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Penn Quarter Restaurants
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All Penn Quarter Restaurants (49)
Choose a Type of Food: Show All | American | Asian | Bagels | Breakfast/Brunch | Burgers | Coffee | Continental | Desserts/Ice Cream | Fast Food | French | Indian | Italian | Latin American | Mediterranean | Mexican | Middle Eastern | Pizza | Pub Food | Sandwiches/Subs | Seafood | Southern & Soul | Southwestern | Spanish | Steakhouse | Sushi | Tex-Mex | Turkish
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| +62% | American | 
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| +74% | Latin American, Spanish and Seafood |
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| +59% | Steakhouse, American and Pub Food |
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| +50% | Steakhouse, Seafood and American |
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| +57% | Italian and Seafood |
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| +60% | Steakhouse, Pub Food and Burgers |
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| +60% | Pizza, Fast Food and American |
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| +73% | French |
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| +65% | Seafood, American and Steakhouse |
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| +66% | American |
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| +70% | Indian and Pub Food |
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| +55% | Mexican |
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| +68% | Asian, Coffee and Breakfast/Brunch |
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| +78% | Pub Food |
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| +60% | Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Turkish |
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| +73% | American and Pub Food |
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These Penn Quarter Restaurants have received the most positive votes in the past 30 days.
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Manhattan Deli (2 votes) |
Penn Quarter critic reviews
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Asia Nine by Washington Post March 26, 2008 - A buddy makes a nostalgic, and accurate, point as three of us ease into dinner at the sweeping Asia Nine Bar and... full review | all Washington Post reviews |
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Café Atlántico by Washingtonian January 01, 2008 - 3.5/4 stars - A freewheeling, genre-defying banquet of 27 experimental courses-conceived by chef José Andrés and protégé Katsuya... full review | all Washingtonian reviews |
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The Source by Washington Post December 30, 2007 - 2.5/4 stars - There are few drawbacks to a job that pays its practitioners to eat out every night. But one of them might surprise... full review | all Washington Post reviews |
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Oyamel by Washingtonian August 01, 2007 - 2.5/4 stars - In restaurants as in most everything else, there are dull successes just as there are interesting failures. Oyamel... full review | all Washingtonian reviews |
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701 Pennsylvania Avenue by Washington Post May 13, 2007 - Recommended - At 6:02 p.m., my date and I are handed menus. At 7:11 p.m., our check is delivered. Yet we never feel rushed, and the... full review | all Washington Post reviews |
Penn Quarter blog posts
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Rosa Mexicano June 02, 2008 - Poor Rosa has been dealing with a ton of construction on 7th and F Streets during the past several months. But it's... full post | all Bacon and Blue reviews |
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Poste May 28, 2008 - Even with so many highly-recommended restaurants out there that we have yet to try, there are some spots we return to... full post | all Capital Spice reviews |
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Zaytinya May 21, 2008 - Small plates, like wine bars, seem to be overtaking DC. Well, don't overlook Zaytinya in the myriad of small plate... full post | all Bacon and Blue reviews |
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Zaytinya April 03, 2008 - After coming back from a weekend in Washington DC, I was struck by the dramatic improvement in the city's restaurant... full post | all The Flying Mermaid reviews |
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District Chophouse & Brewery March 19, 2008 - Here is one place that "DC" should be proud to share its acronym with. Located in the bustling Chinatown/Penn Quarter... full post | all Bacon and Blue reviews |
Penn Quarter user reviews
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Poste "Over-rated" by PinaColada (7 reviews) January 26, 2008 - This place is so over-rated. The menu had about 6 entree choices and not one was remotely appealing. Food was ok but... |
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Rosa Mexicano "DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY!" by Jennie Brown (1 review) November 15, 2007 - FOOD WAS TERRIBLE - NO FLAVOR. SERVICE WAS TERRIBLE. OVER PRICED. NOT WORTH IT. |
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Zola "Drinks ok, food not" by transitgirl (6 reviews) October 06, 2007 - Cute, fun place for drinks, although the crowd really varies and can be hit-or-miss. Food was overpriced and not... |
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Top Shelf Bar & Lounge "da Bears" by smitty (1 review) July 27, 2007 - I heard rumors that Top Shelf Bar and Lounge has a large Chicago Bears "C" in the upstairs bar. Is this a good place... |
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Top Shelf Bar & Lounge "Everybody knows your name" by Jack (1 review) June 01, 2007 - The food and drink are terrific, but it's the personal attention and attentive staff that makes me keep coming back... |
Penn Quarter locals
People eating in the neighborhood, and how many restaurants they've tried in Penn Quarter.
- Sous Blue - 9 restaurants
- transitgirl - 7 restaurants
- Christine L - 5 restaurants
- marie236l - 4 restaurants
- Kristopher - 3 restaurants
- PinaColada - 2 restaurants
- Frank Inserra - 2 restaurants
- jem259 - 2 restaurants
- Sandy D - 2 restaurants
- jonathanmlevy - 1 restaurant