If you’ve been craving a culinary adventure, don’t miss Restaurant Week in D.C. Running from Jan. 15 through 28, the biannual celebration allows diners to take advantage of specially priced meals at over 100 restaurants and bars.
鈥淭here’s a different price point for every consumer, for every diner, whether it鈥檚 lunch or dinner. We just expanded it to allow for more participation,鈥� RAMW President and CEO Shawn Townsend told WTOP.
has the full list of participating restaurants, but if you’re looking for a quick guide on some of the best bites and the biggest deals offered this year, WTOP has you covered.
If you’re searching for a new experience from a burgeoning, relatively recently opened restaurant, don’t miss Filipino restaurant on H Street (three-course dinner for $55), Dabney chef Jeremiah Langhorne’s French bistro (three separate menus with brunch and lunch at $35 and dinner at $55) and chef and restaurateur Tim Ma’s in Navy Yard (three-course dinner for $40, add dessert for an additional $5).
Chef Kevin Tien’s reopened Vietnamese restaurant, , in Penn Quarter will also be doing a limited preview to reservations only during Restaurant Week (dinner for $65).
A few new participants this year are in H Street (four-course lunch for $25 and four-course dinner for $40), in Penn Quarter ($35 lunch-only menu) and Malaysian restaurant in Columbia Heights (dinner for $40).
For the best deals, don’t shy away from the $25 lunch specials, found at in Capitol Hill and Dupont Circle, at The Wharf, in H Street and in Dupont Circle.
Other notable eats during the week include ‘s decadent mushroom mac and cheese, comforting minestrone soup and bright lemon parfait. The menu at is also chock full of goodies, including gumbo ya ya, blackened fish and beignets. At , those who love Korean steakhouses will have a lot to choose from with three all-you-can-eat options that include pork belly, beef brisket and sides like mandu and japchae.
鈥淲e鈥檝e seen a number of higher-end restaurants participate in Restaurant Week for the first time because when we priced out restaurant week we thought about, how do we encourage others who don鈥檛 participate, to join,” Townsend said. “But we still want to keep restaurant week affordable because we do understand and value that it is for the consumer.鈥�
If you’re in the outskirts of the D.C. area, there are other restaurant weeks happening at the same time, in Falls Church, Virginia, and , both running from Jan. 19 through 28.
WTOP’s Sandra Jones contributed to this article.
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