvian tasting menus in Shaw sounds like a premise that requires a disclaimer, yet Mita holds a Michelin star and a James Beard nomination for Best New Restaurant. The chef's team pulls from across Latin America, so the flavors run from Andean to coastal without apology. Two tasting menu lengths mean you can commit at whatever level feels reasonable on a Tuesday. The bar program is serious enough that Punch named the team among its best new bartenders.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Punch Best New Bartenders · Lou Bernard
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
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Rank 39. Cana
Brazilian
Caipirinhas built from fresh sugar-cane juice anchor this small Brazilian bar and kitchen in Adams Morgan, where a vinyl soundtrack keeps the room at a low simmer all night. The open kitchen sends out charcoal-oven dishes and fried tapioca squares with spicy guava sauce that Washingtonian singled out as a favorite dish of the year. A James Beard semifinalist for Best New Bar, it draws the kind of crowd that skips the menu on the second visit.
- Washingtonian Dadinhos de Tapioca · Our Favorite Dishes of the Year in the DC Area
- Washingtonian #26 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
- Eater Best Night Out
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Rank 45. Astoria DC
Sichuan Cocktail Bar
Sichuan cooking and serious cocktails share equal billing at this Dupont Circle spot, which holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand and lands on Eater's list of D.C.'s top cocktail bars. The menu runs funky and affordable, with cumin lamb that arrives tender and vivid with spice. No reservations needed if you're happy at the bar, which always has room and is probably where the better conversations are happening anyway.
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Rank 46. The Dubliner
Irish British