Guidebook for Washington

Christine
Guidebook for Washington

Food Scene

Get the mint mojito coffee! It will change your life for the better.
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Philz Coffee
1827 Adams Mill Rd NW
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Get the mint mojito coffee! It will change your life for the better.
FANTASTIC Italian food. Great wine. Top-notch service. Love this place!
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Osteria Morini
301 Water St SE
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FANTASTIC Italian food. Great wine. Top-notch service. Love this place!
From corporate lawyer to presidential appointee at Homeland Security to ice cream shop entrepreneur. Only in DC! Awesome and creative flavors here. Put it on your list!
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Ice Cream Jubilee
301 Water St SE
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From corporate lawyer to presidential appointee at Homeland Security to ice cream shop entrepreneur. Only in DC! Awesome and creative flavors here. Put it on your list!
Breakfast and lunch and coffee at this local spot that has a lot of fans. Expect a line, but it moves pretty fast. So worth it!
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Bethesda Bagels
4819 Bethesda Ave
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Breakfast and lunch and coffee at this local spot that has a lot of fans. Expect a line, but it moves pretty fast. So worth it!
The best Korean chicken I've ever had. The spicy is SPICY but I love it. Good beers, too. Order take-out or eat in but be ready to wait a little since dishes take about 20 minutes. You won't regret it.
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Bonchon Navy Yard
1015 Half St SE
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The best Korean chicken I've ever had. The spicy is SPICY but I love it. Good beers, too. Order take-out or eat in but be ready to wait a little since dishes take about 20 minutes. You won't regret it.
It doesn't get any closer than this! Look over from my balcony and you can see this place (and sometimes hear it, too). Can't beat the setting, or the drinks, really. I love the Narragansett lager + Del's lemonade mix -- brings me back to my two years in Rhode Island!
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The Salt Line
79 Potomac Ave SE
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It doesn't get any closer than this! Look over from my balcony and you can see this place (and sometimes hear it, too). Can't beat the setting, or the drinks, really. I love the Narragansett lager + Del's lemonade mix -- brings me back to my two years in Rhode Island!
The closest fast-casual place to grab lunch or dinner, and pretty much on the way to the metro from my place.
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Chopt Creative Salad Co.
1735 N Lynn St
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The closest fast-casual place to grab lunch or dinner, and pretty much on the way to the metro from my place.
Another fast-casual lunch or dinner spot, right near Chop'd. I love the hummus here, and the falafel, and all their spicy sauces. Pack a mint though, 'cause man that garlic sticks around ;)
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Roti Modern Mediterranean
1275 First St NE
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Another fast-casual lunch or dinner spot, right near Chop'd. I love the hummus here, and the falafel, and all their spicy sauces. Pack a mint though, 'cause man that garlic sticks around ;)
Cool new coffeeshop/cocktail place. Keep meaning to go here because it looks so cool!
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Slipstream
1333 14th St NW
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Cool new coffeeshop/cocktail place. Keep meaning to go here because it looks so cool!
People go pretty crazy for this burgers!! (and fries and shakes)
Shake Shack - Navy Yard
54 M St SE
People go pretty crazy for this burgers!! (and fries and shakes)
Fast-casual lunch or dinner, a blend of Korean and Mexican. Pretty cool! And they serve beer.
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TaKorean | The Yards
1212 4th St SE
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Fast-casual lunch or dinner, a blend of Korean and Mexican. Pretty cool! And they serve beer.
Delicious fast-casual upscale salads. Lunch or dinner. Feels so healthy!
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sweetgreen Navy Yard
1212 4th Street Southeast
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Delicious fast-casual upscale salads. Lunch or dinner. Feels so healthy!
Whoa. These are good doughnuts.
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District Doughnut
749 8th St SE
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Whoa. These are good doughnuts.

Drinks & Nightlife

Amazing architecture and ambiance. Even more amazing beers.
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Bluejacket
300 Tingey St SE
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Amazing architecture and ambiance. Even more amazing beers.
Bare-bones but great outdoor beer garden on the waterfront next to my building. You can try a sample before you buy something. Dog-friendly with a bunch of games you can play as you while away your afternoon.
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Bardo Brewing
25 Potomac Ave SE
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Bare-bones but great outdoor beer garden on the waterfront next to my building. You can try a sample before you buy something. Dog-friendly with a bunch of games you can play as you while away your afternoon.
Yet another beer garden! Attracts a younger crowd, but man are those (large) Belgian beers great. Some nice Belgian and German bites, too!
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the brig
1007 8th St SE
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Yet another beer garden! Attracts a younger crowd, but man are those (large) Belgian beers great. Some nice Belgian and German bites, too!

Parks & Nature

Yards Park isn't huge, but it is awesome. When the boardwalk ends at the park, to the left is a nice plot of green grass, and to the right is this awesome native plants garden to sit and look out on the water. Walk a little further (or just follow your ears) and you can watch a ton of very jubilant kids splashing in the waterfall and shallow pool in the middle of the park. Head over the white bridge and sit on the public patio to eat lunch, or a little farther to a second grassy area, and beyond it, some nice shade trees and really cool benches and built-in lounge chairs. Just writing about it makes me wish I were there!
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The Yards Park
355 Water St SE
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Yards Park isn't huge, but it is awesome. When the boardwalk ends at the park, to the left is a nice plot of green grass, and to the right is this awesome native plants garden to sit and look out on the water. Walk a little further (or just follow your ears) and you can watch a ton of very jubilant kids splashing in the waterfall and shallow pool in the middle of the park. Head over the white bridge and sit on the public patio to eat lunch, or a little farther to a second grassy area, and beyond it, some nice shade trees and really cool benches and built-in lounge chairs. Just writing about it makes me wish I were there!
Across the river from my place is a lovely linear park to bike, run and walk, or just hang out and watch the river and the birds. There are a few benches along the way, but a lot of people are on the move on this path, so step lightly!
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Anacostia Park
1500 Anacostia Dr
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Across the river from my place is a lovely linear park to bike, run and walk, or just hang out and watch the river and the birds. There are a few benches along the way, but a lot of people are on the move on this path, so step lightly!
Take a bike and find your way here, with some food and drinks (maybe even grab my navy picnic backpack from the clothes closet!) Watch the planes land across the river at DCA (Reagan airport) and the bikers whiz by you, and contemplate your existence. Especially mesmerizing during cherry blossom season.
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Hains Point
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Take a bike and find your way here, with some food and drinks (maybe even grab my navy picnic backpack from the clothes closet!) Watch the planes land across the river at DCA (Reagan airport) and the bikers whiz by you, and contemplate your existence. Especially mesmerizing during cherry blossom season.
You can bike here easily, using the new, wonderful, well-marked Anacostia River bike path, and you should!
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Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
1550 Anacostia Avenue Northeast
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You can bike here easily, using the new, wonderful, well-marked Anacostia River bike path, and you should!
When you'd like some nature in your DC stay. Best to drive here, but you can bike mostly along the river, too.
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United States National Arboretum
3501 New York Ave NE
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When you'd like some nature in your DC stay. Best to drive here, but you can bike mostly along the river, too.
Bike or take a Lyft here; hard to get to otherwise and competitive (though free) parking if you drive. A nice little jaunt!
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Theodore Roosevelt Island Park
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Bike or take a Lyft here; hard to get to otherwise and competitive (though free) parking if you drive. A nice little jaunt!
Man, what a fantastic place. Go just to the overlook, or walk along the towpath to the Billy Goat Trail. You won't believe you're so close to DC with this amazing river spot!
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Great Falls
11710 Macarthur Blvd
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Man, what a fantastic place. Go just to the overlook, or walk along the towpath to the Billy Goat Trail. You won't believe you're so close to DC with this amazing river spot!

Essentials

Wine and beer selections here, along with anything else you expect at a grocery store!
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Harris Teeter
900 Army Navy Dr
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Wine and beer selections here, along with anything else you expect at a grocery store!
All your pharmacy needs!
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CVS
1418 P St NW
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All your pharmacy needs!
When you need some mani-pedi pampering.
Cosmopolitan Nail Lounge
1331 4th St SE
When you need some mani-pedi pampering.
Where I get my hair cut. Caroline's my gal!
Bang Salon
1212 4th St SE
Where I get my hair cut. Caroline's my gal!

Arts & Culture

Frederick Douglass is more than "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more." His is an amazing story of education, leadership, bravery, and conviction in the mid-1800s. His house in Anacostia is a National Park, and there's an excellent visitors' center with a 20-minute movie that will help you know someone you should know about, and will make you wonder why you didn't know more about him before.
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
1411 W St SE
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Frederick Douglass is more than "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job and is being recognized more and more." His is an amazing story of education, leadership, bravery, and conviction in the mid-1800s. His house in Anacostia is a National Park, and there's an excellent visitors' center with a 20-minute movie that will help you know someone you should know about, and will make you wonder why you didn't know more about him before.
The nicest DC perfoming arts theater. Amazing architecture. Check it out!
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Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
1101 6th St SW
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The nicest DC perfoming arts theater. Amazing architecture. Check it out!
No one regrets going here.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW
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No one regrets going here.
For your favorite modern art, including sculpture.
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Hirshhorn Museum
7th Street Southwest
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For your favorite modern art, including sculpture.
Can't beat it! Especially love the outdoor Sculpture Garden -- ice skating rink in winter, Jazz in the Garden on Friday nights in the summer.
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Narodowa Galeria Sztuki
Constitution Avenue Northwest
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Can't beat it! Especially love the outdoor Sculpture Garden -- ice skating rink in winter, Jazz in the Garden on Friday nights in the summer.
One of the rare museums you pay for in DC, and worth it!
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Newseum
565 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
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One of the rare museums you pay for in DC, and worth it!
Extinct charismatic megafauna, the Hope Diamond, Ocean Hall... yes. You want this.
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Muzeum Historii Naturalnej w Waszyngtonie
10th St. & Constitution Ave. NW
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Extinct charismatic megafauna, the Hope Diamond, Ocean Hall... yes. You want this.
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Narodowe Muzeum Indian Amerykańskich
4th Street Southwest
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Recently reopened and always, always wonderful.
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Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
1661 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
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Recently reopened and always, always wonderful.
You can bike all the way here if you like! Lovely.
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George Washington's Mount Vernon
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy
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You can bike all the way here if you like! Lovely.

Entertainment & Activities

Inescapable since you're right next to it!
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Nationals Park
1500 S Capitol St SE
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Inescapable since you're right next to it!

Shopping

Bike rentals if Capital Bikeshare is not your kind of thing.
Conte's Bike Shop
3449 Wilson Blvd
Bike rentals if Capital Bikeshare is not your kind of thing.
For the runner you are or want to be! A local chain, and a great one.
Pacers Running
300 Tingey St SE
For the runner you are or want to be! A local chain, and a great one.
Closest collection of shops -- clothes, shoes, more.
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Union Station
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Closest collection of shops -- clothes, shoes, more.
When you have to go somewhere like this, it's good to know where it is!
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Walmart Supercenter
5929 Georgia Ave NW
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When you have to go somewhere like this, it's good to know where it is!