Guidebook for Washington
Food Scene
The Pretzel Bakery
257 15th St SEPeregrine Espresso
660 Pennsylvania Ave. SEBest coffee in the neighborhood
Coffee shop during the day; wine bar at night -- one of the fun new places in our neighborhood!
48 locals recommend
Little Pearl
921 Pennsylvania Ave. SECoffee shop during the day; wine bar at night -- one of the fun new places in our neighborhood!
Rose's Luxury
717 8th St SETortilla Café
210 7th Street SoutheastEconomical and delicious place for Mexican and Salvadorean food
Go for happy hour, where you can get $5 personal wood-fired cheese pizzas! Pro tip: you can still add toppings on the $5 happy hour pizza for the regular price, so all pizzas are a lot cheaper at happy hour! The spicy tuna sandwich is also delicious!
37 locals recommend
Seventh Hill Pizza
327 7th St SEGo for happy hour, where you can get $5 personal wood-fired cheese pizzas! Pro tip: you can still add toppings on the $5 happy hour pizza for the regular price, so all pizzas are a lot cheaper at happy hour! The spicy tuna sandwich is also delicious!
Montmartre
327 7th St SE Lovely and quaint French restaurant
Famous for home made shakes and pop tarts. If you want classic American diner food, Ted's is hard to beat.
425 locals recommend
Ted's Bulletin
505 8th St SEFamous for home made shakes and pop tarts. If you want classic American diner food, Ted's is hard to beat.
Shopping
Best on weekends, when the flea market is in full swing as well, but the market is still open during the week in the brick building
216 locals recommend
Eastern Market station
701 Pennsylvania Ave. SEBest on weekends, when the flea market is in full swing as well, but the market is still open during the week in the brick building
Drinks & Nightlife
Speakeasy so no sign! Make a reservation on Open Table, and the door to get in is to the left of the Italian restaurant. Open the door, go down the hall, go up the stairs, and knock on the wooden door. Fun!
56 locals recommend
Harold Black
212 7th St SESpeakeasy so no sign! Make a reservation on Open Table, and the door to get in is to the left of the Italian restaurant. Open the door, go down the hall, go up the stairs, and knock on the wooden door. Fun!
Essentials
Trader Joe's
750 Pennsylvania Ave. SEWhole Foods Market
600 H St NEUrgent care for non-life threatening issues; check in online for less of a wait
13 locals recommend
MedStar PromptCare at Capitol Hill
228 7th St SEUrgent care for non-life threatening issues; check in online for less of a wait
Harris Teeter
900 Army Navy DrCVS
1418 P St NWArts & Culture
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F St NWAtlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H St NENational Museum of the American Indian
4th Street SouthwestNational Air and Space Museum
600 Independence Ave SWSmithsonian American Art Museum
8th Street NorthwestNational Portrait Gallery
Newseum
565 Pennsylvania Avenue NWNational Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave. NWNational Museum of African American History and Culture
1400 Constitution Ave. NWNational Gallery of Art
Constitution Avenue NorthwestHirshhorn Museum
7th Street SouthwestArthur M. Sackler Gallery
1050 Independence Ave SWUnited States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SWThe Phillips Collection
1600 21st St NWInternational Spy Museum
700 L'Enfant Plaza SWGeorge Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial HwySightseeing
Lincoln Memorial
2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NWThomas Jefferson Memorial Bookstore
16 E Basin Dr SWWashington Monument
2 15th St NW
The White House South Lawn
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWEverything Else
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
3001 Connecticut Ave NW