(Updated at 11:10 a.m.) Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington’s Summer Restaurant Week is almost here again.
About 250 eateries in the D.C. area have signed up to participate in the week-long event from Monday, Aug. 15, to Sunday, Aug. 21, according to a RAMW news release. All the participating restaurants are set to have prix fixe menus, with lunches for $22 and dinners for $35.
For example, diners can grab a sirloin steak meal at Charlie Palmer (101 Constitution Ave. NW) or head to Bistro Bis (15 E St. NW) and get its creamy arborio rice Risotto au Pistou.
Other Capitol Hill-area participants include:
- Agua 301 (301 Water St. SE)
- Ambar (523 8th St. SE)
- Art and Soul (415 New Jersey Ave. NW)
- Belga Cafe (514 8th St. SE)
- Cafe Berlin (322 Massachusetts Ave. NE)
Photo via Facebook/Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington
Winter Restaurant Week got off to a snowy start yesterday, with multiple restaurants unable to open or serve full menus. Though most restaurants have reopened, the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington decided to extend Restaurant Week to Wednesday, Feb. 3.
More than 200 eateries throughout the D.C. area will be offering special fixed-price menus, offering multi-course lunches for $22 and dinners for $35.
The dinner menu at Bistro Cacao (320 Massachusetts Ave. NE) includes a pheasant pate, pistachio crusted mahi mahi and a creme brulee trio. In Navy Yard, Osteria Morini’s dinner menu features kale and bean soup, tomato braised pork belly and a passion fruit tart.
Here is the list of all participating restaurants in the Capitol Hill area:
- Ambar (523 8th St. SE)
- Art and Soul (415 New Jersey Ave. NW)
- Article One (400 New Jersey Ave. NW)
- Belga Cafe (514 8th St. SE)
Bistro Bis (15 E St. NW) - Bistro Cacao (320 Massachusetts Ave. NE)
- Cafe Berlin (322 Massachusetts Ave. NE)
- Charlie Palmer Steak (101 Constitution Ave. NW)
- Lavagna (539 8th St. SE)
- Monocle on Capitol Hill (107 D St. NE)
- Romeo and Juliet (301 Massachusetts Ave. NE)
- Sonoma (223 Pennsylvania Ave. SE)
- Stanton and Greene (319 Pennsylvania Ave. SE)
- Driftwood Kitchen (400 H St. NE)
- Ten01 (1001 H St. NE)
- Agua 301 (301 Water St. SE)
- Arsenal at Bluejacket (300 Tingey St. SE)
- Osteria Morini (301 Water St. SE)
- Odyssey Cruises (600 Water St. SW)
Photo via Facebook/ Bistro Cacao
Monday marks the beginning of the summer Restaurant Week in the District, with more than 200 eateries on Capitol Hill and in other parts of the D.C. area offering special fixed-price meals.
The festival, which includes more than a dozen restaurants on the Hill alone, runs from Monday until Sunday, Aug. 23.
Diners at restaurants such as Béarnaise, Charlie Palmer Steak and Sonoma can purchase multi-course lunches for $22 and dinners for $35.
The dinner menu at Art and Soul (415 New Jersey Ave. NW) includes chicken liver mousse, North Carolina trout fillets and strawberry-rhubarb cobbler. On the other side of the Hill, Stanton and Greene (319 Pennsylvania Ave. SE) will serve a menu that includes shrimp and grits, smoked duck and mini brownie bread pudding. In addition to a fixed-price, three-course dinner, Ambar (523 8th St. SE) is offering unlimited plates and bottomless drinks for $49.
Here are some of the other participating restaurants:
- Béarnaise (315 Pennsylvania Ave. SE)
- Belga Cafe (514 8th St. SE)
- Bistro Bis (15 E St. NW)
- Bistro Cacao (320 Massachusetts Ave. NE)
- Cafe Berlin (322 Massachusetts Ave. NE)
- Charlie Palmer Steak (101 Constitution Ave. NW)
- Lavagna (539 8th St. SE)
- Monocle on Capitol Hill (107 D St. NE)
- Romeo and Juliet (301 Massachusetts Ave. NE) *lunch only
- Sonoma (223 Pennsylvania Ave. SE)
- Todd Gray’s Watershed (1225 1st St. NE)
- Zest Bistro (735 8th St. SE)
Photo via Facebook/Ambar
Winter Restaurant Week has begun.
The cold-weather version of the food festival started yesterday and will run through Sunday. Participating restaurants including Agua 301, Osteria Morini and Sonoma are offering multi-course lunches for $20.15 and dinners for $35.15.
On Barracks Row, the dinner menu at Zest (735 8th St. SE) includes beer-braised beef short ribs, seared scallops and bread pudding with cranberries and walnuts. Closer to the Capitol, Béarnaise (315 Pennsylvania Ave. SE) is serving steak frites, moules frites and profiteroles.
Here are some of the other participating restaurants:
Agua 301 (301 Water St. SE)
Ambar (523 8th St. SE)
Arsenal at Bluejacket (300 Tingey St. SE)
Belga Cafe (514 8th St. SE)
Lavagna (539 8th St. SE)
Ocopa (1324 H St. NW)
Osteria Morini (301 Water St. SE)
Sonoma (223 Pennsylvania Ave. SE)
Todd Gray’s Watershed (1225 1st St. NE)
Foodies can win brunch gift certificates, cookbooks and more from organizer the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington by posting food photos to Instagram with the hashtag #DMVRW.
Photo via Facebook/Bernaise Restaurant
Once the District defrosts, it will almost be time for Winter Restaurant Week.
A number of restaurants on Capitol Hill, in Navy Yard and elsewhere in Ward 6 are set to participate in the food fest. The event coordinated by Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington will run from Jan. 19 through 25, with multi-course lunches for $20.15 and dinners for $35.15.
On Barracks Row, the dinner menu at Zest (735 8th St. SE) will include beer-braised beef short ribs, seared scallops and bread pudding with cranberries and walnuts. Closer to the Capitol, Béarnaise (315 Pennsylvania Ave. SE) is planning steak frites, moules frites and profiteroles.
Here are some of the other restaurants slated to participate:
Agua 301 (301 Water St. SE)
Ambar (523 8th St. SE)
Arsenal at Bluejacket (300 Tingey St. SE)
Belga Cafe (514 8th St. SE)
Lavagna (539 8th St. SE)
Ocopa (1324 H St. NW)
Osteria Morini (301 Water St. SE)
Sonoma (223 Pennsylvania Ave. SE)
Todd Gray’s Watershed (1225 1st St. NE)
But diner beware, Restaurant Week isn’t necessarily a good deal. Washington City Paper found this time last year that prix fixe meals at some restaurants actually cost more than ordering a la carte.
Photo via Facebook/Zest Bistro
