FOOD GUIDE: Washington D.C.

Washington, d.c. has some really great food. The city has a plethora of good Ethiopian food, East coast specialties like bagels, pizza and seafood, and tasty Middle Eastern cuisine.

But for me, a bread addict, the standout food spots are definitely the FRENCH BAKERIES scattered throughout the city.

I love love love boulangeries (that were all too seductive when I was in France), but the USA just doesn’t have a European level bakery culture 😦

Enter: Washington, d.c.

While the bakeries in DC do not live up to European standards, they do the trick considering that DC is a 2-hour flight from where I live as opposed to taking the 8-hour flight to Paris!

So a lot of my food recommendations below are bakeries, but some are not.

Because as much as I wish otherwise, a girl cannot survive on bread and pastries only 😦

Therefore, I was obligated to go to food spots that weren’t bakeries. And some of them made the list… check them out below.

P.S. If you want to know how I select the food places I deem worthy as “recommendations”, I wrote a short article about my food spot selection process here. But if you want the summary, I gotchu:

Must not be a fast food chain. Priority to small, locally owned businesses
The food must be notably unique (hard to find anywhere else), or of impressively high quality.
The online reviews must be 4 stars or above. Preferably, 4.5 starts or above.
The food spot must be a truly standout place that I wouldn’t hesitate to eat at again

Without further ado, here are my highly recommended food spots in Washington DC: