Casa Teresa
Restaurant · Downtown ·
Seasonal Spanish fare with live-fire cooking and open wine list
Seasonal Spanish fare with live-fire cooking and open wine list
"Let Casa Teresa bring Spanish warmth to your home on Thanksgiving with its at-home holiday package by chef Rubén García. The feast for eight ($249.95) features a brined turkey with herbed gravy, olive oil mashed potatoes, caramelized onion stuffing, cranberry sauce, and customizable sides. Guests can add wine packages, cocktail kits, or Spanish tapas and desserts for a festive touch. Order between November 10-20 for pickup November 24-26." - Vinciane Ngomsi
"Spanish chef Rubén García’s flagship restaurant and tapas bar brought a lively new destination for live-fire cooking to the Square, downtown’s ambitious new food market spearheaded by García and fellow José Andrés Group veteran Richie Brandenburg. Casa Teresa, García’s first solo venture, revives ancestral recipes of the culinary matriarchs he grew up around in Terrassa, Spain, and celebrates the time-honored cooking traditions of Basque Country and Catalonia through family-style feasts — think whole fish, local veggies, and pass-the-plate meats — all theatrically grilled over open flames and oak charcoal from a kitchen within diners’ view. The terracotta-toned dining room carves out space for a bar centered around gins, vermouth, and Spanish wines, plus an intimate “Teresa’s Table” that encourages chatty chef-guest interactions over tastings. A Saturday brunch full of vermouth and family recipes entered the fold this spring. Must-try dish: The How to Pa Amb Tomáquet is a fun dish that supplies diners with the crispy cristal bread, sliced tomatoes, and high-quality olive oil to build their own pan con tomate, plus a fun illustration card showing you how it’s done." - Tierney Plumb
"A Spanish-focused restaurant whose then-manager, Alex Munoz, played a mentorship and partnership role: he helped Uchino with day-to-day operational issues (like reservation apps) and introduced him to Spanish wine traditions that shifted Uchino’s pairing approach. Munoz’s Spanish wine program led Uchino to try new wines—“the first time I tried Albariño,” Uchino said, “I immediately think about white fish sushi”—and Munoz helped pair a sparkling wine with Uchino’s first course and even vermouths with later courses." - Emily Venezky
"This restaurant from Minibar alumn and Eater DC’s 2024 Chef of the Year Rubén García is one of the most exciting recent openings in D.C., period. You can feel the personal connection Garcia has to the menu through many thoughtful touches, and the restaurant is as enjoyable a la carte as it is to experience the various prix fixe options, including the $42 lunch option and the $140 tasting menu. Be sure to include an order of ibérico ham, make-your-own tomato bread, creamy croquetas, and canelones no matter which approach to the menu you take." - Tierney Plumb
"At downtown’s well-received Spanish newcomer, minibar alum Rubén García puts plenty of personal touches into his prix-fixe menus ($47 at lunch or $140 during dinner). Must-try odes to the Catalonian cuisine he was raised on include grilled daily caught fish, creamy croquetas, and a goat cheese Basque-style cheesecake. Reservations are available on Resy. The attached Square food hall is also home to KIYOMI Sushi by Uchi, led by a Sushi Nakazawa alum, that offers a 15-course omakase omakase for dinner ($115) or a “quick omakase” lunch with seven pieces of nigiri, a hand roll, and miso soup ($40). Reservations via SevenRooms." - Tierney Plumb
