2022 Washington, D.C. Restaurants - The Food Enthusiast’s Long Weekend Guide

By Andrew Delaplaine

Andrew Delaplaine is the ultimate Restaurant Enthusiast.

 

With decades in the food writing business, he has been everywhere and eaten (almost) everything.

 

"Unlike the 'honest' reviews on sites like Yelp, this writer knows what he's talking about. He's a professional,  with decades in the business, not a well-intentioned but clueless amateur."

= Holly Titler, Los Angeles

 

"This concise guidebook was exactly what I needed to make the most of my limited time in town."

= Tanner Davis, Milwaukee

 

This is another of his books with spot-on reviews of the most exciting restaurants in town. Some will merit only a line or two, just to bring them to your attention. Others deserve a half page or more. 

 

"The fact that he doesn't accept free meals in exchange for a good review makes all the difference in his sometimes brutally accurate reviews."

= Jerry Adams, El Paso

 

"Exciting" does not necessarily mean expensive. The area's top spots get the recognition they so richly deserve (and that they so loudly demand), but there are plenty of "sensible alternatives" for those looking for good food handsomely prepared by cooks and chefs who really care what they "plate up" in the kitchen.

For those with a touch of Guy Fieri, Delaplaine ferrets out the best food for those on a budget. That dingy looking dive bar around the corner may serve up one of the juiciest burgers in town, perfect to wash down with a locally brewed craft beer.

 

Whatever your predilection or taste, cuisine of choice or your budget, you may rely on Andrew Delaplaine not to disappoint.

 

Delaplaine dines anonymously at the Publisher's expense. No restaurant listed in this series has paid a penny or given so much as a free meal to be included.

 

Bon Appétit!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gramercy Park Press
• Release date: Nov 9, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201327750

Andrew Delaplaine

Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami’s Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 50 cities around the world. Email: [e-mail] He writes several series: The “JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR” political thriller novels. “THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV,” a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. “THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA” series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: “The Trap Door” follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. “The Meter Maid Murders,” a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), as well as several short films and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details).  His latest film, “Meeting Spencer,” starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.  DELAPLAINE’S “LONG WEEKEND” GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine’s recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. As "The Food Enthusiast," he writes a series of restaurants guides, updated annually. He has no hobbies.

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2022

Washington, D.C.

Restaurants

The Food Enthusiast’s

Long Weekend Guide

Andrew Delaplaine

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Andrew Delaplaine is the Restaurant Enthusiast.

When he’s not playing tennis,

he dines anonymously

at the Publisher’s (considerable) expense.

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Senior Editor – James Cubby

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Copyright © by Gramercy Park Press - All rights reserved.

Table of Contents

Introduction

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Getting About

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The A to Z Listings

Ridiculously Extravagant

Sensible Alternatives

Quality Bargain Spots

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Nightlife

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INTRODUCTION

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DID YOU FIND AN INTERESTING PLACE?

If you discover a place you think I should check out on my next visit, drop me a line, will you? I’ll mention your name if I end up listing it.

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Because it is our nation’s Capital where so much of our history is remembered in national institutions such as the Smithsonian. If you can’t feel like an American here, you’re not trying. Walking the Mall or staring up at Lincoln’s grim visage sitting in his marble chair. He walked the same path you are walking. It’s a very sobering experience to visit the Capital, and something every American should do at least once.

Besides all the marble monuments, imposing edifices and traffic congestion, there’s fabulous shopping, lots of free museums, great restaurants, a nightlife scene as active as most other places and vibrantly humming communities living the life of Washington every day and every night.

Politics is to Washington what movies are to L.A., so whatever bar you find yourself in after a long day traipsing through museums, be careful: you might be standing next to a White House assistant or a CIA spy. You never know what will happen in Washington.

GETTING ABOUT

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BY CAR

But only if you must. They have gone out of their way to make brining a car downtown one of the worst hassles anywhere in the country. There are speed traps, red light cameras, almost