Tag: Eastern Mediterranean

Lazizi Halal Cuisine

.Reading time 3 minutes.

Image: Meat and three. Last Updated: December 2025 Overview: With very little fanfare, H Street got a three-fer.  A restaurant doing really good South Asian dishes, and Mediterranean dishes, and a zero-proof cocktail program. Lazizi Halal Cuisine comes from the former owner of community-minded Sakina Grill, who appears to have bounced back from post-covid era […]

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Namak

.Reading time 4 minutes.

Image: Octopus. Last Updated: October 2024 Overview: Namak is very good.  The dishes have a subtlety, even some that sound pretty standard, that makes you stop and take notice.  The food reflects the Iranian roots of one of the owners and the Turkish cuisine of the chef, and draws from the greater region as well. […]

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Villa Yara

.Reading time 6 minutes.

Image: Veggies Last Updated: January 2024 Overview: The setting at Villa Yara is so well done with warmth and color that it seems ready made for diners to take pictures to post.  Flowery ornaments overhead and a bar as you enter, give way to a long dining room with faded pink pastel accents, that leads […]

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