2. Floriana
7.7
1602 17th St NW (at Q St NW), Washington, D.C.
Italian Restaurant · Northwest Washington · 60 tips and reviews
Tan: Great pumpkin pappardelle bolognese!!
David Allen: Get the black gnocchi as an appetizer and the Gay Wedding as a cocktail. Fantastic. Everything, including the service, was tremendous - great way to end a long week.
John Kilvington: Not really a tip, but I once watched two blind men on a date both order the soft-shell crab special here. Sadly, I had to leave before I could see how that went down.
4. Glen's Garden Market
2001 S St NW (at 20th St NW), Washington, D.C.
Grocery Store · Northwest Washington · 76 tips and reviews
Behrad Eats: The Bully pizza will make you want to order another - Beef Bolognese, pastrami, mozzarella, tomato sauce, & parsley; and then wash it down with a $4 local brew!
Amy Martin: Make sure to load up your wine/beer card, grab a glass and linger in the store. Plus, they love the neighbors and their head chef is the best!
🤖🐵 Andrew Stein: Amazingly, the store is 100% local. Everything is from the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Take that, global warming. WE HAVE A STORE.
6. Equinox
818 Connecticut Ave NW (at 17th St NW), Washington, D.C.
American Restaurant · Connecticut Avenue - K Street · 32 tips and reviews
Washington Post: Vegan brunch! Go back for seconds of the string beans tossed with red pepper, toasted cashews and fragrant Thai basil, as well as a comforting squash soup made with almond milk and pecan bits. Read more.
FiOS 50: Like many restaurants these days, the menu at Equinox follows the seasons. But chef Todd Gray was one of the early adopters of seasonal, local produce.
Food & Wine: Chef Karen Nicolas’s savory chestnut flan with roasted porcini mushrooms, coffee syrup and coffee soil is one example of how she is shaking up this iconic DC power restaurant with creative touches. Read more.
7. Catch 15
1518 K St. NW (15th and 16th), Washington, D.C.
Italian Restaurant · Connecticut Avenue - K Street · 20 tips and reviews
Catch 15: You must try our ultimate comfort food--Lamb Shank Ossobucco--slow simmered whole lamb shank over saffron risotto! Start with our old school classics like Clams Casino or Oysters Rockefeller.
Giovanni Quintana: Catch 15 will be DC's premier Oyster and Seafood bar.
Washington Post: Get the juicy ground-lamb kebab bedded on basmati rice with a cucumber-and-yogurt sauce, for $7. For large plates, get sauteed veal jazzed up with sweet, hot peppers alongside a turban of spaghetti. Read more.