Joe’s has a sense of grandeur, with its former bank building location and solicitous maitre d’s. The restaurant features a selection of stone crab, plenty of steaks, and a generoushappy hour(which is back after a pandemic pause). It’s open for dine-in,delivery, and curbside pickup.

This fast-casual restaurant with animmigrant-supporting missionserves bowls and sandwiches from chef Enrique Limardo (Severn Reasons) that mash up multiple cuisines. There’s a classic pressed Cuban with pineapple pickles, a banh mi made with adobo chicken, and an Indian-Mexican bowl that mixes spice-rubbed steak with mango chutney. Place online pickup ordershere.— Gabe Hiatt

An excellent option for lunch or dinner for those looking for high-quality seafood sushi preparations (note that lunch and dinner options are priced the same). It’s also one of the few places people can experience risk-lovers’fugu(pufferfish) in D.C. Online orderinghere.

D.C.’s go-to option for fried chicken and doughnuts expanded their downtown location next door into a beer hall and coffee shop a few years back (a second isopening in Shirlington this year). Happy hour means $6 drinks and $1 off appetizers like loaded tots and fried pickles.

D.C.’s oldest restaurant is a tourist favorite and is family-friendly to boot. But locals know the best time to visit is during theraw bar happy hour. Delivery is available throughUberEats.

After being closed for much of the pandemic, this favorite for large, family-style portions, red sauce dishes, and meatballs galore is back in action in nearby Penn Quarter. It’s a great option for large groups. Takeout availablehere.

When in doubt, a José Andrés restaurant is a good bet near the mall — the majority of his D.C. presence is clustered around this area. This particular restaurant is an excellent option for Peruvian-Chinese fare, with standout ceviches and chaufa dishes in particular.

Following a multi-million dollar renovation, Yotel hotel’s lobby-level restaurant with a nice patio surfaced last spring with a heightened focus on Mid-Atlantic ingredients. Plume alum Danny Chavez sends out fried chicken, shrimp and grits, elaborate meat and cheese boards, and lamb ragu fusilli. A midday happy hour on Wednesdays to Fridays pairs sandwiches and draft beer for $22 (noon to 2 p.m.).Pickup and deliveryare available in addition to dine-in.

When Hill Country first opened, it was one of the few destinations for legit barbecue in the city. Now, competition has gotten much more fierce, but the New York import still makes a good brisket and a stellar sausage. This large location is good for groups. Pick-up is availableonline.

This serene tea shop and cafe has been a favorite for a quick drink or light meal for years. It’s famous for its salty oatmeal cookies, but dishes such as chicken salad and cilantro scrambled eggs are additional options; also find bento boxes here. The outpost has reopened for dine-in, but also has pick-up and delivery available through itswebsite.

不僅購物中心附近的一個目的地,Rasikae of D.C.’s best restaurants, period. James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef Vikram Sunderam attracts regulars to the fine dining Indian restaurant with dishes such as his memorable palak chat, and keeps them there to sample thoughtful preparations of eggplant, biryani, and crab pepper masala.

This ambitious restaurant within the National Museum of African American History and Culture recently reopened, though with a limited menu at the moment. It showcases the diversity of African American cuisine with dishes like gumbo, shrimp and grits, and oyster pan roast.