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Arrels
Modern Spanish
The mollette, a pulled-oxtail sandwich with pickled vegetables and a sherry glaze, sits next to lobster and oysters on a menu that refuses to pick a lane, which is very much the point. Arrels is a modern Spanish restaurant where the cooking runs from rustic to refined without apology. The fideua, made with vermicelli, Manchego, jamón, and truffle cream, gives you a reason to linger well past the bread course.
One honor, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Washingtonian #83 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
One number, weighted & current 64
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Ibérico pork chop Washingtonian, 2026
- Fideua Washingtonian, 2026
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