Guidebook for Washington

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Guidebook for Washington

Food Scene

Closest pub
45 locals recommend
Tunnicliff's Tavern
222 7th St SE
45 locals recommend
Closest pub
Outdoor vendors sell crafts and food on weekends, inside the Market Lunch sells good southern food for breakfast and lunch
699 locals recommend
Eastern Market
225 7th St SE
699 locals recommend
Outdoor vendors sell crafts and food on weekends, inside the Market Lunch sells good southern food for breakfast and lunch
Good food at 1950's prices
39 locals recommend
Tortilla Café
210 7th Street Southeast
39 locals recommend
Good food at 1950's prices

Parks & Nature

The water lilies and lotus are spectacular
97 locals recommend
Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens
1550 Anacostia Avenue Northeast
97 locals recommend
The water lilies and lotus are spectacular

Arts & Culture

Important exhibits in a beautiful building
451 locals recommend
National Museum of African American History and Culture
1400 Constitution Ave. NW
451 locals recommend
Important exhibits in a beautiful building
$5. Live performances subsidized by the National Endowment for Humanities or Arts, southern food for sale in church basement. Blues music on Mondays, Jazz on Fridays. Starts at 6pm.
6 locals recommend
Westminster Presbyterian Church
400 I St SW
6 locals recommend
$5. Live performances subsidized by the National Endowment for Humanities or Arts, southern food for sale in church basement. Blues music on Mondays, Jazz on Fridays. Starts at 6pm.
Best collection of Shakespeare folios in the world. Beautiful interior. Special exhibits that change every few months.
64 locals recommend
Folger Shakespeare Library
201 E Capitol St SE
64 locals recommend
Best collection of Shakespeare folios in the world. Beautiful interior. Special exhibits that change every few months.
Good exhibits and beautiful building (Jefferson Bldg)
314 locals recommend
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave SE
314 locals recommend
Good exhibits and beautiful building (Jefferson Bldg)

Drinks & Nightlife

Also a restaurant and has good food, friendly atmosphere. Often voted best neighborhood bar
35 locals recommend
Tune Inn
331 1/2 Pennsylvania Ave. SE
35 locals recommend
Also a restaurant and has good food, friendly atmosphere. Often voted best neighborhood bar
Friendly, informal nightclub with excellent food and good live entertainment
15 locals recommend
Bethesda Blues and Jazz Supper Club
7719 Wisconsin Ave
15 locals recommend
Friendly, informal nightclub with excellent food and good live entertainment

Sightseeing

Wonderful at night, not so crowded and not so hot. Park rangers/interpreters work until midnight.
697 locals recommend
Lincoln Memorial
2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW
697 locals recommend
Wonderful at night, not so crowded and not so hot. Park rangers/interpreters work until midnight.
It's the Vietnam Memorial, most visited memorial in DC. Very compelling.
115 locals recommend
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
5 Henry Bacon Dr NW
115 locals recommend
It's the Vietnam Memorial, most visited memorial in DC. Very compelling.
Beautiful building that once housed the Federal workers who processed the pensions for Civil War veterans (North only)
92 locals recommend
National Building Museum
401 F St NW
92 locals recommend
Beautiful building that once housed the Federal workers who processed the pensions for Civil War veterans (North only)