Ben's Chili Bowl is an american restaurant in U Street, Washington DC.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 1213 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009, Washington DC
Ben's Next Door in Washington DC is the sit-down sister of Ben's Chili Bowl at 1211 U Street, a soul-American kitchen with a cocktail list and the half-smoke.
OrderThe buttermilk fried chicken with mac and collards; the room's most-ordered single dish.
TipThe bar runs late on weekends and is the better seat for a single diner; brunch fills up by 11:30.
Founding Farmers DC in Washington DC is the Pennsylvania Avenue farmer-owned cooperative dining room near the IMF and World Bank, an all-day American kitchen.
OrderThe fried chicken and waffles with apple butter; the menu's most-ordered single plate.
TipReservations book out for brunch a week ahead; weekday breakfast and the bar take walk-ins.
Ben's Next Door in Washington DC is the sit-down sister of Ben's Chili Bowl at 1211 U Street, a soul-American kitchen with a cocktail list and the half-smoke.
OrderThe buttermilk fried chicken with mac and collards; the room's most-ordered single dish.
TipThe bar runs late on weekends and is the better seat for a single diner; brunch fills up by 11:30.
Matchbox in Washington DC is the original Penn Quarter pizza-and-burger room on H Street since 2003, a wood-fired oven kitchen on Chinatown's western edge.
OrderThe mini burger trio with thin onion rings; the room's most-ordered appetiser.
TipThe upstairs dining room is quieter than the busy ground-floor bar; ask for it at booking.
Pizzeria Paradiso in Washington DC is Ruth Gresser's Dupont Circle wood-fired pizza room on P Street since 1991, a thin-crust Italian pizzeria.
OrderThe Atomica with hot salami, black olives and red pepper flakes; the menu since 1991.
TipThe Birreria downstairs runs over 150 beers; ask for the Italian craft tasting flight at the bar.
Chercher Ethiopian Restaurant in Washington DC is the second-floor 9th Street rowhouse Ethiopian dining room in Shaw's Little Ethiopia, a no-reservations.
OrderThe shiro chickpea stew with extra injera; the menu's editorial signature.
TipNo reservations; the staircase line moves fastest at 17:30 on weeknights and crowds outside the door by 19:00. Cash and card both accepted.
Dukem Ethiopian Restaurant in Washington DC is the U Street Ethiopian dining room since 1997, the older sister to Etete and a U Street institution.
OrderThe kitfo (Ethiopian raw beef tartare) leb leb or rare with mitmita spice; the room's deepest cut.
TipLive Ethiopian music plays Friday and Saturday from 21:00; the back booth is the quietest table.
