I've written a couple of times about FishScale, the restaurant in Shaw that serves fish burgers. It is a favorite place of mine. The last time I went I was surprised to see that burgers were no longer on the menu. But the food was just as good, if not better.
Ben's Chili Bowl is the most iconic of all the restaurants in DC. So when it reopened after 10 months of remodeling, it is news. So much so that the mayor DC proclaimed the reopening day, May 1st, as Ben's Chili Bowl Day.
2025 was a bad year for restaurants in DC, as a record number of restaurants closed. Here are the places I will miss.
It was National Ice Cream Day and a new ice cream parlor was opening in Georgetown. The lines were long and the day was hot, but it was worth it. Yala Greek Ice Cream is like no other.
After seeing a play on H Street, I was looking for a place for dinner. While walking past The Smokin' Pig, I was invited in. Taking up the offer, I had a great meal and discovered the best barbecue in DC.
Some relatives and I were visiting American University in Northwest DC. After the tour, we needed to get some lunch. Following a recommendation from our tour guide, we went to a nearby restaurant in Tenleytown. With a variety of Asian cuisines, Satay Club is superb.
It was restaurant week in DC and I was looking for a new restaurant to try. In the Foggy Bottom neighborhood, I found a farm to table restaurant that is fantastic: RIS.
It was restaurant week in DC and I took the opportunity to try a Japanese restaurant that had caught my eye. Capturing the spirit of a Japanese pub, Haikan has the best Ramen I've ever had.
December was a bad month here at Jim's Dining guides, as several of my favorite restaurants closed permanently. Here are the details.
I was in Foggy Bottom meeting some friends to tour a museum. Looking for a place to eat afterwords, we found a a restaurant nearby that I had long wanted to try, a local pub called Tonic At Quigley's. The pub, it turns out, not only has great food but also a storied history going back over 100 years.
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