The Official DC/Maryland/Virginia Area Thread
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Hitting dc next week. First time in about a decade..last time was only for like two days for million man march anniversary.
What’s some good activities and food spots? So far me and the wife gonna go to the African American history museum of course, national mall, White House, American art museum, the wharf..saw artech house, dopamine land and beat the bomb also recommended on TikTok.
Food spots I’ve found mastros, the breakfast club, kitchen and kocktails, Filomena, la vie, spice kitchen and sweet sweet kitchen.
What’s some good activities and food spots? So far me and the wife gonna go to the African American history museum of course, national mall, White House, American art museum, the wharf..saw artech house, dopamine land and beat the bomb also recommended on TikTok.
Food spots I’ve found mastros, the breakfast club, kitchen and kocktails, Filomena, la vie, spice kitchen and sweet sweet kitchen.
High End Black Spots? Place to be Seen by Black Greeks with Good Jobs and GS-15s that moved to Maryland..? (i.e, my people, lol)
- Dogon (impossible to get reservation last time I checked, but you can try)
- 1) Cane (h-street ne) and 2) St. James. (U-street nw) (Food better at Cane than St. James imo, but St James is more centrally located)
- The Bronze is an "afro-futurism" restaurant - on H.st NE - I don't know if it's still popping though
- just checked - closed
- The Bronze is an "afro-futurism" restaurant - on H.st NE - I don't know if it's still popping though
- Swahili Village (NW around M street?) (Assuming they handled their "stealing from the employees" issue)
- Milk and Honey (Wharf/Waterfront)
- The Continent (Downtown) - African
Spots for the 'Gram
- Iron Gate
- L'Ardent
- Shoto
- Moon Rabbit
- Le Diplomat - French (14th NW)
- Sura - Thai (Dupont)
- Thip Kao - Laotian (Columbia Heights)
- Albi (SW)/Maydan (Dupont) - Middle Eastern
- Daru (way down H-street NE) - Indian
- L'Ardente - Italian ("Judicial Square", as if that's an actual neighborhood)
- Anything by Jose Andres - Bazaar, Oyamel, Zaytinya, China Chilcano, etc
- Causa (food from the Amazon)
- Crane's (Spanish/Japanese)
- Pineapple and Pearls
- Rose's Luxury
- Service Company
- Death and Co. (NYC transplant)
- Cana - Brazilian spot
- Honeymoon Chicken
- Ramen @ Daikaya
- The fried chicken @ Maketto
- Mumbo Sauce Wings (but if you must, Howard China)
- Ben's Chili Bowl (the only worth going to is on U-street, and only good to soak up alcohol)
- Jumbo Slice
- Any and all Soul Food/Cajun/Creole/Southern/Comfort Food (Esp. Georgia Browns)
- 2 Fifty has good Tx Style BBQ, but you're paying NYC prices for it. Folks from the south that are visting can skip it, imo.
- Bus Boys and Poets
Thanks breh for the good info. Gonna look over everything.
If you got follow up questions, feel free to ask.
I might not be right, but I got opinions!
That’s a solid ass list and I live here
I got an early invite for reservations at Dogon and didn’t take advantage smh
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Do you have any recommendations for a restaurant that can accommodate at least 9 people? It's for my cousin's birthday party.
I can’t stand this cac subreddit
This version is worse - http://reddit.com/r/washdc/
This other one... - https://www.reddit.com/r/TheCapitalLink/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheCapital...only_nikka_that_can_save_the_dmv_bop_bop_bop/
Black Folks with some Sense and a Sense of Humor..online?
