D.C. Bakeries/Cafes/Coffeeshops/Ice Cream—
Tatte (bakery, coffee | West End, Dupont Circle, Capitol Crossing, Clarendon)
A Baked Joint (cafe | Mt. Vernon Triangle)
Breadfurst (best chocolate chip cookies! bakery | Van Ness)
Little Red Fox (coffee/cafe | Van Ness/Tenleytown)
Baked & Wired (cupcakes, coffee | Georgetown)
Le Pain Quotidian — LPQ for short! (French cafe & restaurant | Dupont Circle & Eastern Market)
Radici (Italian - coffee, wine, market | Eastern Market)
Emissary ( coffee & restaurant | check out both the main on one P and the little one on 20th!)
Dolcezza (gelato & coffee | Dupont Circle, City Center, Mosaic)
Elle (coffee | Mt. Pleasant)
Wine & Butter (coffee, pastries, market | Capitol Hill @ Lincoln Park)
Cafe Riggs (open in the mornings from 7-11 for coffee)
Le Bon Cafe (coffee | Capitol Hill, House side)
Slipstream (coffee | Logan Circle, Navy Yard, Downtown)
Big Bear Cafe (coffee | Bloomingdale)
The Wydown (coffee | H Street & 14th Street)
Tryst (coffee/bar)
Jeni’s Ice Cream (ice cream | Navy Yard, Eastern Market, 14th Street, Old Town Alexandria)
District Doughnut (doughnuts & coffee | the Wharf, Georgetown, Barracks Row, Union Market)
Call Your Mother (bagels | Georgetown, Barracks Row, West End, Parkview, Mosaic)
The Creamery at Union Market (ice cream | Union Market)
Pluma by Bluebird Bakery (bakery | Union Market District)
Baker's Daughter (café & market | Ivy City)
YELLOW (café | Navy Yard)
Un je ne sais Quoi (Patisserie | Dupont Circle | best croissants in DC)
D.C. Restaurants—
Dauphine’s (New Orleans Inspired | Downtown)
Medium Rare (Steakhouse w a great brunch | Cleveland Park)
La Tomate (Italian | Dupont)
Lutece (French | Georgetown)
Lapis (Afghan | Adams Morgan | a favorite)
All-Purpose (Jersey-style Pizza | Shaw, Navy Yard)
Officina (Italian | the Wharf, Georgetown, Downtown | $11 pasta on Wednesdays)
San Lorenzo (Italian | Shaw | one of my all time favorites)
L’Ardente — the place with the tiramisu flambé & 40 layer lasagna (Italian | NoMa)
Nina May (New American | Logan Circle)
Logan Tavern ( casual American | Logan Circle)
The Pembroke (contemporary American | Dupont)
Ambar (Balkan | Eastern Market, Clarendon)
Little Pearl (American | Capitol Hill)
Junction (American | Capitol Hill)
St. Anselm (American | Union Market District)
Maketto (Taiwanese/Cambodian | H Street)
Albi (Levantine | Navy Yard)
Le Diplomate (French | 14th Street)
Gatsby (American | Navy Yard)
Sfoglina (Italian | Van Ness, Downtown)
Imperfecto (Mediterranean/Latin American | West End)
Annabelle (Modern American | Kalorama)
Duck Duck Goose (French | Dupont Circle)
The Duck & the Peach (Eastern Market)
Gravitas (Ivy City)
Fast Casual—
Las Gemelas (Mexican | Union Market District)
Good Stuff Eatery (American | Capitol Hill, Georgetown, Crystal City)
Cava (Mediterranean | everywhere | perfect picnic food) Santa Rosa Taqueria (Mexican | Capitol Hill)
Places I want to Try—
Joselito (Spanish | Capitol Hill)
Caruso's Grocery (Italian-American | Hill East)
Newland (New American | Capitol Hill)
Quattro Osteria (Italian | Shaw)
Le Grenier (French | H Street)
Primrose (French | Brookland)
Republic Cantina (Tex-Mex | Union Market District)
Alexandria—
Fontaine (French | old town)
Mason & Green (sustainable grocery store | old town)
Junction (bakery & bistro | del ray)
The People’s Drug (food & cocktails | old town)
Urbana 116 (Mexican | old town)
Virtue Feed & Grain (American tavern | old town)
Chadwicks (American | old town)
Arlington—
Ruthie’s All Day — legit my actual favorite restaurant right now (Arlington Heights area)
Cava Mezze — fancy cava (Clarendon)
Maison Cheryl — super cute French American bistro (Clarendon)
Northside Social — coffee, wine, food (Clarendon)
Drinks—