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Named for the enchanting mists that rise from the marshy grounds along the Potomac riverfront, Foggy Bottom has always been an alluring nook in Washington DC; even Thomas Jefferson once suggested that the U.S. Capitol be placed here. Once a tiny industrial corner that was little more than two breweries, the gas works and electric companies, Foggy Bottom has evolved into a luxurious neighborhood of winding alleys and fabulous restaurants. Sophisticated, palatial eateries serve to-die-for cuisine and offer impressive wine lists, and unique bistros feature fusion concoctions that are guaranteed to please any palate. The rich history of Foggy Bottom plays a role in many of its restaurants, offering gormandizers a chance to dine in the same places where many of the country’s most influential moments were experienced, such as the Watergate Scandal and the riot-inducing rallies led by the suffragettes.
Foggy Bottom Restaurants
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600 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington DC 20037
French. The Watergate Hotel is equally reviled and revered. Once the site of a wire-tapping C.R.E.E.P., the Watergate is home to the highly acclaimed 600 Restaurant which serves American classics with a French twist and European discretion.
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1110 21st St. NW, Washington, DC 20036
Chef Roberto Donna has created an exceptional menu of inspired Italian food at Galileo. With triple digit tasting menus to more budget-minded a la carte offerings, Galileo meets all needs with its Piedmontese-based menu. Look for roasted halibut over pureed celery root, fettuccine with a duck ragout and black truffle pigeon breast Desserts are extravagant and the wine list superb.
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1915 I St. NW, Washington, DC 20006
Kaz Sushi Bistro is D.C.’s top spot for sushi. The sushi at Kaz Okochi’s Foggy Bottom restaurant is impeccable but it’s the intricate, east-west dishes like nigiri of toro dabbed with plum-wine-poached foie gras, octopus ceviche and mussels topped with a tomato gelee and baked on the half-shell that set the restaurant apart. Add a beautiful dining room and attentive service and you’ve got premier D.C. dining tat Kaz Sushi Bistro.
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2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20006
Located just four blocks from the White House, Kinkead’s serves excellent seafood in a two-story, 220-seat restaurant. Choose from two or more menus and locations – the casual street level bar and café or the upstairs dining room featuring an open kitchen. Seafood specialties include grilled sword fish with long stem artichokes, spicy olives, roast peppers and fennel clam broth, monkfish wrapped in applewood smoked bacon and chile rubbed sea scallops.
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824 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington, D.C. 20037
Notti Bianche will be opening on May 16, 2005... When Rome stays up all night... There's a time each year when Rome shimmers with a festive celebration known as "White Nights." It's an all-night festival for the performing arts. A festival of the Roman spirit. A festival of food! Notti Bianche conjures this spirit for you each day with a culinary festival at its own. Serving seasonal, reasonably priced Italian trattoria fare throughout the day. Come and experience Notti Bianche. A taste of the White Nights of Rome.
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The John F. Kennedy Center, Washington, DC 20566
Before a show at the Kennedy Center, the adjacent Roof Terrace Restaurant is the place for upscale American cuisine. Newly remodeled in 2003, the Roof Terrace Restaurant offers great city views and a menu with items such as foie gras with black fig relish, seafood corn chowder, salmon wrapped in zucchini slices and dabbed with a caviar-dotted beurre blanc. Late night eating makes post-show dining an option, too. Also check the Roof Terrance Restaurant for Sunday brunch.
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2020 K St. NW, Washington, DC 20006
The Prime Rib is an upscale steak house that evokes a 1940's Manhattan supper club. The tuxedoed wait staff, dress code and our black lacquered walls with Louis Icart lithographs are designed to create an aura of elegance. The food? Aged steak and thick chops are tops as is the famous crab imperial, a classic Chesapeake Bay dish. And the namesake prime rib is good, too. House musicians play jazz piano at lunch and piano and bass during dinner.
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1350 I St., NW (bet. 13th & 14th Sts.), Washington D.C. 20007
Sophisticated & dramatic, Tuscana West delights guests with its lively elegance of marble & mahogany with an exciting open-air kitchen. Four dining areas and an outdoor trattoria are perfect for a romantic evening, special celebration or executive power lunch. Tuscana West offers the warm-hearted wines & foods of Tuscany & Northern Italy & the inviting flavors of sunny Mediterranean Southern Italy. (Description courtesy of Opentable.com)
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