Some of the best flavors of any new restaurant in town, we think. Open now : 09:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Best restaurants in the D.C. area: Tom Sietsema's favorites in April No delivery or takeout. A shortage of staff meant a delay in seating guests in the dining room, which partially opened recently. The most fanciful finish is coconut ice cream showered with wok-roasted peanuts, strewn with threads of egg yolk sweetened with simple syrup and dropped off in a coconut shell. Baan Siam, whose handsome dining room I cant wait to spend time in once its safe, goes the extra mile. Reservations recommended via Resy. Other places might write happy anniversary on a plate in chocolate. Wheelchair users can enter through a side door; ADA-compliant restroom. The bottom line at the restaurant: Make it delicious and pretty and give customers a sense of value, whether its one bite or a platter, says Silverman. As Marler shared via text, We really just want to see where these adventures lead us and continue to have fun with it all.. Takeout via Toast. No barriers to entry; ADA-compliant restroom. Hes onto something: generous portions of serious cooking. I just wanted to do one thing as good as I can, says the chef. Robert Sietsema's 15 Best Dishes of 2020 Our senior critic champions barbecued pork, a carbohydrate-only sandwich, and delicate scallop crudo eaten in a backyard garden by Robert Sietsema. Open wide for oxtail birria starring beef-fat tortillas and a steaming teacup of reduced braising juices, a dunk like no other. The chef uses local ingredients and Indian techniques to come up with such intriguing dishes as a chicken kebab plied with blue cheese, sour cream and cream cheese and set on a pool of spiced sour cherry sauce, a nice foil to the rich meat. Trust me when I tell you: Bammys goes down like a day at the beach. Who needs flowers in the house when theres carryout from Anju? The interior feels as alive as the man behind the menu. The former White House chef even manages to make cabbage seductive. Looking for a party room? A dinner from this big-hearted restaurant, whose seating now spills onto the street, is almost guaranteed to result in tonights midnight snack or tomorrows lunch. The kitchen, under the watch of chef Robert Cain, is as reliable as ever. The candles on the tables are oyster shells filled with wax. Same for the earthy-sweet beets, which also get a stab of heat from jalapeos. From my flower- and linen-dressed table next to a koi pond in the tented garden, I marvel at the honey-lit interior rooms and the focused attention one dapper gent pays to his female companion. The pandemic prompted this Italian charmer to take reservations for the first time in 31 years. Dont eat meat? Located where The Washington Post once stood on 15th Street NW, Dauphines nails so many delicious details, its as if youre enjoying them in the city that more or less put them on the map. Conversation slows when spoons meet flan; the king of custards warrants a worshipful reaction. Kenya native and self-trained chef Kevin Onyona poured $2 million into transforming a basement dining room (the one-time Vidalia) near the corridors of power into an upscale African statement. Seemingly a bushel of arugula shows up with a hailstorm of pistachios, goat cheese crumbles and juicy blackberries. Recipients might have to play sous-chef and reheat something, but any directions are easy to follow and the color-coded packaging keeps you from mixing up garnishes. I rediscovered a chill pill this summer that doesnt involve a prescription. Berbere, the Ethiopian spice blend that torches whatever it touches. He grew up watching his mother cook the food of their homeland and was raised to pick and choose the best of Korean and American cultures. Bobby Jones, the chef and co-owner of one of Marylands prize crab destinations, says his seafood restaurant 10 miles north of Annapolis was inspired by long-ago summer family gatherings at his grandmothers little creekside rancher on Kent Island. The cafe Yellow adjacent is just as great for coffee and wonderful baked goods. Takeout and delivery. Only in July did Flamant reopen for dining, and then with a four-course, $75 tasting menu. Limited indoor seating (two stools at a counter). A recent dinner found us tucking into risotto swollen with what tasted like a forest of porcini mushrooms, lamb ragu humming with red wine and rosemary, and pork tenderloin nearly upstaged by its roast potatoes and creamy borlotti beans.

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