Category Archives: Downtown

Georgia Brown’s

Georgia Brown’s, web site, 950 15th Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-393-4499. On the west side of the park, at the place where there appear to be two 15th Streets. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Economist | Washingtonian … Continue reading

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Singapore Bistro

Singapore Bistro, web site, 1134 19th Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-659-2660 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | City Paper | food-plan | openlist | Yelp | Gayot] Arguably this could go under Pan-Asian, but since they … Continue reading

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El Chalan

El Chalan, web site, 1924 Eye Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-293-2765 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | City Paper | openlist | Yelp] Peruvian food for the World Bank crowd, basically. Not an extensive menu but … Continue reading

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Couscous Cafe

Couscous Cafe, web site, 1195 20th Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-689-1233 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | food-plan | Don Rockwell] The owner is Algerian but I am told they have many Moroccan dishes, including bastillah. … Continue reading

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Chipotle

Chipotle, web site, numerous area locations. [Washingtonian | WaPo | food-plan | Don Rockwell | openlist | Yelp | Gayot] OK, let’s get the bad news out of the way up front. This is a chain. Even worse, it is … Continue reading

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Penang

Penang, web site, 1837 M Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-822-8770 (on the corner of 19th and M Streets NW, just down the block from Malaysia Kopitiam) (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper … Continue reading

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Malaysia Kopitiam

Malaysia Kopitiam, web site, 1827 M Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-833-6232 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Washingtonian | WaPo | City Paper | food-plan | Don Rockwell | openlist | Yelp | Gayot] DC location CLOSED – … Continue reading

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Bacchus — closed

Bacchus, web site, 1827 Jefferson Place NW, Washington, DC, 202-785-0735, closed Sundays. A bit south of Dupont Circle, doesn’t open for dinner until 6:00. There is also a branch in Bethesda: 7945 Norfolk Avenue, Bethesda, MD, 301-657-1722 (Metro Trip Planner … Continue reading

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Gabriel’s – Closed

Gabriel’s, Radisson Barcelo Hotel, 2121 P Street NW, Washington, DC, 202-956-6690 Closed. Now the Hotel Palomar. Formerly nouvelle Latin, but now only at brunch. It used to be a good restaurant, but I’ve yet to try the new regime. Look … Continue reading

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JCC Cafe

JCC Cafe, web site, 1529 16th Sreet NW, Washington, DC, 202-387-3246, inside the DC Jewish Community Center, (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [WaPo | openlist | Yelp] Supposed to be good, run by a French-trained chef who … Continue reading

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