Chef Andrew Carmellini's return to the stage, following A Voce, is a rustic neighborhood Italian resto at the core. And on Mondays, home of some of New York's best fried chicken. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.
Think of this DC restaurant as a supper club on the cheap—a retreat where it’s hard not to indulge in one of the well-made cocktails and where the staff seems to be taking care of you and you only.
What keeps us coming back is the zip of Mike Isabella’s small plates and pizzas, which seem tossed off but involve layers of work and detail. The cooking pulses with a big heart.
Chef O’Brien turns out one four-course menu each weekend—no substitutions—and announces it two weeks in advance. Hits have included slow-roasted salmon with parsnips & a “fig newton” with foie gras.
Midday is especially busy, with lawyers and lobbyists sinking into the pale-suede banquettes, but at night the action shifts to the raw bar, where oysters, shrimp, & lobsters glisten in mounds of ice.
The bar is a low-key party even on weeknights, service is attentive and warm, and the cooking, under chef/owner John Manolatos, strikes a balance between comfort and polish.
Surprises reveal themselves slowly. The best examples are the complexly layered soups. If we see one on the menu, we order it. The $65 five-course tasting menu is an excellent value.
Salads, such as a platter of shredded green papaya, explode with limey tang and chili-fueled heat, while bowls of pho are eminently soothing. Nibbles from the fryer make excellent shares.
The best restaurant in Reston Town Center is also one of Washington’s best seafood palaces. The kitchen does well with raw-bar towers, sushi rolls, and an atlas’s worth of appetizers and entrées.
Chef Todd Gray’s seasonal menu is perfect for an upscale dinner with clients near the Golden Triangle.
Chef Daniel O’Brien turns out an ever-changing multicourse menu during the Wednesday-through-Saturday 12-seat dinners at this specialty pop-up market in the Shaw neighborhood.
For a hearty breakfast, head to the tavern and feast on short-rib hash and pecan sticky buns.
In this 16,000-square-foot space, the wooden benches are made from original scaffolds of the Triboro Bridge.
Go for a nighttime top-down drive on Mulholland as it winds from Interstate 405 to Laurel Canyon Boulevard. Take in the magical lights of the city and the San Fernando Valley.
A magnet for tourists, mimes, human statues, and people dressed as colonials. As seen on Travel Channel’s The Layover with Anthony Bourdain.
Tony stops in for drinks, headcheese, smoked sausage, pork salad, escargot & lobster. As seen on Travel Channel’s The Layover with Anthony Bourdain.
Quebec’s oldest drive-in is known for their orange julep (a secret recipe!) and car shows. As recommended by Travel Channel host, Anthony Bourdain.
** stars in Tom Sietsema's Fall Dining Guide 2011. ("The more I dine at La Canela, the more I want to go to Peru," writes Tom.) http://wapo.st/nHBSWb
This used to be a mobile concession stand, originally built to provide food to motorcycle bikers. It became a full service restaurant in 1988 and is a popular stop whenever people visit Syracuse. Read more.
This Capitol-side eatery's got crushed-ice "Sno Cone" summer 'tails like the the cachaca/pineapple/spearmint/smoked black salt "Rehoboth" (beaches love it!). Read more.
The best of the tacos, the al pastor, features glistening, spice-rubbed pork sliced from a spit and piled into a nubby, two-ply corn tortilla.
