Minibar by Jose Andres is a modernist tasting menu restaurant in Penn Quarter, Washington DC.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 855 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, Washington DC
Jaleo in Washington DC is Jose Andres's 7th Street Spanish tapas room, the kitchen that opened ThinkFoodGroup in 1993 and codified DC's modern small-plates.
OrderThe paella valenciana with rabbit, snail and green bean; ordered table-wide and finished with a torch.
TipLunch is the easier reservation; the sherry list runs deep into Manzanilla pasada that the bartenders will pour by the glass.
Rose's Luxury in Washington DC is Aaron Silverman's Michelin-star Capitol Hill rowhouse on 8th Street, the line-out-the-door Barracks Row room that flipped.
OrderThe pork sausage, habanero and lychee salad; on the menu since 2013 and the room's calling card.
TipReservations open 4 weeks out via Tock at 10:00 sharp; the walk-up roof bar Bar Pilar takes overflow on warm nights.
Raw Omakase DC in Washington DC is Chef John Yi's Logan Circle Japanese tasting counter on the third floor above Takara 14 on 14th Street, a sub-ten-seat.
OrderWhichever nigiri course leads the run.
TipThe 18:00 seating is the 15-course $125 menu; the 20:15 seating is the 18-course $150 menu. Reserve via the website Tuesday through Saturday.
The Dabney in Washington DC is Jeremiah Langhorne's Michelin-star Blagden Alley room in Shaw, a Mid-Atlantic wood-hearth kitchen built around regional.
OrderThe cast-iron cornbread with sorghum butter; the kitchen pulls it from the hearth on a long handle.
TipBook the bar seats facing the hearth; the show is the kitchen, not the dining room. The Cellar wine bar is the quieter alternative.
Maydan in Washington DC is Rose Previte's James Beard award-winner above 14th Street, a courtyard around a live-fire pit serving North African.
OrderThe lamb shoulder cooked over fire for ten hours, ordered as a family-style bookend.
TipThe booth seats face the fire; ask for one. The pre-shift cocktail flight at the upstairs bar is the value pick.
Le Diplomate in Washington DC is Stephen Starr's 14th Street brasserie at the P Street corner, the city's anchor French room since 2013 with a wraparound.
OrderThe steak frites with bearnaise.
TipThe walk-in bar takes the same menu and runs at a third the wait. Brunch is the busiest slot of the week.
Jaleo in Washington DC is Jose Andres's 7th Street Spanish tapas room, the kitchen that opened ThinkFoodGroup in 1993 and codified DC's modern small-plates.
OrderThe paella valenciana with rabbit, snail and green bean; ordered table-wide and finished with a torch.
TipLunch is the easier reservation; the sherry list runs deep into Manzanilla pasada that the bartenders will pour by the glass.
