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Rooster & Owl
American
A four-course prix-fixe in Columbia Heights where cacio e pepe shows up as a Bartlett-pear salad and no one bats an eye. Chef Yuan Tang's menu roams freely from steakhouse classics to Southeast Asian detours, and the mix-and-match format means the bar can match wine to whatever path you picked. It holds a Michelin star, and the room skews lively enough that "fine dining" undersells how relaxed the whole thing feels.
Six honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- The Rammys Finalist · Formal Fine Dining Restaurant of the Year
- The Washington Post The 40 Best Restaurants In and Around D.C.
- Washingtonian #65 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Yuan Tang
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic · Yuan Tang
One number, weighted & current 92
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Short-rib Diane Washingtonian, 2026
- Ricotta gnudi Michelin Guide
Nearby in the record closest first
- Maydān Middle Eastern Eat · 83
- Slice & Pie New York Pizza Eat · 73
- Medina Eat · 73
- Elmina Eat · 81
- St. James Caribbean Eat · 85
- District Catering Eat · 67
- Eatopia Eatery Ethiopian Eat · 78
- Izakaya Seki Japanese Eat · 65
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