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Gemini × Happy Ice Cream
Mediterranean Italian
A cave à manger on 17th Street where you order at a counter, find somewhere to stand, and immediately wish there were chairs. The menu is Mediterranean-Italian, the wine selection leans natural, and the kitchen behind it all has DNA from Komi, the couple's storied tasting room. Griddled pita and olives are constants; a Japanese sweet potato with koji butter somehow fits right in. The ice cream flavors, polenta-cassis among them, suggest nobody here makes easy choices.
The awards strongest first
- Washingtonian #7 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
- Washingtonian Cacio e Pepe Bomboloni · Our Favorite Dishes of the Year in the DC Area
One number, weighted & current 67
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Orecchiette
“we nonetheless want to linger over orecchiette and skin-contact Pinot Gris”
Washingtonian, 2026 -
Fried dough balls
“Look no further than these fried dough balls, encapsulating all the creamy-sharp flavors of cacio e pepe pasta.”
Washingtonian, 2025
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