"Looking for a low-key night with your significant other that wraps up by 10pm? Lutèce is the move. The quaint spot has a menu full of the usual neo-bistro suspects: steak tartare, grilled octopus, berkshire pork—you know the drill. Try a few different things by going a la carte, or let the chef take the wheel via the $125 tasting menu. Be open to a table on the patio. Yes, Wisconsin Avenue is a main artery of Georgetown and it will be loud—and less charming than inside—but the food and wine will be just as memorable. Prime dinner time reservations for the dining room tend to fill up several weeks out, so plan in advance. The Chef’s Table, with a $125 tasting menu, is slightly easier to book." - joe brantlinger, tristiana hinton, omnia saed, madeline weinfield, allison robicelli
"Parisian gnocchi and grilled octopus are among the seasonally rotating, “neo-bistro” dishes available at this hip reboot of Georgetown classic Cafe Bonaparte. Go a la carte or opt for chef Matt Conroy’s tasting menu ($125 per person, with wine pairings for $70 more), which includes a view of the kitchen. Highlights include sourdough focaccia, poached cod with ramp persillade, and steak tartare with egg yolk jam. Its famed desserts program, which got a boost from newly named pastry chef Ana Sofía Pino, features seasonal rhubarb mousse and mango cake." - Tierney Plumb
"At Georgetown’s award-winning French “neo-bistro,” the famed desserts program gets a boost from newly named pastry chef Ana Sofía Pino to wrap up dinner service with seasonal rhubarb mousse and mango cake, plus chocolate banana tart, and honeycomb semifreddo featuring 18-month Comté cheese." - Tierney Plumb
"Georgetown’s acclaimed neo-bistro from the Popal family and chefs Matt Conroy and Isabel Coss integrates caviar into a $125-per-person menu stretching four-courses long (plus some surprises sprinkled in). Guests can opt for a $70 wine pairing assembled by general manager David Sales and advanced sommelier Chris Ray. The tasting menu always comes with the housemade sourdough and cultured butter, stamped with the Lutèce insignia. Reservations are on Resy." - Tierney Plumb
"Part of Shamim Popal's restaurant group in Washington, D.C., offering a unique dining experience." - Nancy DePalma