Guidebook for Washington
Food Scene
Cocktail bar with eats opening June 2015 on our business strip 2 blks. away.
9 locals recommend
Little Ricky's
3522 12th St NECocktail bar with eats opening June 2015 on our business strip 2 blks. away.
I am fan of Puertro Ricana steak--I get three meals out of it.
36 locals recommend
San Antonio Bar & Grill
3908 12th St NEI am fan of Puertro Ricana steak--I get three meals out of it.
The Brookland Cafe
3740 12th Street Northeast& bar
Menomale
2711 12th St NE& Bar. Great Neopolitan flash cook Pizza etc. Out door cafe.
Easy eats just beyond the Metro, the other way from THE MONROE HOUSE
79 locals recommend
Potbelly Sandwich Shop
655 Michigan Ave NEEasy eats just beyond the Metro, the other way from THE MONROE HOUSE
Great individual Pizza cooked in a minute, high end fast food just the other side of the Metro from THE MONROE HOUSE.
210 locals recommend
&pizza
1118 H St NEGreat individual Pizza cooked in a minute, high end fast food just the other side of the Metro from THE MONROE HOUSE.
Great food. Exciting atmosphere. Hip events like poetry and fiction book readings. Great vib. Owner ran for mayor, and has given a TED talk.
250 locals recommend
Busboys and Poets
235 Carroll St NWGreat food. Exciting atmosphere. Hip events like poetry and fiction book readings. Great vib. Owner ran for mayor, and has given a TED talk.
Hälsa
655 Michigan Avenue NortheastFresh food, good for you, tastes great. Foodies quick food.
Stage for occasional live music, interesting menu, tiny outdoor cafe in back, booths, nice long bar.
39 locals recommend
Smith Public Trust
3514 12th St NEStage for occasional live music, interesting menu, tiny outdoor cafe in back, booths, nice long bar.
Great coffee, great vegetarian, great owner, nice outdoor cafe on the corner in the shade.
23 locals recommend
Askale Cafe
3629 12th St NEGreat coffee, great vegetarian, great owner, nice outdoor cafe on the corner in the shade.
On the CUA campus which is worth seeing & walking, you'll have to nose your way in to find Starbucks on the second floor (in the Pryzbyla Center). You might as well go to Filter Coffee by the Metro.
466 locals recommend
Starbucks
3100 14th St NWOn the CUA campus which is worth seeing & walking, you'll have to nose your way in to find Starbucks on the second floor (in the Pryzbyla Center). You might as well go to Filter Coffee by the Metro.
Shopping
Great to have a big drugstore so close by at Newton and 12th Street,, in an historic movie theater named the Newson.
347 locals recommend
CVS
645 H St NEGreat to have a big drugstore so close by at Newton and 12th Street,, in an historic movie theater named the Newson.
Essentials
Great organic market and lots more, big store! Including vegetarian meals, sushi, and lots of other prepared meals, coffee, pastries, etc.
90 locals recommend
Yes! Organic Market Brookland
3809 12th St NEGreat organic market and lots more, big store! Including vegetarian meals, sushi, and lots of other prepared meals, coffee, pastries, etc.
Sightseeing
Wonderful free gardens, see both levels. Take a guided tour on Saturday if you want. Tours also of the crypt. Recreations of the garden of Gesthemene in the lower garden.
74 locals recommend
Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land
1400 Quincy St NEWonderful free gardens, see both levels. Take a guided tour on Saturday if you want. Tours also of the crypt. Recreations of the garden of Gesthemene in the lower garden.
Even if you are not Catholic or religious, amazing mosaics, and the small chapels from around the world are really worth seeing. Of fashioned cafeteria with inexpensive food in basement.
134 locals recommend
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
400 Michigan Avenue NortheastEven if you are not Catholic or religious, amazing mosaics, and the small chapels from around the world are really worth seeing. Of fashioned cafeteria with inexpensive food in basement.
You don't have to be religious or Catholic to appreciate amazing architecture, grand scale, enormous/numerous mosaics. Cheap cafeteria food in the basement for lunch. Hear the bell concerts Sundays.
134 locals recommend
Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
400 Michigan Avenue NortheastYou don't have to be religious or Catholic to appreciate amazing architecture, grand scale, enormous/numerous mosaics. Cheap cafeteria food in the basement for lunch. Hear the bell concerts Sundays.
Everything Else
Entrance on 10th Street. ID required, small if for out of towners. Great Olympic Swimming Pool and hot tub!
8 locals recommend
Turkey Thicket Playground
1100 Michigan Ave NEEntrance on 10th Street. ID required, small if for out of towners. Great Olympic Swimming Pool and hot tub!
beautiful architecture, used to be part of the Franciscan Monastery.
Howard University School of Divinity
2900 Van Ness St NWbeautiful architecture, used to be part of the Franciscan Monastery.
Right nearby or you can try ZipCar and Car2GO which also has cars in the neighborhood.
68 locals recommend
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
3700 10th St NERight nearby or you can try ZipCar and Car2GO which also has cars in the neighborhood.
PNC Bank
3806 12th St NEConvenient ATM across from YES! Organic Market.
Arts & Culture
Dance Place
3225 8th St NEPerformances, classes
Art studio open to the public, Saturday vegetable/foodie market with live music, events on Thursday & Friday evenings. Hip, some nights I thought I was in Rotterdam.
17 locals recommend
Monroe Street Market
625 Monroe St NEArt studio open to the public, Saturday vegetable/foodie market with live music, events on Thursday & Friday evenings. Hip, some nights I thought I was in Rotterdam.
Drinks & Nightlife
New restaurant with great outdoor dining, indoor/outdoor bar & interesting menu.
169 locals recommend
Brookland's Finest Bar and Kitchen
3126 12th Street NortheastNew restaurant with great outdoor dining, indoor/outdoor bar & interesting menu.
Newest Restaurant with micro brew atmosphere, just the other side of the Metro from THE MONROE HOUSE
95 locals recommend
Brookland Pint
716 Monroe St NENewest Restaurant with micro brew atmosphere, just the other side of the Metro from THE MONROE HOUSE
Small bar with interesting menu, cocktails, booths, upstairs with occasional music, Sat/Sun brunch.
45 locals recommend
Steel Plate
3523 12th St NESmall bar with interesting menu, cocktails, booths, upstairs with occasional music, Sat/Sun brunch.