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Readers Picks

Best Draft Beer Selection
Brickskeller

Best Brunch
Asylum

Best Burger
Five Guys

Best Coffee Shop
Tryst

Best Concept Bar
Palace of Wonders

Best Dessert
Piola

Best Dive Bar
Raven Grill

Best Ethiopian
Dukem

Best Greasy Spoon
Ben's Chili Bowl

Best Happy Hour
Piola

Best Soul Food
Georgia Brown's

Best Jumbo Slice
Alberto's

Best Margarita
Lauriol Plaza

Best Martini
Halo

Best Peruvian
Las Canteras

Best Pizza
2Amys

Best Restaurant Overall
Piola

Best Salad Bar
Chop't

Best Seafood
Oceanaire Seafood Room

Best Steakhouse
Ruth's Chris Steak House

Best Vegetarian/Vegan
Java Green

Best Vietnamese
Nam-Viet Restaurant

Best Wings
Duffy's Irish Pub

Best Moroccan Restaurant
Marrakesh

Best Wine Bar
Cork

Best Tapas
Jaleo

Best Bakery
Sticky Fingers

Best 24-Hour Restaurant
The Diner

Staff Picks

In Depth: The Big Chain Grocers
Harris Teeter, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's

In Depth: Best Dessert Menu
Locanda

In Depth: Best Salt Bagel
Bagel City

In Depth: Best Chef/Best Restaurant
Frank Ruta at Palena

Best New American Restaurant
PS 7’s

Best Bakery
Heidelberg Pastry Shoppe

Best Bar to Hear Yourself Think
The Saloon

Best Barbecue
Texas Ribs and BBQ

Best Beer List
Brasserie Beck

Best Biker Bar
Asylum

Best Bistro
Montsouris

Best Pizza
2Amys

Best Bread in the ’Burbs
Great Harvest Bread Co. of Alexandria

Best Bread in the District
Breadline

Best Breakfast
Restaurant K by Alison Swope

Best Butter Chicken
Heritage India

Best Charcuterie
Restaurant Eve

Best Cheese Plate
Bistro Bis

Best Cheese Shop
Cheesetique

Best Chinese in the District
Great Wall–Szechuan House

Best Chocolate Chip Cookie
Marvelous Market

Best Cocktail
Cucumber Basil Rickey at Rasika

Best Coffee Shop
Misha’s Coffeehouse and Coffee Roaster

Best Crab Cake
Bobby’s Crabcakes

Best Décor
W Domku Bar and Café

Best Deli
Parkway Deli & Restaurant

Best Dim Sum
Hollywood East Café on the Boulevard

Best Ethiopian Restaurant
Abay Market

Best Ethnic Market
Daruma Japan Market

Best Falafel
Amsterdam Falafelshop

Best Family Restaurant
Comet Ping-Pong

Best Farmers Market
Penn Quarter FRESHFARM Market

Best Fried Chicken
Colorado Kitchen

Best French Fries
Five Guys

Best Frozen Yogurt
Thomas Sweet

Best Greek Restaurant
Zorba’s Café

Best Half-Smoke
Ben’s Chili Bowl

Best Hamburger
Quarry House Tavern

Best Horchata
Mexican Pepito’s Bakery

Best Ice Cream
The Dairy Godmother

Best Irish Bar
Nanny O’Briens Irish Pub

Best Red-Sauce Italian Restaurant
Olazzo

Best Korean in the District
Adam Express

Best Late-Night Bite
Oohhs & Aahhs

Best Lemonade
Cork Wine Bar

Best Mac ’n’ Cheese
Florida Avenue Grill

Best Mexican Restaurant Actually Owned By Mexicans
La Sirenita

Best Mexican Takeout
Taqueria Nacionale

Best Margarita
The Oyamel at Oyamel

Best Milkshake
The Diner

Best Mussels
Moules Mariniere at Dr. Granville Moore’s

Best New Restaurant
Cork Wine Bar

Best Offal Dish
Lamb brains with capers and brown butter at Bistro d’Oc

Best Pakistani Restaurant
Ravi Kabob House

Best Pho
Pho Hiep Hoa

Best Oysters
Hank’s Oyster Bar

Best Restaurant by a Chef Who Doesn’t Actually Cook Here
Westend Bistro by Eric Ripert

Best Pickup Bar
Saki

Best Place to Escape Adams Morgan in Adams Morgan
Dan’s Café

Best Pupusa
Sabor Carry Out

Best Restaurant Makeover
Equinox

Best Seafood Restaurant
Hook

Best Sliders
Matchbox

Best Soul Food Restaurant
Hitching Post

Best Spanish Restaurant
Jaleo

Best Steakhouse
Ray’s the Classics

Best Street Cart
L Street Vending aka “The Little Yellow Cart”

Best Thai Restaurant
Nava Thai

Best Tofu Carryout
Thanh Son Tofu

Best Tofu Invention
Tofu Cake at Busboys and Poets

Best Use of Infused Vodka
The Bolshevik at PS 7’s

Best Vegan Breakfast
Breakfast Sandwich at Sticky Fingers Bakery

Best Vegetarian Dive
Soul Vegetarian Restaurant and Exodus Carry-Out

Best Wine Bar
Mie N Yu

Best Wine List
Proof

Best Vietnamese Restaurant
Huong Que/Four Sisters

Best Dive Bar
Hank Dietle’s Tavern

Best Indian Restaurant
Bombay Indian Restaurant

Best Gastropub
Rustico

Best Key Lime Pie
Just Cakes

Best Cocktail Menu
Bar Pilar

Best Gin-Based Drink
The Bluntside at Bar Pilar