Michelin obsessives, it’s the night you’ve been waiting for. Tonight, the tire company announced DC’s latest round of starred and Bib Gourmand restaurants in a Philadelphia ceremony. Perhaps you’ve already heard some of the big news: Michelin announced last week that the Inn at Little Washington, previously the region’s only three star establishment, was being downgraded from three to two stars, along with Masa (New York) and Alinea (Chicago).
Turns out, that was the only big news. There were no new additions (or subtractions, with the exception of Reverie, which closed) to DC’s starred restaurants. Womp.
When it comes to the more affordable Bib Gourmand selections, there were two DC additions: Shaw sandwich-and-cocktail destination Your Only Friend and Bloomingdale pho counter PhoXotic. José Andrés received the Michelin Mentor Chef Award.
Here’s the full list:
Two Stars:
Inn at Little Washington (Washington, Virginia)
Jont (14th Street)
Minibar (Penn Quarter)
One Star:
Albi (Navy Yard)
Bresca (14th Street)
Causa (Shaw)
The Dabney (Shaw)
El Cielo (Union Market)
Fiola (Penn Quarter)
Gravitas (Ivy City)
Imperfecto: the Chef’s Table (Downtown DC)
Kinship (Shaw)
Little Pearl (Capitol Hill)
Masseria (Union Market)
Metier (Shaw)
Mita (Shaw)
Omakase @ Barracks Row (Capitol Hill)
Oyster Oyster (Shaw)
Pineapple and Pearls (Capitol Hill)
Rania (Penn Quarter)
Rooster and Owl (14th Street)
Rose’s Luxury (Capitol Hill)
Sushi Nakazawa (Penn Quarter)
Tail Up Goat (Adams Morgan)
Xiquet (Glover Park)
Bib Gourmand Selections:
Amparo Fondita (Dupont)
Astoria (Dupont)
Cane (H Street)
Daru (H Street)
Dauphine’s (Downtown DC)
Elle (Mount Pleasant)
Hitching Post (Petworth)
Ivy City Smokehouse (Ivy City)
Karizma (Penn Quarter)
L’Ardente (Judiciary Square)
La Tejana (Mount Pleasant)
Laos in Town (NoMa)
Lapis (Adams Morgan)
Maketto (H Street)
Menya Hosaki (Petworth)
Oyamel (Penn Quarter)
Queen’s English (Columbia Heights)
The Red Hen (Bloomingdale)
Resident’s Cafe (Dupont)
Sababa (Cleveland Park)
Stellina (Union Market, Mount Vernon Triangle, Shirlington)
Taqueria Habanero (Columbia Heights, Edgewood, College Park)
Toki Underground (H Street)
Unconventional Diner (Shaw)
Yellow (Union Market, Georgetown)
Zaytinya (Penn Quarter)
Green Stars (for sustainability leaders):
The Inn at Little Washington
Oyster Oyster
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.
