The Red Hen is an italian restaurant in Eckington Bloomingdale, Washington DC.
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.
Editorially verified May 18, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Rigatoni with fennel sausage, Wood-grilled meats
Must 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.
Address: 1822 1st St NW, Washington, DC 20001, Washington DC
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.
Signature: Coastal seafood tasting, Pisco-pairing flight
Order: Whichever ceviche course opens the tasting.
Tip: The 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.
Signature: 20-course modernist tasting, Caviar cone
Order: Whatever course requires both hands; the kitchen is unsentimental about it.
Tip: Book at midnight three months out via Tock. The wine pairing leans Old World Spanish; ask for the deep-dive option.
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.
Signature: Pork sausage and lychee salad, Family-style mains
Order: The pork sausage, habanero and lychee salad; on the menu since 2013 and the room's calling card.
Tip: Reservations 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.
Signature: Edomae nigiri progression, Seasonal sashimi course
Order: Whichever nigiri course leads the run.
Tip: The 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.
Signature: Wood-hearth oysters, Cast-iron cornbread
Order: The cast-iron cornbread with sorghum butter; the kitchen pulls it from the hearth on a long handle.
Tip: Book 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.
Signature: Whole-fire lamb shoulder, Flatbread from the live fire
Order: The lamb shoulder cooked over fire for ten hours, ordered as a family-style bookend.
Tip: The booth seats face the fire; ask for one. The pre-shift cocktail flight at the upstairs bar is the value pick.
