The Delegate at Convention Center Gives D.C. Another Hotel Dining Option | Eater DC

"Inside the new Courtyard and Residence Inn next to the Convention Center (901 L Street NW), I found the cavernous hotel restaurant The Delegate now running on all cylinders as a full-service spot for breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner located off the dual-branded Marriott hotel lobby. The menu offers starters ($8–$18) like French onion soup, Rappahannock oysters, black sesame ahi tuna, and fried green tomatoes with Firefly goat cheese and jalapeno fig jam, and heftier orders ($20–$42) such as pappardelle, crab cakes, and wild salmon with succotash and crispy lemon pepper chives; a pizza oven will be installed soon to produce Neapolitan-style pies. On weekends brunch (10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) features French toast and berries, warm skillet cinnamon buns, and carving and omelette stations, while weekday happy hour (3 p.m. to 7 p.m.) at its 40-seat modern bar discounts beers, wine, and bar bites. The operation feeds the property’s 500-plus guest rooms, is open daily from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m., and the bar stays open until midnight on weekends for badge-wearing convention guests. The cocktail list ($13–$18) leans D.C.-centric with the blood orange-accented Death & Taxes, mezcal-infused Only Spy I See, and Granny Smith Goes to Washington featuring Cotton & Reed Dry Spiced Rum, and the name is a playful ode to the political appointment — the delegate — who can’t vote on the U.S. House floor. The restaurant is run by the family-run group that also operates Hen Quarter nearby and recently acquired Matchbox." - Tierney Plumb