The Best Restaurants in Washington, DC

Local Resources (Washington, DC daily newspapers, alt-weeklies, monthlies, portals, blogs)

• Daily: Washington Post: DC Restaurant and Reviews
  • Best Restaurants in DC
  • Best Cheap Eats
• Alt-Weekly: City Paper: D.C. Food and Restaurants
  • Best of D.C.
  • DC’s Most Valuable Restaurants 2012
  • D.C.’s 44 Most Powerful Restaurants 2011
  • D.C.’s 50 Most Fascinating Restaurants of 2010
  • Tourist Traipse: D.C. Culinary Walking Tours
• Monthly: Washingtonian: Food and Dining
  • 100 Best Restaurants
  • Cheap Eats
  • Best of Washington (Reader’s)
  • Critics’ Picks: The Year’s Top 40 Dishes 2010
  • Chefs Tell All: Best, Most Overrated, and Most Underrated Restaurants 2011
• Monthly: Capitol File Dining + Nightlife
• Monthly: Modern Luxury Washington, DC Dining
• Portal: BisNow Dining (Business)
• Portal: Brightest Young Things Food
• Portal: DailyCandy DC Food
• Portal: TheListAreYouOnIt.com
• Portal: TBD Entertainment
• Portal: Tasting Table DC
• Portal: Thrillist DC Food
• Portal: UrbanDaddy DC Food
• Portal: We Love DC Food and Drink
• Food Blog: Bitches Who Brunch
• Food Blog: Been There Eaten That
• Food Blog: Bon Appetit Foodie
• Food Blog: Capital Cooking
  
• Food Blog: Capital Spice
• Food Blog: Capitol to Capital
• Food Blog: The Daily Meal Washington DC
• Food Blog: DCFoodies
• Food Blog: DC-Wrapped Dates
• Food Blog: DC Burger Blog
• Food Blog: DC Vegan
  
• Food Blog: Dining in DC
• Food Blog: Eater DC
  • 38 Essential Washington, DC Restaurants
  • Washington, DC Heatmap: Where to Eat Now
  • Rapture 2011: 12 Ultimate Places To Ring In The End Of Days 2011
  • Brunch Heat Map: Where to Eat Right Now 2011
• Food Blog: EatMore DrinkMore
• Food Blog: Girl Meets Food
• Food Blog: Metrocurean.com
  • Top Spots To Splurge
• Food Blog: Tyler Cowen’s Ethnic Dining Guide
• Official Tourism Board: Washington, DC (Restaurants | Twitter | Facebook)

Review Sites – Critics

• AOL Travel Restaurants: DC
• CNN Weissmann Travel Reports Washington, DC Restaurant Review
• Conde Nast Traveller: Jaunted Blog DC
• Dopplr: Washington Eat
• Finding Dulcinea Washington, DC
• Fodor’s: Washington, D.C. Restaurants
• Food & Wine: DC Area Restaurants | Go List 2011
• Forbes Startle: Washington, DC Restaurants
• Frommer’s: Washington DC Restaurant Overview
• Let’s Go: Washington, DC Food
• Lonely Planet: Restaurants in Washington, DC
• National Geographic: Washington, D.C. Restaurants
• Moon Guide: Washington, DC Food
• Nile Guide: Washington DC Restaurants
• Travel + Leisure: DC Restaurant Guide

Review Sites – Crowdsource

• Menu Pages Washington, DC
• Qype Washington, DC
• TripAdvisor: Washington DC Restaurants
• Urbanspoon: Washington DC
• Yelp: Washington, DC Restaurants
• Zagat: Washington, DC

Articles

• epicurious: Washington, DC’s Best Restaurants
• Gridskipper: (Some Of) Washington, DC’s Best Brunches 2011
• Independent: 48 Hours In: Washington DC 2009 | 2002
• Independent (Ireland): Washington DC: City of surprises 2011
• NY Magazine: Navigate the Potomac River 2009
• NY Magazine: Loosen the Beltway in Washington, D.C. 2008
• NY Times: 36 Hours in Washington, D.C. 2009 | 2006
• NY Times: Cheap, Kid-Friendly Eats in Washington, D.C. 2011
• Politico: White House chef Sam Kass’ favorite D.C. eats
• Reuters: 48 hours in Washington 2010
• Spectator (UK): Washington: an insider’s guide
• The Telegraph: Justin Webb’s Washington DC 2011
• Time: Washington: 10 Things to Do in 24 Hours
• Travel + Leisure: D.C. Food Scene

Television Shows

• Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Episode: Washington DC
• Man v Food Episode: Washington DC

Discussion Boards

• Chowhound DC
• DonRockwell.com
• eGullet: DC
• Quora Washington, DC
• TripAdvisor: Washington, DC Forum