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Partake of this civilized tradition with variations that range from orange pekoe to green to oolong.
Savory cold cuts, meatballs and pates are layered with crisp veggies and served on baguettes.
A renaissance already has begun in the Shaw, LeDroit Park and Bloomingdale neighborhoods,which surround the Howard. Walk a few blocks in any direction and you'll find several restaurants and bars, many of them opened in the past few years.
There's nothing like a warm and hearty brunch. Here are some of our favorites.
Chewy tapioca bubbles enhance these sweet tea-infused drinks, which originated in Taiwan.
Five Guys started a burger boom. Here are some top spots that aren't on every corner. Yet.
Dining dollars go further at these local restaurants.
Cheese plates are common, but a few restaurants deliver standouts, offering sweet/nutty/biting flavors that go well with a good wine.
Step away from the Whitman's Sampler. Our area is awash in boutique chocolate shops that will let you select your own assortment for a sweetheart.
Food section staffers visited 25 reputable seafood establishments in search of Washington's best crab cake. Here are their top selections. (Read the full results of our taste test here).
Maryland-style crab soup, a tomato-based, veggie-rich Chesapeake Bay specialty, is worth a trip.
The traditional French treat has become trendy in Washington. Some formidable choices:
These indulgent treats are now ubiquitous in our area, at a not-insignificant $3 or so apiece. You'll find mini-cakes that merit the dough at these heavenly-smelling shops.
The most crave-worthy sweets in Washington are refined closers to memorable meals and whimsical revivals of childhood treats. And sometimes, they're simpler pleasures, the kind that arrive in paper cups.
Translating as 'heart's delight,' these appetizer-size Chinese dishes traditionally are delivered via carts.
Our fingers are sticky, we've loosened our belts a few notches and our eyes are glazed over. We have tasted and retasted, scored and rescored more than 250 doughnuts weighing more than 50 pounds, all in a quest to crown Washington's best.
Where to find snails in the traditional French preparation of garlic, butter and parsley -- and tasty variations.
Our large Ethiopian community makes a richly spiced, and caffeinated, contribution to the local dining culture.
If you need to entertain a client or just want to give yourself a treat, here are 11 fine dining restaurants offering weekday fixed-price specials. Lunch hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
It's getting hard to keep track of D.C.'s fleet of mobile food purveyors, which seems to get larger every month. Here are a few of our favorite curb-side kitchens:
Birthdays, going-away parties, engagement parties, you name it: If you're planning a large gathering over dinner, look to these restaurants first.
Enjoy a hearty bowl of winter's perfect comfort food.
Fries vary wildly in flavor, texture and temperature. Here are delicious spuds worth every crispy calorie.
Let's just get this out of the way at the beginning: Grilled cheese isn't the kind of delicacy that requires the sure hand of a trained chef. But should you choose to indulge outside the home, we'll steer you toward these great examples of the childhood favorite.
Our area isn't known for standout N'awlins fare, but we found great examples of this thick, Southern classic.
Hot dog stands dot the street corners, and there's always Ben's Chili Bowl, but here are some of the city's more tempting options.
We find it hard to turn down ice cream in any form, whether it's an old-fashioned double scoop or curly swirl of frozen yogurt.
Find primi and secondi that excels at these Italian establishments.
Juice bars are sprouting up across the region, and we stopped at several to sample the trend: Nearly all press their juices fresh, eschew added sugar and pasteurization, and recommend customers drink up within a day or two. Many also offer a pretty pie-in-the-sky accounting of the health benefits of carrots, wheatgrass and coconut water. We're not sold on the life-altering claims, but we can get behind any way to consume more veggies.
Grabbing a post-drink meal or midnight snack once meant heading to a diner or big-slice joint. Today, a growing number of Washington-area eateries are keeping the fires burning till the wee hours; suddenly, midnight is prime time for crepes, Korean fried chicken, kimchi hotdogs, Philly-style hoagies and good-old fashioned pie.
Our picks of the classic to contemporary takes on the familiar dish in and around Washington.
Straw? Spoon? No matter how you eat them, these cool options are worth the calorie splurge.
Is your non-picky eater tired of chicken fingers? At these places, kids can order items such as pint-size meze platters or starter sushi rolls.
Brunch options are getting more elaborate -- chicken schnitzel, anyone? -- but sometimes you just want to tuck into a pile of flapjacks.
Satisfy a sweet tooth with a slice of perfection from one of these local bakeries
Although we don't have a homegrown style, we do have a stable of great chefs and pizzaiolos riffing on classic styles in restaurants and bars that fit any mood. Whether you're looking for pizza and a great beer, pizza with the game or just a place for pizza with the family, there's something in the area that's just right for you.
In town for the International Aids Conference? A hotel continental breakfast won't cut it for a long day at the Convention Center. Here are some cool places to find coffee and a hearty breakfast, or get in a working lunch during the day.
Plan your next meeting at one of these cozy eateries, where you are welcome to get lost in conversation.
Some restaurants offer great prix-fixe deals. Others are just reliable eateries to know about near performance spaces.
In addition to its top-notch productions of cutting-edge contemporary theater, the Studio Theatre is in a great neighborhood for dining out. Here are some of our favorites in the area.
Want to hear your dining partner(s)? Here are some restaurants conducive to intimate conversation.
Hosting for Thanksgiving is a balancing act. You have to get the house in order, make sure that everyone's special diet is accommodated, remain gracious and pull off a picture-perfect feast. Spare yourself the extra anxiety by picking up dessert from one of these Washington-area bakeries or restaurants, listed in alphabetical order. Consider them your sweet reward.
Whether you're in search of meat-free dining or trying to find that Holy Grail of dining -- an eatery that turns out innovative dishes for meat-eaters and vegetarians alike -- these restaurants deliver.
Birthdays, anniversaries and other special dates are best celebrated over an intimate meal.
The night before you hit the streets for a big road race, you'll want a delicious meal.
At these shops, the act of piling toppings and slathering condiments onto bread is elevated to an art form.
Washington may not be on the coast, but the fish dishes at these restaurants whisk us to the seaside.
Even in spite of more restrictive ethics rules, Washington will probably always be known for its clubby, lobbyist-friendly steakhouses.
Salivate for the taste of fresh, raw fish? Here are our top picks for the Japanese staple.
If you're looking for superlative meat-free version of the classic juicy burger, look no further.
It's high season for county and state fairs, and while you have to be in the suburbs for the rides, demolition derbies and pig races, you can find the culinary traditions of the fairgrounds at city restaurants. Here are a few places to get your fix of corn dogs, cotton candy and fried candy bars. Or, explore a real county fair
Unlike the dozens of reviews in my fall collection, whose topic varies from year to year, this season's batch of subjects is smaller and connected by a single question: How do 15 previously reviewed restaurants stack up today?
The old-fashioned, sit-down weekday breakfast may be hard to find, but it's not extinct. Writers for the Food and Weekend sections combed the region for fare so good, you'll want to put down your BlackBerry and savor the morning meal again.
In photos: Washington's best breakfasts
A bumper crop of interesting new restaurants in Washington means I'm serving you a very different menu from just a year ago for my 14th Fall Dining Guide. While the theme remains the same -- favorites -- my suggestions reflect a much-changed landscape. It's telling that only 15 of my 40 picks from last October made it onto the 2013 list. More than any previous fall dining guide, this one revels in Washington. Favorites stand out from the pack, often for their food, but also for the way they make us feel. Here's hoping my favorites become yours.
We called on readers again to point us to their favorite dishes, this time with one major (dietary) restriction: We were going meat-free. An avalanche of vegan and vegetarian suggestions poured forth via e-mail, on Facebook and Twitter, and via the blog. It turns out, this is what we actually eat: Brownies. Thick, carb-loaded sandwiches. Pizza. Pho. Tacos. Deep-fried cheese. See these and dozens of other indulgences that drew readers' raves, below, and be sure to check out the photo gallery, with a photo of each dish. See our staff favorites here.
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