Pineapple and Pearls is a modernist tasting menu restaurant in Capitol Hill, Washington DC.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 715 8th St SE, Washington, DC 20003, Washington DC
Rasika in Washington DC is Ashok Bajaj's Penn Quarter modern Indian dining room on D Street, the city's anchor Indian fine-dining room since 2005 and a State.
OrderThe palak chaat (crispy spinach with sweet yoghurt and tamarind); the room's most-ordered single dish.
TipThe West End Rasika is the larger room; the Penn Quarter original is louder and harder to book but holds the editorial top spot.
Thip Khao in Washington DC is Seng Luangrath's Columbia Heights Laotian dining room on 14th Street, the city's anchor Laotian kitchen with a separate.
OrderThe Laotian-style beef larb from the jungle menu; ask for the off-menu insert by name.
TipThe crispy rice salad and Lao sausage are the second-meal must-orders; bring a wine you don't mind opening (BYO).
Albi in Washington DC is Michael Rafidi's Michelin-star Navy Yard Levantine wood-fire dining room on 4th Street SE, a one-Michelin-star kitchen with a James.
OrderThe hummus and the wood-fire shish barak (lamb dumpling); the editorial standout of the menu.
TipThe tasting menu Yellow Door dinner is the chef's signature ticket; book the upstairs Yellow Door room directly.
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.
OrderThe mezzi rigatoni with house fennel sausage; on the menu since opening and the room's most-ordered dish.
TipThe Sunday family-style pasta night is the value slot; book the upstairs bar counter for a quieter view of the wood grill.
Causa in Washington DC is Chef Carlos Delgado's Michelin-star Peruvian tasting room in Shaw Blagden Alley, a downstairs fine-dining counter that won.
OrderWhichever ceviche course opens the tasting.
TipThe casual upstairs sister Amazonia takes Amazon-region cooking a la carte; reserve Causa one menu, walk up to Amazonia for a closer to a pisco-led evening.
Minibar by Jose Andres in Washington DC is the chef's two-Michelin-star, 12-seat counter on E Street, a 20-course modernist tasting menu pulled.
OrderWhatever course requires both hands; the kitchen is unsentimental about it.
TipBook at midnight three months out via Tock. The wine pairing leans Old World Spanish; ask for the deep-dive option.
