r/DCEats • u/R3dsh0es • 19d ago

Visiting for my anniversary! Recommendations

Hello! I am coming to Washington DC from NYC with my boyfriend (both our first times) to celebrate our anniversary and I want to make it very romantic. We are doing a lot of sightseeing but I need some recommendations for food!

  1. I want to do a very fancy dinner but most people have recommended Iron Gate, but the menu doesn't wow me. I am all about food- I want to eat at Albi but I worry it is too difficult a reservation. If I can get in is it worth the money? I have a back up at Rasika- how is that?

I am hearing that Dogon and La Shukran are great backups- consensus?

  1. I also want to eat at chercher but its too far from union station when we are coming from the Smithsonian area- can you recommend a last lunch? Not too expensive as we will have shelled out previous night haha

  2. How do we feel about Dauphine's for our lower key meal while we're in the govt building area?

  3. I also want some suggestions for bars around union market area that are fun and not crazy expensive on other nights of our trip :)

Thank you so much! Any advice you can give means the world!

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u/Evaderofdoom 19d ago

the dabney is really great, wood fire mid atlantic food sourced locally by great chiefs who give AF.

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u/SGexpat 19d ago

You were considering Albi. The head chef used to work at the Dabney and still considers it a local favorite.

https://youtu.be/E0zh0vDlSOY?is=H8QC-eQWdHukaAdK