The Best Vegetarian in Washington
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The best vegetarian in Washington, according to the experts: James Beard Awards, Michelin Guide, and Food & Wine have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Oyster Oyster comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Arlington and Falls Church.
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Rank 1. Oyster Oyster
Vegetarian American
A nine-course vegetable tasting menu in Shaw where the chef holds a James Beard Award and a Michelin star, and still manages to make a beet taste like pastrami. Rob Rubba's kitchen treats local farms as the whole point, not a selling line, and the results are the kind of thing that makes omnivores quietly reconsider their priorities. The bread alone, enriched with "garleeks" and served with sunflower-marigold butter, gets talked about for days afterward.
The awards
- James Beard Awards James Beard Awards: 2023 · Winner · Outstanding Chef · Rob Rubba
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: 1 Star
- Food & Wine Food & Wine: The Top 15 US Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Outstanding Chef · Rob Rubba
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Food & Wine The Top 15 US Restaurants
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Rank 2. Chay Restaurant
Vegetarian Vietnamese
The "clam" dip is made from tofu, the fried fish contains no fish, and somehow none of that feels like a compromise. This vegetarian Vietnamese restaurant in Falls Church is where the chef makes her own faux meats and seafoods from scratch, turning lemongrass noodle soup and papaya salad into fully convincing arguments that the meat was never the point. Devout carnivores tend to figure this out about halfway through the meal.
The awards
- Washingtonian Washingtonian: #41 · 100 Very Best Restaurants
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Rank 3. Bubbie's Plant Burgers & Fizz
Vegetarian American
The awards