The Old Ebbitt Grill doesn't care much for hard-and-fast policies, which may seem strange for a restaurant located across the way from the White House and owned by the Clyde's Restaurant Group. When celebrities visit the city's oldest restaurant, for instance, the staff is not required by management to act all cool. Servers, bussers, bartenders, whoever can [...]

The line cooks at Old Ebbitt Grill know how to handle pressure. They're used to cranking out 2,000 meals a day, says General Manager Kyle Gaffney, but today will be different. Several teams from the University of Florida, including the national championship football squad, will be eating lunch at the Grill, starting at 11:15 a.m., [...]

Then again, maybe you will. It is, according to this year's Restaurants & Institutions Top 100 Independent Restaurants list, the same establishment that placed sixth last year—Old Ebbitt Grill. You read right: Old Ebbitt Grill, the Clyde's Restaurant Group property with a history that dates back to 1856. The place serves politicians, generals, and tourists [...]