Descriptions like “Italian” or “Chinese” don’t really cut it in 2016. Here are some labels we’d prefer.
Dowager French
See: Chez Billy Sud, Bistro Bis
Hipster Asian
See: Bad Saint, Momofuku CCDC
Virginia Piedmontese
See: The Inn at Little Washington
Key-Party Retro
See: The Riggsby
Designer Italian
See: Masseria, Centrolina
This article appears in our February 2016 issue of Washingtonian.
Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.
Anna Spiegel covers the dining and drinking scene in her native DC. Prior to joining Washingtonian in 2010, she attended the French Culinary Institute and Columbia University’s MFA program in New York, and held various cooking and writing positions in NYC and in St. John, US Virgin Islands.
