Anju

Korean restaurant · Dupont Circle

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The 38 Essential Restaurants Around D.C.

"Situated between Dupont Circle and Adams Morgan, Anju, which is from the restaurant group behind casual hit Chiko, serves Korean bar food with a refined touch. James Beard Award-nominated chef Angel Barreto leads a kitchen that plates up standouts ranging from pork and kimchi mandu (dumplings) and smoky gochujang-glazed fried chicken with white barbecue sauce to a seafood fried rice (bokkeumbap) and seared rib-eye galbi boards. Weekend brunches bring on breakfast sandwiches and a grit bowl that riffs on juk. Meanwhile, Chiko’s Capitol Hill flagship that started it all recently brought back its experimental tasting menu a few nights a week ($75 or $105)." - Tierney Plumb, Emily Venezky

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1805 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009 Get directions

anjurestaurant.com
@anjufrc

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