Guidebook for Washington
Food Scene
Station 4
1101 4th St SWNice lunch specials and good happy hour. Brunch spot too.
Energetic new urban vibe. Nice place to hang-out and walk along the waterfront. Free summer concerts and other events. Interesting assortment of restaurants and terrific ice cream shop.
38 locals recommend
Washington Navy Yard
Energetic new urban vibe. Nice place to hang-out and walk along the waterfront. Free summer concerts and other events. Interesting assortment of restaurants and terrific ice cream shop.
Located in Marine Barracks area. Good all-American comfort food like tomato soup and grilled cheese. Homemade pop-tarts and other tasty bakery items.
425 locals recommend
Ted's Bulletin
505 8th St SELocated in Marine Barracks area. Good all-American comfort food like tomato soup and grilled cheese. Homemade pop-tarts and other tasty bakery items.
Hole in the wall with lots of history. Good, cheap eats for breakfast or lunch.
57 locals recommend
Jimmy T's Place
501 E Capitol St SEHole in the wall with lots of history. Good, cheap eats for breakfast or lunch.
Carmine's Italian Restaurant - Washington D.C.
E Street NWGood Italian served family-style!
Hill Country Barbecue Market
410 7th Street NorthwestTexas meets DC. Terrific bbque and live music spot.
Breakfast, brunch, or lunch. Freshly carved meats and satisfying sandwiches and salads.
Sandwiches by Phillip™
440 1st St NWBreakfast, brunch, or lunch. Freshly carved meats and satisfying sandwiches and salads.
Food truck extravaganza. Every weekday, from 11:00 to around 2:00, there is a terrific area of food trucks parked here - just 4 blocks from the house. This is where the local office/Dilbert crowd eat every day. The specific trucks are different each week, but you are going to find great food, a plethora of culinary nationalities represented, and a 25 minute wait behind the best trucks - like the crepe truck if it happens to be there that week.
7th St @ Maryland Ave SW
Food truck extravaganza. Every weekday, from 11:00 to around 2:00, there is a terrific area of food trucks parked here - just 4 blocks from the house. This is where the local office/Dilbert crowd eat every day. The specific trucks are different each week, but you are going to find great food, a plethora of culinary nationalities represented, and a 25 minute wait behind the best trucks - like the crepe truck if it happens to be there that week.
This is our favorite brunch spot. They have a lovely outdoor space and the complimentary bread basket alone is worth a quick Uber ride to get here!
513 locals recommend
Le Diplomate
1601 14th St NWThis is our favorite brunch spot. They have a lovely outdoor space and the complimentary bread basket alone is worth a quick Uber ride to get here!
Sightseeing
You are just blocks away from all the museums on the National Mall!
1111 locals recommend
National Mall
You are just blocks away from all the museums on the National Mall!
The U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
First Street SoutheastA nice stroll to see where democracy happens.
Essentials
This grocery store is an easy 4-block walk from the house. This has a good deli and hot food bar at lunch time. There is also a starbux in the store. If you have a car, you can park in the underground garage for free for 90 minutes. However, you have to spend at least $8 at the grocery store and make sure to get your parking ticket validated. Because the parking isn't cheap if you don't.
855 locals recommend
Safeway
3830 Georgia Ave NWThis grocery store is an easy 4-block walk from the house. This has a good deli and hot food bar at lunch time. There is also a starbux in the store. If you have a car, you can park in the underground garage for free for 90 minutes. However, you have to spend at least $8 at the grocery store and make sure to get your parking ticket validated. Because the parking isn't cheap if you don't.
This pharmacy and convenience store is located just a few blocks from the house with a grocery store, dry cleaner, Starbucks, and other restaurants nearby.
9 locals recommend
CVS Pharmacy
1403 Wisconsin Ave NWThis pharmacy and convenience store is located just a few blocks from the house with a grocery store, dry cleaner, Starbucks, and other restaurants nearby.
Parks & Nature
This is a terrific, bike and walking trail, that literally goes for 180 miles. If you're looking for good exercise, this is a great place to go.
14 locals recommend
C&O Canal Mile Marker 0
This is a terrific, bike and walking trail, that literally goes for 180 miles. If you're looking for good exercise, this is a great place to go.
If you love animals and nature, you really must see the Zoo while you are here. The panda bears are exactly like you've seen them on tv - playful, cuddly, cute and complacent. Terrific place to take the kids. There's a lot of walking involved, and the food is expensive and nothing to be excited about - but the Zoo itself is free. It's free!
771 locals recommend
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
3001 Connecticut Ave NWIf you love animals and nature, you really must see the Zoo while you are here. The panda bears are exactly like you've seen them on tv - playful, cuddly, cute and complacent. Terrific place to take the kids. There's a lot of walking involved, and the food is expensive and nothing to be excited about - but the Zoo itself is free. It's free!
This is a wonderful, natural, National Park, right in DC. It has great hiking trails, great bike riding, and even a planetarium. You could spend days in this park and not see it all. All the flora and fauna that this area has to offer can be found in Rock Creek Park.
https://www.nps.gov/rocr/index.htm
584 locals recommend
Rock Creek Park
3545 Williamsburg Ln NWThis is a wonderful, natural, National Park, right in DC. It has great hiking trails, great bike riding, and even a planetarium. You could spend days in this park and not see it all. All the flora and fauna that this area has to offer can be found in Rock Creek Park.
https://www.nps.gov/rocr/index.htm
Drinks & Nightlife
Our rock music days are behind us, but if you enjoy live music, 9:30 Club is the concert venue in Washington DC. People younger than me tell me they have great bands every night of the week.
455 locals recommend
9:30
815 V St NWOur rock music days are behind us, but if you enjoy live music, 9:30 Club is the concert venue in Washington DC. People younger than me tell me they have great bands every night of the week.
It's a coffee house, and the place to go in the DC area to hear the singer-songwriter types in an intimate venue. If you are interested in this, make sure I put you in touch with my co-worker Greg. He goes to over 100 music concerts a year and knows everyone at Jammin Java.
14 locals recommend
Jammin Java
227 Maple Ave EIt's a coffee house, and the place to go in the DC area to hear the singer-songwriter types in an intimate venue. If you are interested in this, make sure I put you in touch with my co-worker Greg. He goes to over 100 music concerts a year and knows everyone at Jammin Java.
Arts & Culture
This and the Natural History Museum are the two most popular museums in DC. If you really love all things aviation, the Air and Space museum is actually in two places. The other, larger museum, in Chantilly, VA has the Space Shuttle Discovery, the Enola Gay, and an SR-71 Blackbird. That is a ways out from our house, and you need to check traffic before going there. But if you make a day of it, you will enjoy it.
809 locals recommend
National Air and Space Museum
600 Independence Ave SWThis and the Natural History Museum are the two most popular museums in DC. If you really love all things aviation, the Air and Space museum is actually in two places. The other, larger museum, in Chantilly, VA has the Space Shuttle Discovery, the Enola Gay, and an SR-71 Blackbird. That is a ways out from our house, and you need to check traffic before going there. But if you make a day of it, you will enjoy it.
Getting Around
There are 3 entrances to this metro station. The closest one is at 7th and D Street, but the one at 7th and Maryland isn't too hard to find. You have to purchase a smart card to use the metro, which you can do from a machine at the station.
22 locals recommend
Metro Station
600 Maryland Avenue SouthwestThere are 3 entrances to this metro station. The closest one is at 7th and D Street, but the one at 7th and Maryland isn't too hard to find. You have to purchase a smart card to use the metro, which you can do from a machine at the station.