After about 140 meals and five months spent in every sort of dining room, my first guide to the best new restaurants in the D.C. area is live! I view this list as a reflection of the persistence and optimism driving our food scene forward, and of my own experience as @washingtonpost food critic, getting to know my new home city. To help you make a game plan, I’ve ranked these 10 restaurants, all of which opened in the past 12 months. These are my top 3. For a gift link to the full list, hit the link in my bio. (📹: @victoriancaruso ; 📸: @deblindsey , @scottsuchman )
My list of the 10 best new restaurants! Ranked! I hope you enjoy these places as much as I have. The full list is pinned in the comments, but you should really tap the gift link in my bio and read the full guide. 🌟 (All gratitude goes to my sharp and patient editor @matteopb and the incredible photographers and whip-smart @washingtonpost team that make massive projects like this not just happen but SHINE.)
The first time I went to Takoma Park, I thought, with total delight… wait, this is Berkeley. In my review of @motorkattakoma , I write about a very special cat, a warm and earnest neighborhood restaurant, and my own hippie upbringing on the opposite side of the country.
Izakaya Seki is the first restaurant that food critic @e_zar has awarded The Washington Post’s highest rating: four stars.
For nearly 14 years, father-daughter duo Hiroshi and Cizuka Seki have operated the compact two-story Japanese restaurant in D.C.’s U Street Corridor with understated precision and unwavering commitment.
You can find Elazar’s full review of @sekidc at the link in bio.
(📹: @victoriancaruso ; 📸: @scottsuchman )
Since becoming food critic at The Post in November, some cocktail napkin math suggests I have spent about 140 nights in restaurants, give or take a few home-cooked meals I never did locate, @e_zar writes. As my first guide to the best new restaurants in the D.C. area published this week, I’ve taken to reflection.
Despite a few small gripes and the extra-large bottle of Tums that now sits on my nightstand like a family portrait, I’m loving restaurants more than ever. After all this time happily spent in other people’s dining rooms, here are takeaways from Washington’s most overstuffed diner. It’s a badge I wear with pride.
Read more at the link in @washingtonpost ’s bio.
I’m so very happy to give my first 🌟🌟🌟🌟 to a restaurant I feel more strongly towards with each visit. I hope you’ll read my full review of @sekidc and admire @scottsuchman photos at the link in my bio. And go! Sit at the counter and order widely and love your life.
You’ll find great restaurants in every corner of Philadelphia. These are three of food critic @e_zar ’s favorites.
Do you have a go-to dining spot in Philly? Comment below, and tap the link in our bio to read Elazar’s full weekend itinerary.
