DC, Maryland, Virginia’s Favorite Restaurants

• Kaz Sushi Bistro www.kazsushi.com – Foggy Bottom/Farragut West, DC
• Sushi Taro www.sushitaro.com – Dupont Circle, DC
• Kotobuki – www.kotobukiusa.com – Palisades area, DC

Italian

• Teatro Goldini  www.teatrogoldoni.com – Foggy Bottom DC
• Sette Osteria  www.setteosteria.com – I like the one in Clarendon
• Ella’s Pizza www.ellaspizza.com – Chinatown, DC

Belgium

• Belga Café www.belgacafe.com – Eastern Market, DC
• Brasserie Beck http://www.beckdc.com – Metro Center/McPherson Square, DC

Tea & Coffee

• Tryst www.trystdc.com -Adams Morgan, DC
• Café Bonaparte www.cafebonaparte.com – Georgetown, DC
• Teaism www.teaism.com – Various location, DC
• Illy’s Café www.yelp.com/biz/illy-cafe-washington – Farragut West, DC
• Leopold’s Kafe www.kafeleopolds.com – Georgetown, DC
• Le Pain Quotidien www.lepainquotidien.com – various locations, but I usually go to Bethesda, MD , Dupont, or Georgetown locations
• Filter’s Coffee House www.filtercoffeehouse.com – Dupont Circle

American

• Georgia’s Brown www.gbrowns.com – McPherson Square
• The Tasting Room  www.thetastingroomwinebar.com – Chevy Chase
• Central Michel Richard  www.centralmichelrichard.com – Federal Triangle
• Liberty Tavern www.thelibertytavern.com – Clarandon
• Blue Duck Tavern  www.blueducktavern.com – Foggy Bottom
• Match Box Chinatown www.matchboxchinatown.com – Chinatown and Eastern Market, but I usually go to Chinatown
• Old Ebbit Grill  www.ebbitt.com – Metro Center/McPherson

Spanish/Latino

• Jaleo www.jaleo.com – various locations, but I usually go to Penn Quarter/Chinatown
• Café Atlantico www.cafeatlantico.com – Penn Quater
• Ceiba  www.ceibarestaurant.com – McPherson Square/Metro Center

French

• Café Du Parc  www.cafeduparc.com – McPherson Square/Metro Center
• Bistro Du Coin  www.bistrotducoin.com – Dupont Circle

Mediterranean

• Zaytinya  www.zaytinya.com – Chinatown

Ethiopian

• Meskerem www.meskeremonline.com – U street

Burmese

• Burma Restaurant  www.yelp.com/biz/burma-restaurant-washington – Chinatown
• Mandalay Restaurant www.mandalayrestaurantcafe.net – Silver Spring, MD

Vietnamese

• Eden Center www.edencenter.com -Falls Church, VA

Thai

• Thai Square www.thaisquarerestaurant.com -Arlington, VA

Malaysian

• Malaysian Kopitiam  www.malaysiakopitiam.com – Farragut West/Foggy Bottom

Pan Asian

• TenPhen www.tenpenh.com – Federal Triangle

Burger

• Ray’s Hell Burger www.yelp.com/biz/rays-hell-burger-arlington-2 -Rosslyn, VA
• Good Stuff Eatery www.goodstuffeatery.com – Capitol Hill

Happy Hour (have good deals! And… apparently around my work! haha)

• Ping Pong Dim Sum www.pingpongdimsum.us – Chinatown
• Zaytinya – Chinatown (repeated)
• Gordon Biersch www.gordonbiersch.com – I go to Chinatown location
• Fado www.fadoirishpub.com -Chinatown
• Zengo www.richardsandoval.com/zengodc/ – Chinatown
• Bus Boys & Poets – www.busboysandpoets.com – U street location is MUCH better than Sherlington!!
• White Castle  www.whitecastle.com – Metro Center/Federal Triangle
• Vapiano www.vapianointernational.com – I go to Chinatown or Farragut North/West location
• Nando’s Peri Peri  www.nandosperiperi.com – I go to Chinatown location
• Zorba’s Café www.zorbascafe.com – Dupont Circle

Places that Cecilia wants to try these days – some of these are quite expensive, so I don’t know when it’s happening, but….^^;

• Ted’s Bulletin – www.tedsbulletin.com – Eastern Market
• Marcel’s www.marcelsdc.com – Foggy Bottom
• Michel Richard Citronelle  www.citronelledc.com – Georgetown
• Proof www.proofdc.com – Penn Quater
• Vidalia  www.vidaliadc.com – Foggy Bottom/Farragut North
• Kushi Izakaya & Sushi  eatkushi.tumblr.com – Mt. Vernon Square
• Temari  www.yelp.com/biz/temari-japanese-cafe-rockville – Rockville,  MD
• Sonoma www.sonomadc.com – Capitol Hill
• Churchkey   www.churchkeydc.com – Logan Circle
• RIS www.risdc.com – Foggy Bottom
• Palena www.palenarestaurant.com – Cleveland Park
• Black’s Bar and Kitchen www.blacksbarandkitchen.com – Bethesda, MD