100 Very Best Restaurants

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Rank	Restaurant	Location	Cuisine	Price
1	Fiola Mare	DC	Italian, Seafood	$$$$
2	Komi	DC	Mediterranean	$$$$
3	Little Serow	DC	Thai	$$$
4	Convivial	DC	American, French	$$
5	Rasika and Rasika West End	DC	Indian	$$
6	Plume	DC	American	$$$$
7	Bad Saint	DC	Filipino	$$
8	The Inn at Little Washington	VA	American	$$$$
9	Casa Luca	DC	Italian	$$$
10	Izakaya Seki	DC	Japanese	$$
11	The Source	DC	Chinese, Pan-Asian	$$$$
12	Masseria	DC	Italian	$$$$
13	Garrison	DC	American	$$$
14	Vin 909 Winecafé	MD	American, Pizza	$$
15	Proof	DC	American	$$$
16	Maketto	DC	Cambodian, Taiwanese	$$
17	Blue Duck Tavern	DC	American	$$$$
18	Bistro Bis	DC	French	$$$$
19	Central Michel Richard	DC	American, French	$$$
20	Marcel’s	DC	French	$$$$
21	Rose’s Luxury	DC	American	$$$
22	Minibar	DC	Modern, American	$$$$
23	Fiola	DC	Italian	$$$$
24	Estadio	DC	Spanish	$$
25	Sushi Capitol	DC	Japanese	$$
26	Jaleo	DC, MD, VA	Spanish	$$
27	Preserve	MD	American	$$$
28	The Riggsby	DC	American	$$$
29	Clarity	VA	American	$$$
30	Le Diplomate	DC	French	$$$
31	Bibiana	DC	Italian	$$$
32	2Amys	DC	Italian, Pizza	$$
33	Ananda	MD	Indian	$$
34	Rice Paper	VA	Vietnamese	$
35	Obelisk	DC	Italian	$$$$
36	Kapnos and Kapnos Taverna	DC, VA	Greek	$$
37	DBGB Kitchen and Bar	DC	American, French	$$$
38	Mintwood Place	DC	American, French	$$$
39	The Red Hen	DC	Italian	$$
40	Iron Gate	DC	Mediterranean	$$-$$$
41	Ray’s the Steaks	VA	Steakhouse	$$
42	Del Campo	DC	South American, Steak	$$$$
43	The Bombay Club	DC	Indian	$$$
44	Inferno Pizzeria Napoletana	MD	Italian, Pizza	$$
45	Sushi Sono	MD	Japanese	$$$
46	Woodberry Kitchen	MD	American	$$$
47	Thip Khao	DC	Laotian	$
48	The Ashby Inn & Restaurant	VA	American	$$$$
49	Osteria Morini	DC	Italian	$$$
50	Restaurant Eve	VA	American, Filipino	$$$$
51	The Dabney	DC	American	$$$
52	Momofuku CCDC	DC	American, Pan-Asian	$$
53	The Restaurant at Patowmack Farm	VA	American, Modern	$$$$
54	Etto	DC	Italian, Pizza	$$
55	Zaytinya	DC	Greek, Lebanese, Turkish	$$
56	Green Pig Bistro	VA	American	$$
57	Ghibellina	DC	Italian, Pizza	$$
58	Baby Wale	DC	American	$$
59	Nido	DC	Mediterranean	$$
60	Petit Louis Bistro	MD	French	$$$
61	Smokehouse Live	VA	American, Barbecue	$
62	Graffiato	DC	Italian, Pizza	$$
63	Mokomandy	VA	Cajun, Korean	$$$
64	Ruan Thai	MD	Thai	$
65	Hank’s Oyster Bar	DC	American, Seafood	$$
66	Daikaya Ramen	DC	Japanese	$
67	Crane & Turtle	DC	French, Japanese	$$$
68	Johnny’s Half Shell	DC	American, Seafood	$$$
69	Centrolina	DC	Italian	$$$$
70	Toki Underground	DC	Taiwanese	$$
71	China Chilcano	DC	Peruvian, Chinese	$$
72	G by Mike Isabella	DC	Italian, Sandwiches	$-$$$
73	Chez Billy and Chez Billy Sud	DC	French	$$$
74	Peter Chang	VA, MD	Chinese	$$
75	Sushiko	MD	Japanese	$$
76	Equinox	DC	American	$$$$
77	Et Voila!	DC	Belgian, French	$$
78	Trapezaria	MD	Greek	$$
79	Ardeo & Bardeo	DC	American	$$$
80	Wildwood Kitchen	MD	Mediterranean	$$$
81	L’Auberge Chez François and Jacques’ Brasserie	VA	French	$$-$$$$
82	The Partisan	DC	American	$$$
83	Urban Butcher	MD	American	$$
84	Brasserie Beck	DC	Belgian, French	$$$
85	Pearl Dive Oyster Palace	DC	American, Seafood	$$
86	PassionFish	VA, MD	American, Seafood	$$$
87	La Limeña	MD	Peruvian	$
88	Doi Moi	DC	Thai, Vietnamese	$$
89	Ripple	DC	American	$$$
90	Taqueria el Mexicano	MD	Mexican	$
91	BlackSalt	DC	American, Seafood	$$$
92	Lyon Hall	VA	French, German	$$
93	Compass Rose	DC	International	$$
94	Nostos	VA	Greek	$$
95	Republic	MD	American	$$
96	Ser	VA	Spanish	$$
97	Black Market Bistro	MD	American	$$
98	Rus Uz	VA	Russian, Uzbek	$$
99	Passage to India	MD	Indian	$$
100	Lupo Verde	DC	Italian	$$$

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Ann Limpert

Executive Food Editor/Critic

Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.

Anna Spiegel

Food Editor

Anna Spiegel covers the dining and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held various cooking and writing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.