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Image: Bloomin’ and an onion. Last Updated: April 2025 Overview: Casa Teresa is the anchor restaurant in the large food court at International Square. Chef Rubén Garcia, whose resume includes time at minibar is doing more traditional Spanish here, and it is very good. The traditional focus starts with an open fire oven fueled by […]
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Image: Out of its shell and sauced. Last Updated: April 2025 Overview: An add-on space off the backside of the Wagshal’s deli in Spring Vally puts out really good Trinidadian comfort food. Staples like doubles folded into taco form with side sauce and slaw to add on, or hot pepper shrimp and jerk chicken that […]
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Last Updated: April 2025 Overview: To enter La Chaumière is to be transported to a different world and different time. With big wood beams and an open fireplace (weather appropriate) in the center of the long hall, it invokes a spell to draw forth the French countryside. With old-school waiters in ties and black vests […]
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Image: Hearty veggies. Last Updated: March 2025 Overview: The team behind Aracosia in Virginia and Bistro Aracosia in the Palisades have added a two-story shoebox of a spot on M Street in Georgetown. The reputation of the Aracosia places is well-earned, and the magic carries over to Afghania. The stewed meats and vegetables, mostly in […]
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Image: Something good. Last Updated: March 2025 Overview: Rimtang occupies two cozy floors just off M Street in Georgetown where they serve Thai that is comforting but a bit more serious than comfort food. It is also a very good option at not that expensive a price point – at least for Georgetown. Though the […]
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Image: Shrooms for the soul. Last Updated: May 2025 NOTE: Haikan closed at the beginning of May 2025. Overview: Haikan is one of three ramen places opened by the Daikaya team, the others being Daikaya itself and chicken-centric Bantam King. (Hatoba at Navy Yard sadly came and went). Unlike Daikaya, Haikan is a big inviting […]
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Image: It is great in summer, but works in other seasons too. Last Updated: January 2025 Overview: Federalist Pig made its name by taking barbecue seriously. It expanded its space on Columbia Road for a larger indoor dining area, but it is still a simple, no-frills kind of spot. It has also expanded the menu […]
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Image: Bursting Last Updated: January 2025 Overview: Apapacho Taqueria takes over the space recently vacated by Las Gemalas, with little changes to the décor. But it is a new place and a new team, who came from the excellent fine-dining Mexican restaurant Maiz64. The closing of Maiz64 is 14th Street’s loss and Union Market’s gain. […]
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