"For over 75 years, Annie’s has been a refuge for DC’s LGBTQ+ community, where the words “you don’t have to hide that here” can be found on laminated placards on every table. The family-owned steakhouse in Dupont Circle keeps it casual with a bartender shouting from behind the bar, inviting you to sit wherever you want, and a “formal dining” room brimming with laid-back groups in sneakers, jeans, and polyester pants (because the best way to eat a steak is in loungewear). Regulars know their go-to dishes among the Maryland crab cakes and grilled ribeye steak—for us, that includes an order of the sweet and sour key-lime pie with extra whipped cream. " - omnia saed, tristiana hinton
Nina Palazzolo