The 11 Most Classic Restaurants In DC 2024

"Rose’s Luxury made a huge splash when it hit the DC scene in 2013, and while some of the fabled lore of presidential dinners and 100-person lines down 8th St. have subsided, it’s still one of the District’s most visited restaurants. The playful American food at this Barracks Row restaurant mostly hits (and occasionally misses), but we never turn down an invitation to come here because it’s always a good time. The main downstairs dining room holds some of that rowhouse living room spirit, but there’s also a smaller, more intimate dining room upstairs and a covered patio on the ground floor. Wherever you land, get the pork and lychee salad—it’s the best thing on the menu and the only thing that’s stayed on it since it opened." - omnia saed, tristiana hinton