The Spot in Rockville’s wide-ranging options — from Taiwanese fried crispy squid to matcha egg waffle cones — areinspiredby similar markets in Hong Kong. This Asian food hall is a source for trendy desserts like fish-shaped taiyaki treats at Alpaca Dessert and foamy milk tea from Taiwanese tea chain Gong Cha. More substantial meals include poke bowls with a yuzu jalapeno sauce at Poki DC, fried chicken or seafood from CheersCut, hand-pulled noodles from Mian, and Japanese donburi from Tamashi.The Spot Mini, a scaled-down outpost with ramen, poke, and tea, caters to University of Maryland students in College Park.

Out in Herndon, thisall-halal food hallhouses vendors for steakhouse fare, Chinese food, Nashville hot chicken, burgers, and a range of Afghan and Pakistani dishes.

Located in the spot that used to beSavor at Studio 3807— Prince George’s County’s first food hall — miXt Food Hall features both the old and the new. The Little Miner Taco stand remains, where diners can choose from itsviral quesabirria tacos(and birria burritos and birria cheesesteaks) alongside hearty dishes like carne asada fries. New options include Relish Market, described as a “year-round indoor farmers market,” and new options for Vigilante Coffee drinis (miXt Drink) and local beer or cocktails (miXt Brew).

This contemporary Latin-American marketplace near Union Market contains everything from street food to a Michelin-starred tasting menu. Sip on aguas frescas and margaritas at the Serenata cocktail bar, snack on pupusas from La Casita, and enjoy vegan food from Mita. Grand Cata has a South American-centric wine shop and market. Las Gemelas, a twin set of projects from the owners of Espita in Shaw, includes a taqueria on one end of the market and a fancier bar that serves Southern Mexican seafood dishes and mezcal cocktails.

Standing on the site of the old Union Terminal Market, which debuted outdoors in 1931, the current form of D.C.’s preeminent food hall has been attracting huge crowds to Northeast since opening its renovated form in 2012. Stalwarts of the market include Buffalo and Bergen, for New York-style bagels and deli fare; Red Apron Butcher,for charcuterie and “porkstrami” sandwiches, Fava Pot, for Egyptian koshary and meze; the District Fishwife, for sustainable shrimp banh mis. 2Fiftys, an offshoot of hit Riverdale Park brisket hub 2Fifty Texas BBQ, offers a small menu of smoked meats.

This Rosslyn food hall from Chicago-based DMK Restaurants opened its doors to the public in late August. Unlike other food halls where diners might wander from stall to stall,Assemblyseats customers at tables where they can order food directly to their seats using a QR code. The 625-seat space was designed to appeal to remote workers, with daytime food options ranging from coffee, pastries, and quick lunch bites. In total, Assembly boasts six different food “concepts” ranging from tacos to Asian street food to grain bowls. There’s a beer, wine, and cocktail menu as well, and happy hour specials are offered at its indoor lounge and outdoor terrace.

This Capitol Hill landmark that conveniently has a namesake Metro Stop on the Blue Line first opened in 1873. A fire in 2007 called for a two-year renovation that resulted in the building’s current form. Vendors inside the South Hall Market are more focussed on the grocery side of business, with several selling high quality produce, meat, and fish. It’s worth waiting in line at the Market Lunch for famous buckwheat blueberry pancakes and mean soft shell crab sandwiches. Just remember to bring cash. On weekends, vendors set up tents outside to sell goods from the farm. You’ll also find street a rotating cast of street vendors cranking out flat-top burritos, mobile doughnuts, and more.

This long-awaited Capitol Hill food hall from Neighborhood Restaurant Group features an impressive range: tacos, sushi, burgers, beer, salads, and sweets. Order it all via QR code from a a seat atShelterbeer garden, which boasts 50 draft lines and an extensive list of low-ABV picks. Slice Joint offers some of the best New York-stlye pizza in the area. Cameo stocks specialty coffee and seasonal drinks. Sushi counter Ako makes creative rolls topped plantains and truffle oil. There are also Red Apron burgers, German-leaning bowls from Top Chef competitor Brittanny Anderson at Leni, and a range of dumplings and noodle bowls from Erik Bruner-Yang’s Yoko & Kota.

The indoor-outdoor home to some of ofD.C.’s essential Vietnameserestaurants includes the always-packed Rice Paper, Thanh Son Tofu, and Hai Duong (known for its clay pot rice). The decades-old center in suburbia is evolving tomeet millennial preferences, adding bubble tea shops that blare EDM music and its first-ever chain (Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot).

The Northern Virginia suburb of Annandale is known for a heavy concentration of Korean restaurants, but this small food hall has a nice mix of vendors selling all kinds of Asian specialties. There’s a reliable poke chain, PokeWorks, and a comfort food spot called Balo that serves everything from chicken wings to banh mi and curry laksa soup. There’s also soft serve, ice cream, and shaved ice from Sno Cream, a dumpling and hibachi shop, and a bar with solid happy hour specials round out the options. In downtown D.C., a scaled-down version of the Block offers Fil-Am fast food fromPogiboy, Asian-American pastries from Rose Ave., and another bar.

The Woodbridge food hall opened in April 2021 with a 14 vendors.Highlights include Bonfire Chicken, which serves up fried chicken wings and sandwiches, a fish and chip shop aptly named London Chippy, and Mr. Big’s Seafood, a Cajun spot serving seafood buckets piled with everything from shrimp to mussels to lobster tails.