The Best Places to Eat in Washington, by the Record
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Rank 395. CherCher Ethiopian Restaurant
Ethiopian
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Rank 395. Irish Channel
Irish British Dive Bar
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Rank 395. La Chaumiere
French
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Rank 395. Makeda
Ethiopian
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Rank 395. Meaza Restaurant
Ethiopian
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Rank 395. Minetta Tavern
Bistro French
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Rank 395. Nazret Ethiopian Restaurant
Ethiopian
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Rank 395. Primrose
French Wine Bar
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Rank 395. Randy's Prime Seafood & Steak
Steakhouse Wine Bar
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Rank 395. Shalla Restaurant & Bar
Ethiopian
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Rank 395. Shouk
Middle Eastern
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Rank 424. Bronze
New American
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Rank 425. Bantam King
Ramen Noodles
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Rank 425. Bar Americano
Pizza
A converted tourist kiosk steps from the Air and Space Museum that happens to be the only place on the National Mall where you can order a glass of wine with your pizza. The team behind Sonny's Pizza runs this casual counter, pouring natural wine, beer, and spritzes alongside grandma-style pan slices and focaccia sandwiches. Mornings lean espresso and pastries. The footnote writes itself: museum gift shops sell astronaut ice cream; this place sells Aperol spritzes.
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Rank 425. Carmine's
American Italian
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Rank 425. China Chilcano
Peruvian
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Rank 425. DAIKAYA
Japanese Noodles
The noodles come from Sapporo, which tells you something about how seriously this ramen counter takes its business. Downstairs, bowls of springy, custom-made noodles arrive in a long-simmered broth, with a vegetarian version that holds its own against the pork. Upstairs flips into a Japanese tavern pouring sake and yuzu cocktails alongside a full menu of drinking snacks. Two moods, one address, zero bad options on either floor.
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Rank 425. Old Ebbitt Grill
American
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Rank 425. PubKey
Dive Bar
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Rank 438. Bammy's
Modern Caribbean
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Rank 445. Ingle Korean Steakhouse
Korean Steakhouse
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Rank 454. Agora
Mediterranean
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The polished metal trays arrive loaded with banchan, and the arrangement shifts every time, which is half the point. Baek ban is the format, a Korean rice-set meal with a main and a rotating cast of small dishes, and at this Chantilly spot the lineup might include cubed radish kimchi, sesame-glossed glass noodles, or a perilla-leaf omelet. The smoky-sweet bulgogi landed on the Washingtonian's favorite dishes list, so that one is worth keeping an eye out for.
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Rank 454. Banh Mi Oi
Vietnamese
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Rank 454. Bao Bei
Taiwanese Chinese
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Rank 454. Bouboulina
Greek
The whole branzino is flown in from Greece, cured, air-dried for days, then grilled until the skin shatters, which tells you everything about the kitchen's priorities at this polished Pike & Rose restaurant. It reads like a classic American steakhouse, and you could easily miss the Greek thread running through it, which is exactly what makes that fish such a pleasantly disorienting moment. The owners also run Cava, which is quite the range.
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Rank 454. Bun Papa
American
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Rank 454. Osteria Mozza
Italian
The sourdough under the roasted chicken isn't an afterthought; it sits in the pan and drinks up every drop of stock and butter until it becomes the point. Nancy Silverton's Georgetown Italian restaurant is a Stephen Starr co-production that landed as a full-blown scene, the kind where former presidents apparently just show up for dinner. The room runs loud and the pastas are homey, but the chicken alla diavola is the dish people are still talking about.
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Rank 454. Thompson Italian
Italian
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Rank 454. Thompson Italian
Italian
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Rank 489. Sumac
Piedmont Italian
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