Best Restaurants for Foodies in Mount Vernon

It’s Restaurant Week in DC. Zaytinya’s offering is outstanding. The five courses were great. Especially enjoyed the ground lamb kebab. At $55 per person and $35 for a bottle of wine you can’t beat it.

Other DC restaurants may generate gushy reviews and play hard-to-get with reservations, but Centrolina is consistently one of the very best high-end restaurants in the DMV--period. And it's all good: the wines and cocktails, the flawlessly grilled fish, the dreamy pastas, the awesome-in-their-own-right contorni and desserts. At lunch the waitress recommended the tomato soup. It was insanely rich and spiked with Calabrian chile oil and (I think) pickled vegetables. Who does tomato soup like that? Who does a bread service with cheesy focaccia and perfectly crunchy whole-wheat bread sticks? Centrolina. This is a serious restaurant that doesn't take itself too seriously. Just come and eat.

Wonderful meal. Great recommendations from our server. The tomato bread, garlic shrimp are highlights, but the basque cheesecake is out of this world. Highly recommended.

Had a lovely experience with friends. Food was incredible and the service was impeccable. Would highly recommend if visiting DC. The rockfish was an absolute stand out.

Founding Farmers is a fantastic place to eat for breakfast. Lunch and dinner. We went to two different locations while in town!! Great food, fantastic drinks and a great time. They make all of their stuff from scratch and that includes their liquor. Make a reservation 9online, this place is packed.