A Navigation Tool for Dining in DC
Image: Leftovers likely. Last Updated: May 2026 NOTE: The restaurant closed. Will be replaced by a bank. A true loss for the District. Overview: It is a big bright room looking out onto 14 Street. On weekends, groups of people gather outside waiting for a table. Inside a team bustles, swerving between the many tables […]
Read More
Image: Lumpia. Last Updated: June 2025 Overview: There is a certain amount of sprawl associated with Purple Patch. Taking advantage of covid-era rules, it expanded its footprint to a huge streatery out front, in addition to the multiple rooms inside the old building where it resides (Note: they took down the streatery in July 2026).. […]
Read More
Image: Lined-up, knocked down. Last Updated: June 2025 Overview: The little, old school shop is as Eater says “iconic” and a “mainstay.” It became something of a mini-phenom during the covid-induced take-out era of eating. It has a longer menu, but we tend to stick to the standards of vegetables and beef tibs. The hearty […]
Read More
Image: Salad! Last Updated: May 2025 Overview: A friend who has spent time in Southeast Asia and doesn’t go for the fancy spots left a post-it on our desk to tell us that Baan Mae is the best SE Asian food in D.C. We can understand the enthusiasm. Like its predecessor at this address it […]
Read More
Image: Orange you glad? Last Updated: May 2025 Overview: Located across the alley from Maydan and another installment of charm and energy in Rose Previte’s small empire that started with Compass Rose, Medina is primarily a bar where the food is Middle Eastern and North African, the drinks are fun, and the setting is sexy. […]
Read More
Image: Golden. Last Updated: December 2025 NOTE: Rosedale closed in late 2025 (sadly). Will soon be a coastal Indian spot from the same restaurant group. Overview: D.C. restaurateur Ashok Bajaj continues a post-covid trend of going where the people are. In the work-from-home world that means getting out of downtown for his new place and […]
Read More
Image: Winner, winner. Last Updated: April 2025 Overview: Maketto is unique. It is also such a great neighborhood spot that it seems like nearly everyone would like to go. It is a place to hang out, a place to gather, and a place to eat very serious food. It is pan-Asian in approach with the […]
Read More
Image: Sunny on the inside. Last Updated: November 2025 Overview: Bucking the downtown is doomed trend, The Square opened a set of counter-service spots plus a bar and a proper sitdown restaurant spread out across the giant atrium in the International Square building. The two guys behind the project are chefs Richie Brandenburg, who does […]
Read More