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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.

Food

16 DC-Area Dining Trends We’re Sick Of

No more deconstructed desserts and deviled eggs, please
Food Trends, 100 Very Best Restaurants, Dining Trends  |  Jan 26, 2018
DC best restaurants 2018
Food

Métier Is the Best Restaurant in Washington

Here's a sneak peek of the top 25 restaurants on Washingtonian's 100 Very Best list for 2018
100 Very Best Restaurants, Metier  |  Jan 25, 2018
Maydan
Food

Michelle Obama Checks Out a New DC Dining Hotspot: Maydan

The former First Lady and White House chef dined out around 14th Street
Michelle Obama, Maydan, Compass Rose, Rose Previte  |  Jan 23, 2018
Food

12 Great Bars for Day Drinking Around DC

For when drinks can't wait until the weekend...or noon
Brunch Around DC, Bars, Day Drinking  |  Jan 23, 2018
Food

5 New DC-Area Breakfast Spots Worth Waking Up For

Get your day started with rice congee or breakfast tacos
Breakfast, Taco Bamba, Little Pearl, Brothers and Sisters  |  Jan 19, 2018
Food

These Are the Best Dishes in Washington Right Now

A luxe grilled cheese, sea-urchin flan, and 27 more of the best things we ate in 2017.
DC Restaurants, Best Thing I Ate, Best Stories of 2017  |  Jan 18, 2018
Flan with blood orange at Del Mar, a Spanish restaurant at the Wharf. Photograph by Scott Suchman.
Food

A Food Editor’s Guide to the Best of DC Winter Restaurant Week 

New hotspots, the biggest (and best-looking!) menus, and date night ideas
Restaurant Week, Winter Restaurant Week  |  Jan 17, 2018
Chloe, Haidar Karoum
Food

7 Exciting New DC Bars and Restaurants to Try This Weekend

Hotspots at The Line hotel, the new cafe/wine bar from the Pineapple and Pearls crew, and a balmy winter bar.
Restaurant Openings Around DC, New Restaurants, Brothers and Sisters, Unconventional Diner  |  Jan 12, 2018
Food

Suck It, Avocado Toast. These 6 Toasts Are Way Better.

Uni toast > smashed green blah
Himitsu, Tail Up Goat, Little Pearl, avocado toast  |  Jan 10, 2018
Tulips, Reese Gardner
Food

Irish Whiskey Is Now a Fine Dining Restaurant with $36 Entrees and a Fancy Toast Menu

Restaurateur Reese Gardner goes "casual fine dining" with Tulips
Restaurant Openings Around DC, Tulips, Irish Whiskey, Reese Gardner  |  Jan 10, 2018
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