The Best New Restaurants in D.C., July 2025 | Eater DC
"NY-based celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson debuted his first restaurant in the nation’s capital in June. Located at the foot of NoMa’s Morrow Hotel, the Ethiopian and Swedish restaurateur behind Harlem’s hot Red Rooster dishes out blue cornbread with yassa butter and berbere honey; cured salmon; and fluke crudo served in an apple cucumber aguachile with a crispy plantain. Chef and Maryland native Anthony Jones adds lots of local touches to the Marcus DC menu, including mambo sauce-slathered roast chicken and crab rice. The color-soaked space full of overlapping patterns and textures offers room for 80 and 12 at the bar. Samuelsson also runs its scenic new rooftop bar called Sly." - Eater Staff
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