This submit has been up to date for winter 2023.
In fact, it is enjoyable to attempt a brand new sizzling spot for Restaurant Week, and now we have many suggestions. However we additionally like to eat at these basic DC eating places, and when it comes right down to it Restaurant Week (January 16-22), years of expertise could be a huge bonus. Many of those menus do not skimp on choices or premium substances. These eating places have been round for over a decade and know what works (and what does not).
Bistro Bis
15 E St., NW
Restaurateur Jeffrey Buben educated a technology of D.C. cooks at his long-closed Southern restaurant Vidalia. His basic French approach on the Capitol Hill restaurant serves dishes that transcend the same old bistro fare. Suppose salmon gravlax, coq au vin, choucroute garnie and Normandy apple croustade. Restaurant Week menus are huge and beneficiant – a very good signal. Lunch and brunch ($25) and dinner ($40).
Bombay Membership
815 Connecticut Ave., NW
First Rasika by day, restaurateur Ashok Bajaj started his profession at this elegant Indian spot close to the White Home. Greater than 30 years later, it nonetheless makes an enormous impression. Chef Nilesh Singhvi serves plates like fiery inexperienced chili rooster, tandoori salmon and a number of vegetarian dishes to the sound of stay piano music. Lunch solely ($55)..
heart
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Michel Richard, the legendary French chef who made Washington his house and culinary playground for greater than 20 years, died in 2016. However his legacy lives on at Central, due to acolyte/chef David Deshaies (L’Ardente, Unconventional Diner), a revamped venue. , and the brand new group. The Restaurant Week dinner menu contains classics like goat cheese Caesar and lobster bisque, in addition to thrilling new objects like wild boar and coconut roasted leg. Dinner solely ($40)..
equality
818 Connecticut Ave., NW
Chef Todd Grey opened Equinox in 1999 — lengthy earlier than seasonal, Mid-Atlantic delicacies was trendy — however that is to not say the delicacies is caught prior to now. Grey embraces plant-based delicacies, and the Restaurant Week menu contains seasonal vegan dishes like creamy Virginia chestnut and porcini soup, and well-rounded choices like pan-roasted halibut filet with pork-wrapped venison and poached lobster. Dinner ($40 for 3 programs, $55 for 4 4 programs).
Philomena Ristorante
1063 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Georgetown’s beloved Italian-American restaurant has been serving up plates of parmigiana and house-made pasta for almost 40 years, and getting a primetime desk can nonetheless be tough. Not surprisingly, the Restaurant Week menu is filled with hearty choices like house-made meatballs in Sunday sauce, agnolotti carbonara, veal marsala and turtle cheesecake. Lunch ($25) and dinner ($40 and $55).
Floriana
1602 seventeenth St., NW
Take Ms. Vice President’s instance and cease at this 40-year-old Dupont Italian restaurant. The Restaurant Week menu is beneficiant and options time-tested signatures corresponding to lasagna with beef, béchamel and house-made mozzarella; chili-crusted New York strip; and ahi tuna over romesco sauce. Lunch ($55) and meals solely.
Rush
480 Seventh St., NW; 2250 Crystal Dr., Arlington
The Penn Quarter tapas home is José Andrés’ first restaurant, although 30 years later, nothing goes down in historical past. Style the place ThinkFoodGroup began along with your alternative of 5 tapas and desserts from a beneficiant menu, together with rooster croquettes, garlic prawns and pancakes with Catalan creme mousse (menus obtainable) right here). You may additionally discover cocktails and wine specials, together with a $30 glass of Cava. Lunch ($25) and dinner ($40).
Goose Sushi Bistro
1915 I St., NW
Chef Kaz Okochi helped set up DC’s inventive sushi scene at his downtown Japanese restaurant, which opened in 1999. Restaurant Week menus function a variety of Kaz classics – salmon nigiri with mango, tuna with olives, crispy candy rolls and inexperienced tea tiramisu. Dinner solely ($40 and $55).
Cottage
2813 M St., NW
Ablaze with hearth, the Georgetown eatery is transported to a unique time and place—assume French Village circa 1976 (the 12 months it opened). Ditto for a menu stuffed with classics (a few of that are arduous to seek out lately) corresponding to stew, sauteed veal liver, dover sole meunière and soufflés for dessert. Dinner solely ($40)..
New heights
2317 Calvert St., NW
Opened in 1986, the ethereal Woodley Park restaurant is underneath the brand new administration of Bolivian chef Jose Molina. The New American menu for Restaurant Week has some Latin affect—take Molina’s childhood favourite, peanut soup—and does not skimp on high quality substances. Entrees embrace filet mignon medallions, grilled branzino and rack of lamb – plus there is a complimentary glass of bubbly to start out. Lunch solely ($55)..
Ris
2275 L St., NW
Veteran DC chef Rhys Lacoste helms this casually elegant West Finish eating room. Anticipate New American dishes with a contact of consolation, like champagne-oyster stew, the ever-popular scallop margarita, leek-and-mustard-crusted salmon, and rooster Milanese. Lunch solely ($55)..
Sushi Taro
1503 seventeenth St., NW
The longtime Japanese favourite in Dupont has but to launch its Restaurant Week menu, but when previous expertise is right, it is among the finest Restaurant Week reservations on the town. Typical choices embrace recent sushi or sashimi, soups, and dishes cooked from the kitchen. Lunch solely ($55)..
Halberdier Tavern
1776 I St., NW
You would possibly consider José Andrés because the grandfather of Spanish delicacies, however this nice restaurant close to the White Home predates Jaleo by a number of years, having first been established in Madrid in 1974. The Previous World restaurant serves basic tapas and sangrias. , and paella. Be aware that the not-yet-released Restaurant Week specials can be found to go. Lunch ($25) and dinner ($40).
1789
1226 thirty sixth Road NW
This Georgetown mainstay is not as outdated as its identify suggests, however its Federal-era townhouse provides it loads of old-school appeal (plus, there’s greater than 60 years). Chef Adam Howard gives a three-course, $55 Restaurant Week menu with high quality eating touches — rabbit roulade, roasted duck with balsamic and black figs, and lemon-raspberry bavarian. Lunch solely ($55).
Meals editor
Anna Spiegel covers the foods and drinks scene in her native DC. Earlier than becoming a member of Washington in 2010, he attended the French Culinary Institute in New York and Columbia College’s MFA program, and held varied culinary and writing positions in New York and St. John, US Virgin Islands.
