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The city's best tables, markets and bars, chosen by the writers who live there.
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Dirty Habit | The Glass House 4.3 · 2,465 diner reviews555 8th Street NW, 20004Book a table →
Urban Roast 4.3 · 2,494 diner reviews916 G St NW Ste C-1, 20001-4571Book a table →
MXDC 4.3 · 2,525 diner reviews1610 14th St NW, 20009Book a table →
Brasserie Liberté 4.3 · 2,713 diner reviews3251 Prospect St NW, 20007Book a table →
Urban Roast: The Wharf 4.0 · 68 diner reviews620 Maine Ave SW, 20024-3556Book a table →
The Delegate 4.2 · 204 diner reviews901 L Street, NW, 20001Book a table →
Sports & Social - DC 4.0 · 70 diner reviews1314 U St NW, 20009Book a table →
Peacock Alley - Waldorf Astoria DC 4.2 · 208 diner reviews1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 20004-2501Book a table →
Gordon Ramsay Street Pizza - Washington DC 4.2 · 211 diner reviews501 7th St NW, 20004Book a table →
Lima Twist 4.1 · 106 diner reviews1411 K St NW, 20005-3404Book a table →
ZOOZ 4.2 · 213 diner reviews636 Maine Ave SW, 20024Book a table →
Lucha Rosa 4.0 · 72 diner reviews1011 K St NW 13th floor, 20001Book a table →
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Markets
A Weekend Alone in Washington Beyond the MonumentsTwo days of markets, ranger tours, communal tables and general-admission rooms in a city that is much easier to travel alone than most visitors expect.
Washington DC Farmers Markets Worth Getting Up ForFifteen Washington markets ranked by what is worth eating at eight in the morning, with opening times, real prices and a straight answer on which ones can take a group.
Tables
Woodley Park in Washington, from Zoo gates to Rock CreekFree Zoo passes, two bridges over the Rock Creek gorge and the Connecticut Avenue dinner strip, in a Washington district you can walk end to end.
Walking The Wharf and Southwest Waterfront in WashingtonThe Washington Channel boardwalk runs for a mile, past an 1805 crab market, a cruciform granite memorial and a rooftop pool.
A Day and Night in Shaw, Washington's Black BroadwayWashington's oldest stages, its soul food counters and four Michelin kitchens all sit within a few blocks of each other, and this is how I plan a day around them.
Pacing a First Washington DC Trip Around Museums and MealsTwo museums a day, a proper lunch two blocks off the Mall, and evenings in Georgetown, Capitol Hill and U Street: how a first Washington trip actually works.
How to Eat Washington DC from Georgetown to the WharfA first-timer's eating route across Washington DC, west to east: what to order, what it costs, and which rooms will seat a group.
Bars
Washington's H Street NE, from Hopscotch Bridge to the AtlasHead east from Union Station on a weekday and you pass a free Deaf history museum, four small theatres, Belgian mussels and cocktails poured until 3 a.m.
Washington's Logan Circle and 14th Street on footA walking route through Washington's Logan Circle rowhouses and the 14th Street strip, with the door rules, closed days and bookings that set the order.
Late Plates and Loud Rooms in Columbia Heights, Washington DCLao heat, Ethiopian platters, a heated roof deck and a Sunday drum circle: how to eat and spend an evening in the part of Washington DC that isn't putting on a show for visitors.
Washington Beyond the MonumentsBeyond the marble and the monuments, Washington's real culture runs through Shaw, U Street, H Street NE, and Petworth — go-go music, Ethiopian food, and rooftops built for groups, not photo ops.
The Capital Drinks Better Now: Washington DC's Cocktail Revival After DarkA calm, honest walk through the bars that turned the capital into a genuine cocktail city — which rooms to book, which to hunt for, and which suit a couple or a crowd.
Where to sleep in Washington: the Washington hotel directory