Adam’s guidebook
Restaurants
Mostly local spots and few others. Download the Yelp app if you don't already have it to find tasty places in most any neighborhood of DC.
Its become quite difficult to find affordable food in the neighborhood and Benito's has a tasty menu of Honduran and Mexican food of just that. It's also directly across the street. Dishes run from $2.50-15. If you haven't had a papusa (or 3), I'd recommend theirs over most. The most expensive thing on the menu is the whole grilled fish but it's also my favorite.
Benitos Place
1437 11th St NWIts become quite difficult to find affordable food in the neighborhood and Benito's has a tasty menu of Honduran and Mexican food of just that. It's also directly across the street. Dishes run from $2.50-15. If you haven't had a papusa (or 3), I'd recommend theirs over most. The most expensive thing on the menu is the whole grilled fish but it's also my favorite.
I love sandwiches and this is one of my favorites in the whole city. It's also a quick 5 min walk away. It's in one of the many alley's in the neighborhood previously used as stables (among other things). No recommendations necessary, I like them all. The eating space is quite small so I usually order ahead and take it down the street to Lost & Found, a bar with a great beer selection (you can bring any food you want in there). Leave out the back to check out Blagden Alley, a trendy little strip of spots that opened in the past couple years.
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SUNdeVICH
1314 9th St NWI love sandwiches and this is one of my favorites in the whole city. It's also a quick 5 min walk away. It's in one of the many alley's in the neighborhood previously used as stables (among other things). No recommendations necessary, I like them all. The eating space is quite small so I usually order ahead and take it down the street to Lost & Found, a bar with a great beer selection (you can bring any food you want in there). Leave out the back to check out Blagden Alley, a trendy little strip of spots that opened in the past couple years.
The pizza is a little pricey ($15-20) but the pizza is quite good (Michelin star good apparently). It's an 8 minute walk.
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All-Purpose Shaw
1250 9th St NWThe pizza is a little pricey ($15-20) but the pizza is quite good (Michelin star good apparently). It's an 8 minute walk.
Bars
A few watering holes that I like nearby
A laid back bar with a great beer selection and cool bartenders. Bring your own food.
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Lost & Found DC
1240 9th St NWA laid back bar with a great beer selection and cool bartenders. Bring your own food.
A well appointed outdoor bar that's usually a scene. Go for the frozen cocktail, stay for the people watching.
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Calico
50 Blagden Alley NWA well appointed outdoor bar that's usually a scene. Go for the frozen cocktail, stay for the people watching.
A sizable outdoor German beer bar that's very popular with humans and dogs. If you're looking for something cheaper, try Ivy & Coney just down the street.
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Dacha Cafe
1600 7th St NWA sizable outdoor German beer bar that's very popular with humans and dogs. If you're looking for something cheaper, try Ivy & Coney just down the street.
A fun wine bar with a back patio. Its 5 blocks up the street, just before you hit the dozens of bars on U St. Keep heading up the street for all sorts of options.
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Vinoteca
1940 11th St NWA fun wine bar with a back patio. Its 5 blocks up the street, just before you hit the dozens of bars on U St. Keep heading up the street for all sorts of options.
If you're searching for a small non-pretentious bar with good music and cheap drinks, look no further. Cash only. A mile up Rhode Island Ave. Head across the street to Boundary Stone if the dance floor gets too packed.
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Showtime Lounge
113 Rhode Island Ave NWIf you're searching for a small non-pretentious bar with good music and cheap drinks, look no further. Cash only. A mile up Rhode Island Ave. Head across the street to Boundary Stone if the dance floor gets too packed.
Spanish tapas and a creative set of drinks to choose from. I have hard time not trying one of their house made Slushitos. Nothing is cheap and everything is tasty. Keep heading up the street for a wealth of additional options. I'm a fan of Bar Pilar or go have a rooftop margarita at El Centro or Masa 14.
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Estadio
1520 14th St NWSpanish tapas and a creative set of drinks to choose from. I have hard time not trying one of their house made Slushitos. Nothing is cheap and everything is tasty. Keep heading up the street for a wealth of additional options. I'm a fan of Bar Pilar or go have a rooftop margarita at El Centro or Masa 14.
Grocery Stores
The nearby options
3 blocks away across Logan Circle. Busy and pricey but with the best produce and meats/fish
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Whole Foods Market
1440 P St NW3 blocks away across Logan Circle. Busy and pricey but with the best produce and meats/fish
Cross 11th street out the door and its 3 blocks away. Lower cost with plenty of selection.
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Giant Food
1345 Park Rd NWCross 11th street out the door and its 3 blocks away. Lower cost with plenty of selection.
This place stays busy but its also your best cost to quality ratio and has all sorts of irresistible snack foods. Head across the street to Jeni's if you need some top notch ice cream.
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Trader Joe's
1914 14th St NWThis place stays busy but its also your best cost to quality ratio and has all sorts of irresistible snack foods. Head across the street to Jeni's if you need some top notch ice cream.