The Red Hen ★ 4.4
The Red Hen in Washington DC is the Bloomingdale Italian neighbourhood dining room on First Street, with the rigatoni-fennel-sausage pasta that has run the menu since opening night 2013.
Signature: Rigatoni with fennel sausage, Wood-grilled meats
Order: The mezzi rigatoni with house fennel sausage; on the menu since opening and the room's most-ordered dish.
Tip: The Sunday family-style pasta night is the value slot; book the upstairs bar counter for a quieter view of the wood grill.