Washington DC - Restaurants - American

2275 L St. NW, Washington DC 20037
202-730-2500

Ris

Single-syllable restaurateur hunkers on ground floor of Ritz-Carlton residences. Local star chef Ris Lacoste keeps an honest menu for honest palates; trades visual frills for taste bud thrills. Ele... read more

2404 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington DC 20007
202-333-3877

Kitchen 2404

Beige brick shopfront opens into split-level, barely-themed diner for Glover Park palates. Soul food classics meet Cape Cod presentation: thumbs up lumpy lobster mac n' cheese, authentic po' boys, ... read more

1211 U St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-667-8880

Ben's Next Door

Your super popular restaurant is now a pilgrimage site for civil rights buffs and your faithful local clientele is becoming disaffected by the tourist crowds. Do you a) Buy the place next door and ... read more

2100 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Washington DC 20008
202-835-2100

The Jockey Club

What comes before retro? Reblossoming of Washington's premiere politico dining refuge is a quiet hit among class-conscious, alas target market is mostly dead. Ghosts of Kennedys past play with gran... read more

1443 P St. NW, Washington DC 20005
202-299-0018

Commissary

Mockup of unrealized 50-state franchise has Springsteen's people talking to Hilfiger's people. Menu reads like Top Chef elimination challenge at the Costco frozen food aisle. All-day breakfast lea... read more

2444 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington DC 20007
202-337-0004

Surfside

Waikiki, Phuket, Bondi, and Daytona. Gidget the beach concept makes fish tacos hip by urbanizing the love shack. Key West color scheme reintroduces sea foam green. Menu scrawled in happy font acros... read more

2401 M St. NW, Washington DC 20037
202-457-5020

Juniper

Washington's very own Bellagio-style experience takes place at the Fairmont's choicest bijou restaurant. Fresh flowers in pots. Dusty, neutral tones indoors or primavera outdoor dining. Slightly un... read more

1438 U St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-667-1661

Station 9

Post-modern post office upgrades into urban lounge space with tinted windows contrasting age-old Corinthian columns. Square lamps, white rectangle couches, and ultra clean surfaces leave the fun t... read more

775 G St. NW, Washington DC 20001
202-737-7663

Proof

This earthy urban restaurant and wine bar adds a hint of homeyness to the otherwise glittering showoffs that surround it in the Penn Quarter neighborhood. Chatty friends slip into grommeted leather... read more

1601 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-667-1601

Circa

The capital's first community table remains communal. Families--nuclear, spontaneous, and otherwise--gather for chatty meals and a fruity cosmo or two. Wrinkle-free Eurocrats took over the sidewa... read more

2021 14th St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-387-7638

Busboys & Poets

“I have a dream” said MLK - but who’s living it now? A see-no-color crowd that breaks pita bread in this glass-walled eatery the size of Sears. The armchair revolution... read more

1624 Q St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-462-4265

Hank's Oyster Bar

Provincetown drops its mainsail in Dupont. Just like that, the straights board the ship and raise their flag. Awesome oysters draw a standing ovation from across town. Simply charming neighborho... read more

5031 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington DC 20008
202-364-0777

Buck's Fishing & Camping

If you actually go camping, nothing you cook tastes this good. Pray the suspended canoe doesn't fall on your head, wonder if it's still seaworthy. DC diners who have yet to change their driver's li... read more

1301 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington DC 20004
202-464-4461

Chef Geoff's

Tried and true, pre-theatre, business dinner favorite in Federal Triangle. Dark glass windows and perky signage hidden beneath canyon of layered office buildings on Pennsylvania Ave. Buttery matte ... read more

2459 18th St. NW, Washington DC 20009
202-332-2331

Tryst

Craigslist missed connection: M4W, You, brunette braids, pink camisole, chocolate-painted toenails. Curled up on plaid Brady Bunch couch next to a pile of law books, iBook balanced on one knee "stu... read more

2004 18th St NW, Washington DC 20009
202-265-7828

Duplex Diner

One part gay bar, two parts Arnold's Drive-In from Happy Days. Grown-up gay boys (age 30-50) cinch their best denim and pick one of three options: get gossipy in the vinyl booths, "watch the game" ... read more

3251 Prospect St. NW, Washington DC 20007
202-625-2740

Peacock Café

Sip fresh smoothies amid preppy families in popped-collar polos, the post-Church hyper political set and a few nipped-and-tucked socials. They all converge at this airy locale, and they want to be ... read more

1225 19th St NW, Washington DC 20036
(202) 293-9091

The Palm

New York fine dining visits DC country cousins under the behest of George Bush the first. Resulting "American fare" menu pulled straight out of The Godfather–you know, back when the mafia st... read more

101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington DC 20001
202-547-8100

Charlie Palmer Steak

Easy decisions made easy: the well-known restauranteur does DC right in the UBC building a few minutes from the Hill. What's more American than red meat and potatoes or the Brooks Brothers-clad You... read more

1333 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington DC 20036
(202) 296-6500

The Front Page

Made-for-TV watering hole but above ground and with better bar banter. Sprawling, multi-level restaurant and grill (with an ‘e') feeds the lawyers upstairs, gets countless interns drunk on Wh... read more

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