4 Restaurants to Take a Long and Luxurious Weekday Lunch

For Chilling With a Book

Petite Cerise

This low-key French place is prettiest during the day. Settle in with salami-and-goat-cheese crepes, onion soup, and mussels in white wine. Besides coffee, there are London fogs and easy-drinking cocktails.

For a Solo Splurge

Sushi Nakazawa

DC’s top-tier sushi room offers an omakase menu with straight-from-Japan delicacies such as fatty tuna and tiger prawns. The parade of nigiri–and the matcha and sake selection–is best enjoyed at the bar.

For an Afternoon Date

Kirby Club

Rose Previte’s ’70s-cool dining room serves za’atar martinis and Lebanese-accented kebabs and spreads that make easy shares. Don’t leave without trying the olive-­and-walnut dip.

For a Scenic Spot

Del Mar

Angle for a table that gives you a water view at this glittery Wharf spot, where the cocktails are head-turners, the jamón is expertly sliced, and a seafood tower overflows with lobster and langoustines.

This article appears in the December 2023 issue of Washingtonian.