Duck two methods at Mallard. Photograph by John Rorapaugh for LeadingDC.
Throughout Winter Restaurant Week—from Monday, January 27 to Sunday, February 2—over 200 eating places will supply three-course brunch, lunch, and dinner menus starting from $25 to $65. Wish to try a brand new spot? Listed here are a dozen to think about, all a 12 months outdated or much less.
1010 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Philadelphia-based James Beard winner Ellen Yin opened her West Finish small plates spot in September. The eating room, a part of the AKA Lodge, will supply $35 lunch and $65 dinner menus, with dishes like chickpea panisse with squash tahina; a Little Gem salad with black-lime dressing; and duck-leg confit with smoked-date jus. Come for dinner to attempt the restaurant’s Paris-Brest for 2—or wind issues down at both meal with Fats Cat, a uncooked cow’s milk cheese.
333 G St., NW
Pepe Moncayo, the chef behind Penn Quarter restaurant Cranes, just lately opened Spanish eatery Arrels in Judiciary Sq.’s Arlo Lodge. Its $35 lunch and $65 dinner menus can have choices like mushroom espresso; squid-ink fideua; and Basque pumpkin cheesecake.
1520 14th St., NW
Bar Japonais—from the homeowners of Bar Chinois— fuses Japanese and French strategies and substances in Logan Circle. The restaurant’s $55 dinner choices embrace spicy or salted edamame; teriyaki bavette steak; pork-belly okonomiyaki; and tofu katsu. End the meal with miso-and-caramel-accented chocolate mousse or ginger crème brûlée.
550 Morse St., NE
The culinary group behind DC establishments Clyde’s and Previous Ebbitt Grill welcomed Cordelia Fishbar in October. The Union Market restaurant, which serves Spanish-inspired seafood and inventive cocktails, is planning a $65 dinner menu. Begin with appetizers like coal-roasted oysters with fermented-pork butter or smoked trout veloute earlier than diving into mains from the charcoal oven, like bluefin tuna or Iberico pork. All meals include a aspect dish of your alternative, equivalent to gigante beans or crispy potatoes, in addition to a alternative of six desserts.
901 Fourth St., NW
This buzzy coastal Italian spot from the Osteria Morini group and Caruso’s Grocery chef Matt Adler has been open for nearly a 12 months, and the Mount Vernon Triangle restaurant is planning three-course brunch ($25) and dinner ($40) menus. Weekend mornings, anticipate selections like truffle omelets, breakfast pasta salad, and house-baked cornettos. At dinner, there’s burrata with pistachios and mint, chittara alla vongole, a gelato sundae and extra.
2404 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Downstairs from chef Danny Lledó’s tasting room Xiquet is his brand-new El Taller del Xiquet, which provides conventional Valencian meals in a extra informal setting. For the restaurant’s $65 dinner—which Lledó is serving all month lengthy—there’s seafood salpicón in oyster cream sauce; Iberico paella; carrot cake with carrot sorbet; and various mignardises. Wine pairings are $35 extra.
1337 14th St., NW
Former Vidalia chef Hamilton Johnson oversees the kitchen at upscale Southern restaurant Mallard, which took over the outdated Birch and Barley house in September. It’ll serve $35 two-course brunch and $55 three-course dinner menus. At evening, select a snack, small plate, and important course from the common menu. Choices embrace chicken-fried sweetbread and waffles; duck two methods shrimp n’ grits; apple pie crème brûlée; and extra. Brunch brings hearty plates like cornmeal pancakes and Nashville sizzling rooster and waffles.
804 V St., NW
Shaw’s newly Michelin-starred, “vegetable ahead” fine-dining restaurant will supply a $55 dinner particular. Mod-Latin dishes embrace eggplant dip; a black bean and trumpet mushroom creation; and a dessert impressed by Peru’s Nazca Strains.
1813 Columbia Rd., NW
This Adams Morgan restaurant, which boasts inventive mezze dishes and kebabs, will function a $55 dinner menu impressed by the cuisines of Turkey, Greece, and Iran. Begin with braised beef hummus or buttery Florida rock shrimp with crispy pita earlier than shifting onto mains like Persian half rooster with basmati rice and bitter cherries or Icelandic cod with fenugreek and tamarind. Desserts choices keep on the not-too-sweet aspect, with a Mediterranean cheese plate and a dark-chocolate/tahini tart.
699 14th St., NW
Chef Danilo Galati has opened a DC location of his 15 12 months outdated New York trattoria. The menus for its $35 brunch and lunch and $55 dinner are similar: a three-course meal that includes potato-leek soup; ricotta agnolotti; salmon with zucchini and mint; and desserts like wine-poached pairs and flourless chocolate cake.
1323 Fourth St., NE
One other NYC-born restaurant that’s just lately made its strategy to DC, Union Market bistro Pastis is planning to serve its French-inspired choices on $35 brunch and lunch menus and $55 dinner menus, with non-obligatory wine or cocktail pairings. Decisions embrace steak tartare; spaghetti limone; a half roast rooster with pommes pureé; and chocolate mousse.
3000 Ok St., NW
Housed in a vibrant, maximalist eating room in Georgetown is River Membership, a seven-month-old Italian, Spanish, and Lebanese idea from the group behind Residents Café. The restaurant will supply $35 brunch and $65 dinner menus, that includes starters like whipped labne fruit brûlée and the restaurant’s signature rooster skewers. Count on Spanish-inspired mains like huevos rotos and paella Milanese, and candy endings like goat-cheese bread pudding with Turkish figs. Come for brunch and get churros with Nutella for the desk.
